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The narrative of 20H17, RUE DARLING is set in motion when a number of seemingly insignificant events bring unemployed crime reporter Gerard Langlois home minutes after an explosion in his apartment building claims the lives of six people. Critically acclaimed director Émond has premiered both of his features at the Critics' Week at the Festival de Cannes. This is his second appearance on the Top Ten list.
This complex documentary, based on a book by Joel Bakan, examines the uninhibited pursuit of profit and observes the innumerable, inevitable consequences that result. Featuring interviews with Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Naomi Klein, Maude Barlow and Mark Kingwell, THE CORPORATION not only charts the spectacular rise of an institution aimed at achieving specific economic goals, but it also recounts victories against this apparently invincible force.
Shot over the course of one winter in the palliative care unit of the Salvation Army Toronto Grace Health Centre, director Allan King recorded the last days of five people. Internationally recognized as a visionary of the cinéma-vérité documentary style, this film is an honest, unflinching look at mortality. An enormously rewarding experience.
Internationally renowned artist Robert Lepage skillfully interweaves themes of scientific progress and competition, the nature of the cosmos and personal relationships, while evoking the awe-inspiring beauty of the celestial world. A true renaissance man, Lepage directs and stars in this film adaptation of one of his most celebrated plays.
A touching and wryly amusing adaptation of Barbara Gowdy's novel, FALLING ANGELS is a sardonic look at what really goes on beneath the surface of suburban harmony and bliss. Set against the backdrop of sixties' free love, the Cold War, LSD and the dawn of feminism, this film transforms a tale of familial breakdown into the wonderful story of the Field sisters' inspiring resilience.
LES INVASIONS BARBARES, a follow up to the critically acclaimed LE DÉCLIN DE L'EMPIRE AMÉRICAIN, has taken the world by storm. A master of his craft, Arcand shifts effortlessly between comedy and pathos as he wrestles with the faltering dreams of individuals and nations. Above all, it is the story of estranged family members grappling to make sense of each other. Winner of Best Foreign Film at the National Board of Review.
Michael is a talented, aspiring photographer who makes his living as a security guard. He also happens to be into adult videos, and his fantasies are put to the test when he meets the beautiful, independent, intelligent, flesh-and-blood Jasmine. This sexy, urban romantic comedy revolves around a central metaphor based on African-Caribbean history: the two characters have to "eat the bones" – suck the marrow from life, take the bitter with the sweet– in order to realize the potential of the love between them.
MY LIFE WITHOUT ME is the emotionally charged story of twenty-three-year-old Ann as she learns how to live before she dies. Ann's humble, triumphant story will undoubtedly linger long in viewers' minds; this portrait features what may be Sarah Polley's finest performance to date. Also starring Scott Speedman and Deborah Harry.
Vancouver's Downtown Eastside is notorious as the heroin capital of North America. Drugs and prostitution are rampant in this corner of the city, but first-time feature director Nathaniel Geary trains his eye upon the glimmers of light that endure in the people who live there. This gritty film deftly delineates the cycles that keep people bound in desperate situations despite their profound desire to escape– while simultaneously finding humanity in the direst of conditions.
This film is an emotional wonder, shot in tantalizing black and white with all the style of a Golden Age musical melodrama. Maddin bestows his singular, lavish touch upon the film to create a visually rapturous, appallingly funny tour-de-force. The year is 1933, and it is the height of the Great Depression. To boost sales, beer baroness Lady Port-Huntly, played by Isabella Rossellini, announces a global competition to determine the saddest music in the world.
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