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FNC: Film fans (and their wallets) are out in force
At least 15 screenings (!!!) are already sold out and the the Festival du Nouveau Cinema doesn’t begin for regular folks until Thursday (Oct. 13, 2011.) Today’s opening film, La Guerre Est Déclarée,...
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FNC 2011: Sleeping Beauty
Laughter broke out at the end of the Sleeping Beauty screening at the Imperial Cinema on Sunday night. “I think I missed something,” my friend said to me in confusion. I told him I thought not. It’s...
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FNC 2011: Tatsumi examines the life of a manga master
Eric Khoo (L) of Singapore, and Japanese mangaka Yoshihiro Tatsumi pose during the photocall for Tatsumi at the 64th Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2011. (FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images) Tatsumi is...
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FNC 2011: Pedro Almodóvar's La Piel que Habito (The Skin I Live In)
If you missed the new Pedro Almodóvar movie La Piel que Habito (The Skin I Live In) at the Festival du nouveau cinéma this week, you didn’t miss much. To put it politely, it’s not one of the revered...
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FNC 2011: After meeting people, it's natural to want to see their work, don't...
If I am introduced to a director and have a short chat with him or her, am I then obliged to see his or her film? No, I don’t think so, but having made that connection, I’ll probably want to anyway,...
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FNC 2011: Double dose of Rastafari
Montrealers can increase their knowledge of Rastafari, the Rasta movement, Rastafarianism (however one prefers to describe it) by watching the documentaries Le Premier Rasta and Rasta: A Soul’s...
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FNC 2011: Chico and Rita – Go for the music
The music – son, rumba, jazz and the occasional ballad like Sabor a Mi, is the selling point of this cartoon love story. Much of the soundtrack was done by pianist Bebo Valdes. We get animated versions...
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FNC 2011: Chantal Akerman's latest film Almayer's Folly
It’s been a while since I’ve felt trapped in a movie theatre, but Chantal Akerman’s latest did the trick. The acclaimed Belgian director’s first fiction feature in seven years is a claustrophobic mess...
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FNC 2011: Awards announced
Rúnar Rúnarsson’s Volcano is the big winner of the 40th Festival du nouveau cinéma. The quiet Icelandic drama was awarded the Louve d’or for the best feature film in the International Selection. It...
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FNC 2011: 40th edition broke records
The 40th Festival du nouveau cinéma was the most successful in its history, organizers announced Thursday. Montreal’s most discerning film fest reaped record numbers at the box office, with a...
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