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Monsieur Lazhar leads Jutra Nominations - Finalists in the competition to win a Jutra Award were announced in Montréal yesterday morning and with a total of nine nominations, Monsieur Lazhar leads the pack with nominations for Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actor. It has been quite a year for the film, which is also nominated as Best Foreign Language Film at the 2012 Oscars®. Coteau Rouge was close on the heels of Monsieur Lazhar taking eight nominations, including Best Picture, Best Screenplay and a Best Actress nod for Céline Bonnier. |
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Tré Armstrong to be Honoured - Choreographer, Actress, Dancer and Mentor, Tré Armstrong will receive the prestigious "Success, Engagement, Empowerment Award" at the 3rd Annual Black History Month Gala this Saturday, February 4th, in Ottawa. This prestigious award is given to those who reach out and make a difference in communities around the world and at home. Tré. Armstrong epitomizes these values. Guests at this Saturday's event include the past Governor General of Canada, Her Excellency the Right Honorable Michaelle Jean. |
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| Pink Ribbons Inc: A Review |
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| Pink Ribbons Inc. a Must See - It is safe to assume everyone reading this has been touched by cancer. Friends, family, coworkers, fellow students, it is pervasive. From total unknowns to high profile victims like Terry Fox, we have all lost someone to The Big C. And, most likely, we have all asked why, with so much money going into research, has no one found a cure? Pink Ribbons Inc., doesn't specifically answer that question, but looks at the industrialization of fund-raising to help find a cure for breast cancer. If you have ever donated to any pink ribbon campaign or bought a product because its label boasted a pink ribbon, you must see this film. |
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| The Victoria International Film Festival launches its 2012 season today and runs until February 12th. The opening gala selection is House of Pleasures. A portrait of the last days of L’Apollonide, a Parisian brothel at the turn of the 20th century, the movie by classical musician–turned-director Bertrand Bonello is less sexy for its nudity than the aesthetic pleasures of a world beautifully realized. Click here for our February Film Festival listings. |
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Northernstars Leon Aronson, Stephen McHattie, Craig Lauzon and Tristan D. Lalla were born on February 3rd.
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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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