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Film Club Newsletter - May, 2009
FILM CLUB -- May, 2009
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 -- May, 2009
1. Contest!
2. Now playing
3. May releases/ events
4. Coming soon
1. Contest!
Win a signed copy of Guy Maddin's new book, My Winnipeg.
The ninth person to email filmclub@thismagazine.ca telling us what your
favourite Guy Maddin film is wins.
For those of you in the Toronto area who don't win, take heart.
You can still attend the My Winnipeg book launch at 7:30pm on May 12th at Revival, 783 College St.
Visit www.chbooks.com for more information.
2. Now Playing
a) Pontypool
Across Canada, check local listings
A deadly virus infects a small Ontario town.
Directed by Bruce McDonald. Written by Tony Burgess. Starring Stephen McHattie, Lisa Houle
b) The Green Chain
Select cities, check website for details
Lumberjacks and environmentalists clash over logging.
Written and directed by Mark Leiren-Young. Starring Tricia Helfer, Babz Chula
www.thegreenchain.com
c) One Week
Select cities, check local listings
A man motorcycles from Toronto to Tofino after being diagnosed with a terminal disease.
Directed by Michael McGowan. Starring Joshua Jackson
3. May releases/ events
a) Adoration
May 8, check local listings
A high school student gets caught up in his family history.
Directed by Atom Egoyan. Starring Scott Speedman, Devon Bostick
b)Hot Docs
Toronto, April 30-May 10
Screening documentaries from around the world.
www.hotdocs.ca
c) Love at the Starlight Motel
May 3 & May 9, The Royal Cinema, Toronto, during Hot Docs
A glimpse at the personalities that converge at the busiest by-the-hour motel in Miami's Little Havana. Winner of the NFB/ Documentary Channel Feature Film Fund.
Film by Alison Rose.
3. Coming Soon
a) Fifty Dead Men Walking
Summer, 2009. Across Canada, check local listings
A young man is recruited by the British police to infiltrate and spy on the Irish Republican Army in the late '80s.
Directed by Kari Skogland. Starring Jim Sturgess, Rose McGowan
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