Posted by andrescanella on November 30, 2008 · Comments Off on The Flipside of Image+Nation, The Sequel
Image+Nation has almost come to a close. This is the last weekend to be able to see films created by, starring and geared towards audiences in the LBGT culture, or even just film enthusiasts such as myself. While there are certainly films that the gay community could appreciate more, others are emotionally moving or artistically … Continue reading →
Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged with Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens, Antarctica, Be Like Others, Boystown, Bruce LaBruce, Gabriel Fleming, Ice Blues, Image+Nation Film Festival, Image+Nation08, Juan Flahn, On the Other Hand Death, Otto Or Up with Dead People, Patti Smith: Dream of Life, Ron Oliver, The Beirut Apt, The Lost Coast, The Universe of Keith Haring, Yair Hochner
Posted by andrescanella on November 25, 2008 · Comments Off on DVD Releases for the Week of Nov. 25, 2008
The snow started falling near midnight on Monday night; this is nature’s way of hinting at a nice week to stay indoors for some good films on DVD. As you know well, nature has been completely out of whack the last few years. Instead, we are left with mostly junk, and the spawn of junk … Continue reading →
Filed under DVD Previews · Tagged with 24: Redemption, A Man Named Pearl, A Perfect Day, Beautiful Ohio, Bottle Rocket, Brian Robbins, Chad Lowe, Chungking Express, Cruising Bar 2, David Dobkin, Diminished Capacity, Fred Claus, George Roy Hill, Hancock, Iosif Kheifits, Joana Hadijthomas & Khalil Joreige, Jon Cassar, Kar Wai Wong, Karl Parent, Kirk De Micco, Lady with the Dog, Les ennemis du cinema: une histoire de la censure au Quebec, Ma vie n'est pas une comedie romantique, Marc Gibaja, Meet Dave, Michel Cote & Robert Menard, Nick Bicanic & Jason Bourque, Peter Berg, Scott Galloway & Brent Pierson, Shadow Company, Slap Shot, Space Chimps, Terry Kinney, Wes Anderson
Posted by andrescanella on November 22, 2008 · Comments Off on The Flipside of Image+Nation, Prologue
Having dedicated myself to no less than 50 hours of volunteer work at this year’s Image+Nation film festival, my coverage of the event will be less a critique of the films, but rather a journal on what it’s like being on the other side of the fence. My goal will be to present a good … Continue reading →
Filed under Film Festivals · Tagged with Ciao, Dante's Cove, Etienne Dhaene, Filth & Wisdom, Ignatio Rotkowski, Image+Nation Film Festival, Image+Nation08, Le nouveau monde, Madonna, Nights in Black Leather, Renaud Bertrand, Sa raison d'etre, Sam Irvin, Yen Tan
Posted by andrescanella on November 19, 2008 · Comments Off on Image+Nation ’08 Film Festival Preview
Tomorrow evening, the last big film festival of the year begins. Now in its 21st year and bigger than ever, the Image+Nation Festival showcases the latest in LGBT – that’s L(esbian)G(ay)B(i)T(ransgender/sexual) film in a well-organized 10-day long event that houses screenings at the prestigious Cinema Imperial, Concordia’s De Seve Theater and the NFB on St. … Continue reading →
Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged with Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!, Be Like Others, Chip Hale, Chris Mason Johnson, Christina Clausen, Image+Nation Film Festival, Image+Nation08, Lucia Puenzo, Mulligans, Tanaz Eshaghian, The New Twenty, The Universe of Keith Haring, Todd Stephens, XXY
Posted by andrescanella on November 18, 2008 · Comments Off on DVD Releases for the Week of Nov. 18, 2008
This week the majority of films involve people living on the fringe, outside the perceived norms of Western society: drug-addicted artists, isolated arctic scientists, transsexuals, gay couples, mistresses and (!) David Lynch. To start off is the winner of three awards at the 2007 Montreal World Film Festival: Ben X, directed by Nic Balthazar (and … Continue reading →
Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged with 3-Day Weekend, Alex Gibney, Andrew Stanton, Arizona Sky, Ben Stiller, Ben X, Butch Jamie, Catherine Breillat, Damion Dietz, David Lynch, Dog Tags, Encounters at the Far End of the World, Fanfan la Tulipe, Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, Here is Always Somewhere Else, Mamoru Hosoda, Matt Wolf, Michelle Ehlen, Nic Balthazar, Phil Price, Pierre Salvadori, Priceless, Prom Wars, Rene Daalder, Rob Williams, Sanaa Hamri, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, The Last Mistress, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Tropic Thunder, WALL-E, Werner Herzog, Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
Posted by andrescanella on November 16, 2008 · Comments Off on Cinemania’08 Review: True Enough
True Enough (La verite ou presque) is like a Parisian version of Woody Allen’s lighter comedies, replete with delightfully unfaithful characters who live relatively glamorous bourgeois lifestyles as television producers and aging novelists. Set to the backstory of the death of a struggling jazz musician from Lyon and featuring equally whimsical music, as well as a … Continue reading →
Posted by andrescanella on November 15, 2008 · Comments Off on Cinemania’08 Review: Beneath the Rooftops of Paris
In 1930, French director Rene Clair directed a film that is seen as one of the most vital in the move from silent film to “talkies”. While there are lines of dialogue dropped in at key moments to move along the plot, the majority of the film is a combination of gestures and music Beneath … Continue reading →
Posted by andrescanella on November 13, 2008 · Comments Off on Cinemania’08 Review: Distant Tremors
Manuel Poutte’s Distant Tremors (Les tremblements lointains) is a diamond in the rough; it is the rare Montreal film festival premiere that comes as a complete surprise in its excellence in storytelling, filmmaking and mood. It is a dark and mystical film that speaks to a bigger picture in metaphorical images: that individuals may try but … Continue reading →
Posted by andrescanella on November 11, 2008 · Comments Off on Cinemania’08 Review: Lorna’s Silence
Sibling Belgian directors Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne never connected with international audiences until their first attempts at long narratives in the late 1990s. With films such as La promesse (1996) and L’enfant (2005), the now middle-aged Dardennes’ have shown to be adept at creating films about the Belgian underclass: immigrants, drug dealers and petty criminals. Lorna’s Silence (Le … Continue reading →
Posted by andrescanella on November 9, 2008 · Comments Off on DVD Releases for the Week of Nov. 11, 2008
The second week of November is packed with releases from Hollywood, abroad and one from home. Hellboy II: The Golden Army is the perfect amalgam of the big budget special effects we have come to expect from wide release American superhero films along with the art design and imagination of foreign writer/director Guillermo del Toro … Continue reading →
Filed under DVD Previews · Tagged with Asterix et Obelix aux jeux olympiques, Benson Lee, Blood and Bones, Charles Biname, Christmas on Mars, Christophe Honore, Dave Filoni, David Mackenzie, David Wall, Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, Frederic Forestier & Thomas Langmann, Garbage Warrior, Global Metal, Guillermo del Toro, Hanoi Hilton, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Ilya Chaiken, Janos Szasz, Le piege americaine, Liberty Kid, Love Songs, Mister Foe, Noelle, Oliver Hodge, Opium: Diary of a Madwoman, Paul Goldman, Planet B-Boy, Quo Vadi, Sam Dunn & Scot McFadyen, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Suburban Mayhem, Sukiyaki Western Django, Sunset Boulevard, Takashi Miike, The Boys in the Band, The General, Wayne Coyne & Bradley Beesley, William Friedkin, Yoichi Sai
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