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January 31, 2007

Film Club Newsletter - February 2007

FILM CLUB -- February 2007

Dear Film Club members,

1st rule of Film Club: Tell everyone about Film Club. Please forward to your friends, acquaintances, and just about anyone you can think of. Show your support: check out some Canadian films.

Film Club Newsletter -- February 2007

1. Now playing
2. February theatrical releases
3. Coming soon

1. Now Playing

a) Mount Pleasant
Toronto, Montreal & Vancouver

Three couples find their lives intertwined when a six-year-old finds an addict's used needle in her backyard.

Written & directed by Ross Weber. Starring Kelly Rowan, Ben Ratner

2. February theatrical releases

a) Partition
February 2, 2007 -- check local listings

Partition is a moving and timeless tale of innocent people struggling to find happiness in treacherous times.

Directed by Vic Sarin. Starring Neve Campbell, Kristin Kreuk, Jimi Mistry

www.partitionthemovie.ca

b) Nos Voisins Dhantsu (French)
February 23, 2007 -- across Québec

Comedian Réal Béland and his friend go to Japan.

Directed by Alain Chicoine. Starring Réal Béland, Stéphane K. Lefebvre

www.nosvoisinsdhantsu.com

3. Coming soon

a) Everything's Gone Green
April 2007 -- check local listings

A good-natured slacker is tempted into a money-laundering scheme.

Directed by Paul Fox. Written by Douglas Coupland. Starring Paulo Costanzo, Steph Song

www.everythingsgonegreen.com

b) Away From Her
May 2007 - check local listings

Upon moving into a home for those afflicted with Alzheimer's disease, a woman forgets her husband of 50 years and develops feelings for another resident, leaving her husband heartbroken. Based on Alice Munro's short story "The Bear Came Over the Mountain."

Directed by Sarah Polley. Starring Julie Christie, Gordon Pinsent, Olympia Dukakis, Michael Murphy

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January 08, 2007

Film Club - January 2007

FILM CLUB -- January 2007

Dear Film Club members,
1st rule of Film Club: Tell everyone about Film Club. Please forward to your friends, acquaintances, and just about anyone you can think of. Show your support: check out some Canadian films.

Film Club Newsletter -- January 2007

1. Now playing
2. January theatrical releases
3. Coming soon

1. Now Playing

a) Monkey Warfare
Toronto, Vancouver

Monkey Warfare is a film about history, objects, love and revolution -- a cautionary tale about keeping up the fight.

Directed by Reginald Harkema. Starring Don McKellar, Tracy Wright, Nadia Litz

www.monkeywarfare.com

b) Snow Cake
In theatres across Canada; check local listings

Tight-lipped Englishman Alex Hughes arrives in Northern Ontario on his way to meet the woman with whom he's had a son. He's bullied by an altogether unconventional but lovable 19 year-old hitch-hiker Vivienne into giving her a ride to her hometown of Wawa. When the car is hit by a truck on the outskirts of her home town, Vivienne dies instantly. Alex finds himself, for the second time in his life, grieving for someone he never knew.

Directed by Marc Evans. Starring Alan Rickman, Emily Hampshire, Carrie-Anne Moss, Sigourney Weaver

2. January theatrical releases

a) Mount Pleasant
January 26 -- Toronto, Montreal & Vancouver