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February 05, 2008
Film Club Newsletter - February, 2008
FILM CLUB -- February, 2008
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 -- January, 2008
1. Now playing
2. February releases/ events
3. Coming soon
1. Now Playing
a) L’Âge des ténèbres
Across Quebec, check local listings
A dark comedy about a disgruntled civil servant who escapes his mundane reality by getting lost in fantasies. This is the last installment of the trilogy that includes Le Déclin de l’empire américain and Les Invasions barbares.
Directed by Denys Arcand. Starring Marc Labrèche, Diane Kruger
b) How She Move
Across Canada, check local listings
A girl from a rough neigbourhood immerses herself in the world of competitive step dancing after being forced to leave her private school following the drug-related death of her sister.
Directed by Ian Iqbal Rashid. Starring Tre Armstrong, Keyshia Cole
2. February releases/ events
a) Normal
February 8, across Canada
Three strangers -- a suburban mom, an aging professor and a troubled teen -- struggle after failing to confront their roles in an accident that killed a high school student.
Directed by Carl Bessai. Starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Kevin Zegers
b) Up the Yangtze
Special screenings across Canada. Check website for details.
A documentary set on China's Yangtze waterway, which is home to the world's largest mega-dam and the main route of a luxury cruise boat that carries many wealthy Western tourists.
Directed by Yung Chang.
c) Kingston Canadian Film Festival
February 27 - March 2, 2008
Showcasing the best current Canadian films.
3. Coming soon
a) The Female Eye Film Festival
March 27-30, 2008. Toronto.
An independent women's film festival dedicated to fighting the oppression of women worldwide.
b) Emotional Arithmetic
Spring, 2008
Three people who bonded at a World War II detention camp are reunited 35 years later.
Directed by Paolo Barzman. Starring Gabriel Byrne, Roy Dupuis, Susan Sarandon
Posted by annette FC at February 5, 2008 11:17 AM