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Movie Review: Earth Days

Submitted by RA on Thu, 04/02/2009 - 15:37

A preview of the closing film, Earth Days, at the Projecting Change Film Festival, Vancouver.

Movies, March 2009: Cultural Exchange

Submitted by RA on Sun, 03/01/2009 - 12:05

A look at movies opening in March 2009

Latest Palme D'Or is Class Act

Submitted by RA on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 15:46

Laurent Cantet’s French language feature The Class (Entre Les Murs), opening this month, won the Palme d'Or, the top prize, at the Cannes Film Festival in the Summer.

The film, is based on teacher François Bégaudeau’s 2006 novel about his experiences, and stars the author himself as a maverick French-language teacher, François Marin, at a junior high school in a tough Paris neighbourhood. 

Waltz With Bashir (Vals Im Bashir): Cinema as Therapy

Submitted by RA on Thu, 01/01/2009 - 13:32

Israeli director Ari Folman, a draftee during Israel's invasion of Lebanon in 1982, wanted to tell a story about his wartime experiences. But he realised that “noone would want to watch a middle-aged man telling stories that happened 25 years ago without any archival footage to support them.” So he took the unusual step of making an animated documentary.

Vampires and Guitars at VIFF

Submitted by RA on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 02:03

The Vancouver International Film Festival ends this week. How'd that happen? Feeling trampled by the onslaught of time (earlier reviews were screeners), I rushed out and caught my first two films since the festival started. Glad I did - both were good in very different ways - and were the perfect antidote to a miserable result in soccer this morning.

VIFF Reviews: Atom Smashers & Blue Gold

Submitted by RA on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 16:00

In recent years there has been a spate of documentaries on the subject of water: its increasing commodification and the greed, corruption, and mis-management surrounding it.

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