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Anupam Kher stars as Chef Oberoi in Hotel Mumbai VVS Films |
3/29/2019
Interview: Chatting 'Hotel Mumbai' with Director Anthony Maras and Actors Anupam Kher, Nazanin Boniadi, and Jason Isaacs
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hotel mumbai,
interviews
3/26/2019
"Something from the belly": Philippe Lesage's 'Genesis'
Genesis (Genèse)
(Canada, 129 min.)
Written and directed by Philippe Lesage
Starring:
Théodore Pellerin, Noée Abita, Jules Roy Sicotte, Emilie Bierre, Édouard
Tremblay-Grenier, Paul Ahmarani
Genesis is
arguably the one truly great dramatic film in this year’s Canada’s Top Ten. It
is an excitingly unfortunate reminder that the best of Canadian cinema remains
largely invisible. See it if and whenever you can. Lesage jokes that it could
be a sequel to his 2015 film The Demons, but he says there’s no point making a sequel to a movie
that nobody saw. It’s a shame that there isn’t wider recognition for Lesage’s
work in the Canadian circuit, so hopefully his new film Genesis will mobilize cinephiles to champion one of the emerging
filmmakers in Canada doing new and exciting things with film form.
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2019 reviews,
Canadian Film,
genesis,
TIFF CTT
3/15/2019
Interview: Chatting with 'Level 16' Director Danishka Esterhazy
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Sara Canning in Daniska Esterhazy's Level 16 |
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Canadian Film,
interviews,
level 16
3/14/2019
Vives les fantômes!
Ghost Town Anthology (Répertoire des villes disparues)
(Canada, 97 min.)
Written and directed by Denis Côté
Starring: Robert
Naylor, Larissa Corriveau, Josée Deschênes, Diane Lavallée, Jocelyne Zucco,
Normand Carrière, Hubert Proulx, Rachel Graton
Snow drifts are scary, but nobody has quite captured the foreboding
nature of snow billowing across the road like Denis Côté does in Ghost Town Anthology. The new and
(expectedly) peculiar film from Côté’s mind proves the director to be one of
the most distinct voices in Canadian film today, although that trait was
already proved with A Skin so Soft, Bestiaire, Carcasses, and Vic + Flo Sawa Bear. Whatever goes on inside his head is the stuff that psychologists
dream about, but for those of us who prefer to probe the mind while sitting in
a darkened movie theatre, Côté’s movies never cease to fascinate. Ghost Town Anthology might be Côté’s
best film yet, and I say this as a passionate fan. It’s a stripped down horror
flick that sends shivers to the bone like a winter chill on a February day.
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2019 reviews,
Canadian Film,
Denis Cote,
ghost town anthology
Interview: Chatting with 'Hotel Mumbai' Star Armie Hammer!
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Armie Hammer in Hotel Mumbai VVS Films |
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Armie Hammer,
hotel mumbai,
interviews
3/07/2019
Interview: Chatting with 'Through Black Spruce' Star Tanaya Beatty
The TIFF coverage keeps on coming!
First up in this month's coverage to drop is a chat with Tanaya Beatty, who gives a powerful breakout performance as Annie Bird in the adaptation of Through Black Spruce. (She really should have landed a Screenie nom, IMO.) The film hits theatres March 29. Pick up a copy of BeatRoute in BC and Alberta to read!
First up in this month's coverage to drop is a chat with Tanaya Beatty, who gives a powerful breakout performance as Annie Bird in the adaptation of Through Black Spruce. (She really should have landed a Screenie nom, IMO.) The film hits theatres March 29. Pick up a copy of BeatRoute in BC and Alberta to read!
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Canadian Film,
tanaya beatty,
through black spruce,
TIFF,
tiff 18.
3/01/2019
Contest! Win Tickets to See 'Gloria Bell'!
Put the gin in the freezer and get out your heels, Gloria Bell is ready to hit the dance floor! Julianne Moore brings new life to the title role of Gloria Bell playing a woman discovering the thrill and comfort of enjoying independence in the prime of her life. The film, a hit at last year's Toronto International Film Festival (read the TIFF review here) casts Moore in an English-language remake of Sebastián Lelio's acclaimed film Gloria with the Oscar winning director back at the helm. Gloria Bell opens on Friday, March 15 from VVS Films and Cinemablographer has a tickets to give away for sneak peeks in Toronto and Vancouver. Answer the trivia below to win!
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contests,
Gloria Bell,
Julianne Moore
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