Movies
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
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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
Going Blind
PRESENTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA EYE INSTITUTE The word inspirational is so overused as to be hackneyed, but writer-director Joe Lovetts documentary Going Blind in which he chronicles his excruciating battle with glaucoma while using his experiences to connect with five other people living with degrees of blindness
Friends With Kids
Jennifer Westfeldt (writer and star of Kissing Jessica Stein) makes her directorial debut helming an all-star cast (including Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Jon Hamm, Adam Scott, Edward Burns and Megan Fox) in this rom-com about two platonic friends who decide to have a kid together. Surprisingly, things dont go as
Dr. Seuss The Lorax
When natures in trouble, each tree and mosquito, theres just one Lorax to call and its Danny Devito! With Barbalots, Once-lers and Truffala Trees, an Efron, a Swift, Ed Helms and some Thneeds, this fable-ous fable is just what you need! To learn more, buy a ticket (why not
Dolphin Tale
MOVIE FOR HOPE FUNDRAISER FOR RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE Unfortunate titular puns aside, this based-on-a-true-story of a boy who forms an enduring friendship with an injured dolphin is a kids movie without condescension. (Variety) All tickets $5 | Presented by Mr. Firestone’s grade four class at Mutchmor Public School and Mark Lalonde of
Coriolanus
Screenwriter John Logan (Hugo, Rango, Gladiator) is working from pretty good source material (Shakespeares tragedy about a fierce warrior who is banished from, and vows revenge on, Rome), and director/star Fiennes brings his script to visceral life, confronting issues of class, duty, valor, and civilian-military relations and dynamics with a