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The Capital City Opera presents: Puccinis La Bohème
Capital City Opera presents one of the most popular operas ever written, and the inspiration for the musical RENT Giacomo Puccinis immortal La Bohème in concert (with pure voice and no orchestra). The production was cast using live auditions, online voting on audition videos and social media promotion,
The Vow
When a car accident robs Paige (Rachel McAdams) of her memory, her husband Leo (Channing Tatum) must win her heart all over again, a challenge he approaches largely shirtlessly.
Terror of Dracula
OTTAWA PREMIERE | FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE Made on a miniscule budget (less than $20,000 (Canadian!)), this shot-in-Kingston love letter to classic horror films has been garnering a lot of attention, including praise from no less than Fangoria magazine! May 5, director Anthony D.P. Mann, along with cast and crew, will
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
In the hands of director Hallström (Chocolat) and Oscar-winning screenwriter Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire), Paul Tordays satirical novel about a Scottish bureaucrat (Ewan McGregor) hired to help a wealthy Sheikh introduce fly-fishing to the desert becomes a perfect Brit-com, with McGregor and his love interest Emily Blunt turning
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins…
SATURDAY NIGHT SINEMA | FREE FOR MEMBERS In 1985, MGM decided to launch a new action franchise based on the popular pulp novel series, The Destroyer. They hired James Bond veteran Guy Hamilton to direct. And for their star, they picked Fred Ward? Strangely, it works. And yet we get
Rampart
Both director Moverman and star Woody Harrelson got Oscar nods for The Messenger. This time, they add James Ellroy (L.A. Confidential) to their team to tell the tale of Dave Brown, a cop who makes Harvey Keitels Bad Lieutenant look like Officer Krupke a role Harrelson plays with an
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
GRAND PRIZE OF THE JURY FOR BEST FILM, CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2011 Its long (two and a half hours). Its deliberately paced (that is to say, slow). But five-time Palme dOr nominee Ceylans unconventional police procedural about the search for a body in the Anatolian steppes is true,
Miss Bala
OFFICIAL SELECTION, CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2011 Director Naranjos first major success outside of Mexico, this drama about a young woman clinging to beauty-queen dreams amidst the harsh realities of the Mexican drug war packs a roundhouse wallop. It’s a stark, terrifying spiral into an amoral world one of the
Hard Core Logo 2
OTTAWA PREMIERE | OFFICIAL SELECTION, WHISTLER FILM FESTIVAL Reprising his role from the first film, director McDonald this time mockuments punk songstress Care Failure (playing herself) who claims to be channeling the spirit of HCLs Joe Dick whose death still weighs on the filmmaker. In the process, McDonald doesnt
The Guantanamo Trap
GENIE AWARD NOMINEE, BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY In telling the stories of four people whose lives have been irrevocably changed by Guantanamo Bay and exposing the hypocrisy regarding Guantanamo on both ends of the political spectrum Wallner has made an eminently fascinating and moving film that stands as one