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Wild Grass

2009 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL SPECIAL JURY PRIZE A lost wallet leads to an improbable, irrational romance in the latest film from master director Resnais (Hiroshima, Mon Amour). At 90, Resnais’ is producing work that’s as challenging and exhilarating as ever, and this is “a young man’s film made with a

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Winnebago Man

OTTAWA PREMIERE Millions of YouTube viewers have seen the blooper reel of Jack Rebney cursing his way through the shooting of an RV sales video, but this doc seeks out the man behind the anger, and crafts a cautionary tale about accidental celebrity that is “at once scabrously funny and

Winter’s Bone

2010 Sundance Grand Jury Prize | Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award This adaptation of Daniel Woodrell’s novel – about an Ozark teenager’s search for her father, who has skipped town after putting the family home up as collateral for his bail – is “one of the unshowiest and most true-blooded epics

Who Am I?

PRESENTED BY DOUVRIS MARTIAL ARTS AND FITNESS CENTRE Fundraiser for the Canadian National Karate Team This action-packed, globetrotting, amnesia-powered thrill-ride will renew your appreciation for the world’s greatest living entertainer – Jackie Chan – and support the Douvris team at the World Karate Championships! Admission by donation. Karate demonstration starting

Canadian Radio Star New Songwriters Workshop (Presented by Canadian Music Week)

Prepare for Canadian Radio Star – Canadian Music Week’s 17th annual national songwriting competition – with this free, daylong workshop. Learn about writing a hit song, how to publish and find revenue streams, DIY marketing – and have your music evaluated by a panel of pros! September 27 | 5:00

Faust

SILENTS IS GOLDEN SILENT HORROR FILM FESTIVAL We give the devil his due with this special screening of Murnau’s adaptation of the legend of an alchemist who sells his soul to the demon Mephistopheles. Featuring a live score by Ottawa retro-instrumental sensation, The Flaps. Doors: 6:00 PM | Show: 7:00

Mid-August Lunch

When fifty-something bachelor Gianni (who lives with his mother) reluctantly agrees to look after his landlord’s elderly mother – plus three other aged women – over a holiday long weekend, the lesson is this: in mid-August, the days may be getting shorter, but it’s still summer. English subtitles.

Last Airbender, The

Just to be clear, this film was shot in 2D; the 3D version was engineered after the fact to cash in on the 3D craze. So, in showing the 2D version, we’re actually honouring Shyamalan’s original vision for his adaptation of the anime-inspired Nickelodeon fantasy series. What a twist!

Cyrus

John (John C. Reilly) meets the woman of his dreams (Marisa Tomei). Then he meets her son, Cyrus (Jonah Hill), who thinks three’s a crowd. “The Duplasses’ slightly sluggish, low-budget, mumblecore style allows this story to flower as both light-fingered lark and drama of suspenseful dysfunction.” (Entertainment Weekly)

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