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Festival du Nouveau Cinema 2015 – Our 10 most anticipated films
When the 44th edition of the Festival du Nouveau Cinema announced their lineup two weeks ago, I wasn’t sure where to even begin when deciding what I should see. The festival which takes place in Montreal from October 7 to 18 is screening nearly 400 films and events in only 11 days. This includes 151 […] More
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The News Reel #25: Love/Hate for the rest of 2015
In this week’s episode, we play love/hate with the rest of the film year and look at movies we are excited to see or may not be getting enough buzz and films that we aren’t as pumped for or may not be as great as we thought. We also look at trailers for The Big […] More
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TIFF ‘15: ‘Room’ an affectionate, impeccably performed family drama
Room Written by Emma Donoghue Directed by Lenny Abrahamson Ireland / Canada, 2015 Following the quirky yet deeply satisfying Frank, director Lenny Abrahamson brings us a wholly different cinematic entity with Room. Brie Larson (Short Term 12, The Spectacular Now) and Jacob Tremblay (Before I Wake) suffuse the screen with tenderness as a mother and […] More
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The Toronto International Film Festival announces their 2015 award winners
As the Toronto International Film Festival wraps up its 40th incarnation, the winners of the festival’s 2015 event have now been announced. Previous winners at the festival have included Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, Gareth Evans’ The Raid, and Xavier Dolan’s Laurence Anyways. Thus, many film fans have looked at the awards as an […] More
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Telluride Film Festival 2015 Photoset
The Telluride Film Festival’s “annual celebration of artistic excellence brings together cinema enthusiasts, filmmakers and artists to discover the best in world cinema in the beautiful mountain town of Telluride, Colorado.” More
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SOS This Week #23: J.K. Rowling: The Next George Lucas?
On this week’s episode, we take a look at famed Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling and debate whether she is becoming the next version of George Lucas after the point was argued in a new article on Salon. Is Rowling become a slave to her work or does she have room to develop outside of […] More
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Brie Larson is trying to get out in new trailer for ‘Room’
Brie Larson with another Oscar worthy performance? Following her spell-bounding work in Short Term 12, it seems like Larson could be giving yet another award-worthy performance in the new trailer for director Lenny Abrahamson’s Room, which just played at Telluride. The film also stars Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen, and William H. Macy. Coming from a […] More
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Lenny Abrahamson’s new feature ‘Room’ gets its first trailer
Among one of the more critically well-regarded features of 2014 was Frank, the fourth feature from director Lenny Abrahamson that followed the trials and tribulations of a band with an eccentric lead singer. With the film bringing Abrahamson a number of new fans, many were intrigued to see what direction he would go in next. That […] More