Movies
Dixie Dynamite
This month, Saturday Night Sinema sets it off with this story from the team behind Race with the Devil of two sisters who enlist motor-cycling drunk Warren Oates in a campaign of explosive revenge after the death of their pa in a moonshine war. (Time Out London) You
Bridge On The River Kwai, The
THE MAYFAIR GOES TO WAR You and Colonel Nicholson, you’re two of a kind, crazy with courage. For what? How to die like a gentleman, how to die by the rules when the only important thing is how to live like a human being.
Shrek Forever After
Shrek! Donkey! Princess Fiona! Puss in Boots! Pop culture references that could never possibly go stale! This final(?) chapter in the Shrek saga has it all!
Snake Shadow, Lama Fist
This month, the Drunken Masters Dojo once again finds it has something in common with the RZA: were both big fans of Snake Shadow, Lama Fist. From the director of Master with Cracked Fingers, Jackie Chans first starring role. Oh, the plot? Revenge.
Stonewall Uprising
OTTAWA PREMIERE On June 28, 1969, NYC police raided The Stonewall Inn, a Greenwich Village gay bar. For the first time, patrons refuse to be led into paddy wagons and their defiance set off a three-day riot that launched the American gay rights movement. This doc is here. Its
Coco Chanel And Igor Stravinsky
Official selection Cannes Film Festival 2009 Based on Chris Greenhalghs novel, this historical romance imagines a secret affair between the French designer and the Russian composer in Paris in 1920 the year Coco created her signature scent, the much-less-secret Chanel No. 5.
City of Lost Children, The
Some people follow their dreams. Others steal them. In a surreal, Francophone dystopia, a mad scientist kidnaps children and steals their dreams to slow his aging process until he kidnaps the brother of carnival strongman, who, along with an orphaned thief, mounts a rescue mission.
Micmacs
When a homeless and unemployed former video store clerk learns that two weapons manufacturers are responsible for ruining his life, he constructs a hilariously complex revenge scheme — imagine David and Goliath by way of Buster Keaton, and youll get an idea of what Jeunet sets in motion here.
Thin Red Line, The
THE MAYFAIR GOES TO WAR There’s not some other world out there where everything’s gonna be okay. There’s just this one, just this rock.
Ottawa International Film Festival
The OIFF is the home for independent sub-culture films from rising directors, producers, and actors right here in the Nations Capital. Our kind of people! Were proud to host the 2010 Festival, August 21 and 22. Check www.oiff.ca for trailers and a complete list of screenings!