At one point Robert Cohen, the writer-director of Being Canadian, parks outside his old high school. He wants to prove wrong the teacher who told him he’d never amount to anything. He yells (from inside
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Rideau Hall Movie Nights to feature two Canadian films
(via CNW) Rideau Hall Movie Nights has two titles screening on June 29 and 30, Being Canadian and Guibord s’en va-t-en guerre. The films are to be presented for free as decided by Entertainment One, one of
Continue ReadingLAFF, TIFF, Canada Cool in NYC, and a Student Contest
Mexico is in the spotlight at the 13th annual Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, The Vancouver Province’s Stuart Derdeyn reports. The country’s film output is back at the level of its “golden age” in the
Continue ReadingThe End of the World, and Then There’s Ukkusiksalik
It’s Only the End of the World, or Juste La Fin Du Monde in the original French, Xavier Dolan’s next film, will star Marion Cotillard, Léa Seydoux and Vincent Cassel, the CBC tells us. “And
Continue Reading5 Canadian Film Stories in Search of a Title
Everyone has heard about Denis Villeneuve’s thriller Sicario screening at Cannes (where he’s presented four other works of his, so Cannes is not a new city for him — get it?), but Canadian films and
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