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November 01, 2007
Film Club Newsletter - November, 2007
FILM CLUB -- November, 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 -- November, 2007
1. Now playing
2. November releases/ events
3. Coming soon
1. Now Playing
a) Shake Hands with the Devil
Across Canada, check local listings
Recounting Canadian Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire's experience trying to stop the genocide in Rwanda.
Directed by Peter Raymont
www.whitepinepictures.com/dallairesite/
b) Eastern Promises
Across Canada, 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
www.focusfeatures.com/easternpromises/
c) Silk
Across Canada, check local listings
A married silkworm merchant becomes obsessed with a beautiful Japanese woman. Set in the 19th century.
Directed by François Girard. Starring Michael Pitt, Keira Knightley
2. November releases/ events
a) Global Visions Film Festival
November 1-4, 2007, Edmonton
Featuring premiere screenings of documentaries from around the world.
http://globalvisionsfestival.com
b) The Tracey Fragments
November 2 - Toronto (The Royal), Vancouver (Tinseltown), Montreal (AMC Forum)
A tragic comedy following a 15-year-old looking for her lost little brother who thinks he's a dog.
Directed by Bruce McDonald. Starring Ellen Page
c) Surviving My Mother
November 2, Toronto, Ottawa and throughout Quebec, check local listings
A middle-aged woman neglects her own husband and children as she cares for her dying mother.
Directed by Émile Gaudreault. Written by Steve Galluccio. Starring Caroline Dhavernas, Colin Mochrie
d) Iris Chang: The Rape of Nanking
Toronto - Nov 12 (Bloor Cinema); Vancouver - Nov 15-17, 22 & 25
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
www.alpha-canada.org/fundraise
3. Coming soon
a) Winter Kept Us Warm
December 1, Toronto (Cinematheque Ontario)
Exploring the conflicted friendship between two University of Toronto students. Billed as "the first English-Canadian gay feature."
Directed by David Secter. Starring John Labow, Henry Tarvainen
b) 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 November 1, 2007 09:41 AM