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Plummer, Monsieur Lazhar in Oscar® Race - As we have written here for the past many years, The Golden Globes often give an indication as to how the Academy Awards® will play out. With Christopher Plummer winning this year for his performance in Beginners, there was hope that his name would be on this morning's list. When the Academy Award® nominations were announced, Plummer's name was on the list for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar. And Canada's official entry for Best Foreign Film, Monsieur Lazhar has also survived to make the final nominee list. Northernstars looks back at Canada's history with the Oscar. |
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Genie Noms Announced - The 32nd annual Genie Award nominations were announced by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television this morning in Toronto. Jean-Marc Vallée’s Café de flore leads the pack this year with 13 nominations, including best picture, best director and best original screenplay, followed closely by David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method, which garnered 11 nominations, including best picture and best director but oddly not for its screenplay by Christopher Hampton, an adaptation of his stage play, A Talking Cure. |
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| Film Festival News |
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| The ReFrame Peterborough International Film Festival kicks off tomorrow with the 2010 short With My Own Two Wheels. For many North Americans, the bicycle is a choice. An expensive toy. An eco-conscious mode of transportation. For countless others across the globe, it is much more.
For a health worker in Zambia, the bicycle is a means of reaching twice as many patients. For a teenager in India, it provides access to education. With My Own Two Wheels weaves together the experiences of five individuals into a single story about how the bicycle can change the world – one pedal stroke at a time. Click here for our January Film Festival listings. |
| Making Low Budget Shorts: A Book Review |
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| Want to make short movies? Cameras are cheap, robust editing systems cost less than a standalone version of Photoshop and if you believe the postings on Craigslist you can assemble a cast and crew for next to nothing. But there is a requirement to have some talent, some ability, some knowledge if you want to rise above the also-ran.
That's where The Complete Guide to Writing, Producing and Directing a Low-Budget Short Film comes in. |
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| Inside Québec by Maurie Alioff |
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| Our Québec Contributing Editor, Maurie Alioff looks back at 2011, The Year in Film from his perspective Inside Québec. He takes an in-depth look at Nuit #1 and then creates his own Top 10 list of highlights from the year just ended. From Picture of the Year to Ignored Movie of the Year and much more, all Inside Québec. |
A Dangerous Method: A Review |
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| No medical instruments as designed by the Marquis de Sade? No talking Mugwumps? Or human flies? Can this really be a David Cronenberg film? Such is A Dangerous Method, because the Baron of Blood has come a very long way since Shivers and Rabid. More Masterpiece Theatre than visceral horror, his latest is a thoughtful, literate and downright staid movie in the best Merchant-Ivory tradition. Wyndham Wise reviews A Dangerous Method. |
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