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August 31, 2007
Film Club Newsletter - September, 2007
FILM CLUB -- September, 2007
Dear Film Club members,
1st rule of Film Club: Tell everyone about Film Club. Please forward to your friends, family, acquaintances -- anyone you can think of. Show your support: check out some Canadian films.
Film Club Newsletter -- September, 2007
1. Now playing
2. September releases/ events
3. Coming soon
1. Now Playing
a) Greg and Gentillon: The Movie
August 31. Toronto - Carlton Cinema. Vancouver - Empire Granville
Two dishevelled Quebecois comedians hit the Toronto stand-up scene, trying to woo audiences with broken English, bad clothes and absurd gags.
Directed by Matthiew Klinck. Starring Louis Durand, Thomas Michael
b) Away From Her
Across Canada, 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
2. September releases/ events
a) Toronto International Film Festival
September 6 - 15, venues across Toronto
This year's "Canada First!" program highlights Canadian films including Young People F*cking, Amal, Le Cedre Penché, Continental - Un Film Sans Fusil, Just Buried, They Wait, This Beautiful City and Walk All Over Me.
http://www.torontointernationalfilmfestival.ca/filmsandschedules/canadafirst/
b) Eastern Promises
September 14, check local listings
A Russian-born driver for an organized crime family in London crosses paths with a midwife at a North London hospital.
Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts
3. Coming soon
a) Global Visions Film Festival
November 1-4, 2007, Edmonton
Featuring premiere screenings of documentaries from around the world.
http://globalvisionsfestival.com
b) Iris Chang: The Rape of Nanking
Toronto - Nov 12; Vancouver - Nov 17; Edmonton - Nov 24
A docu-drama about Iris Chang's experience researching and writing The Rape of Nanking, The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II.
Starring Olivia Cheng
c) A Life Less Gone
Release date TBA
An undercover narcotics officer falls in love with a stripper addicted to heroin.
Directed by Jason Lupish. Starring Tracy Rae, Johnny Santiago.
Posted by annette FC at August 31, 2007 11:50 AM