AltWeeklies Wire
John Pilger on American Malfeasance in Latin Americanew
The journalist and documentary filmmaker probes the uncomfortable truths of American influence in Latin
America in The War on Democracy.
Montreal Mirror |
Patrick Lejtenyi |
11-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: John Pilger, The War on Democracy
Steve Gallucio on 'Surviving My Mother'new
His latest screenplay was originally intended for the stage.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
11-02-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
'American Venus' is Just Weirdnew
With his latest film, it is as though Vancouver-based filmmaker Bruce Sweeney has taken Rebecca De Mornay's persona and given her children of her own.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
11-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: American Venus, Bruce Sweeney
'American Gangster' is a Heroin-Dealing Disappointmentnew
There's a lot that this movie promises and never delivers.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
11-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: American Gangster, Ridley Scott
'The District' is Comically Grotesquenew
Nothing and everything in the film works, but there are bursts of impressive creative energy that juice up the movie every time it starts to slacken, and you have to give it credit for being, as far as I know, the world's first Hungarian animated quasi-political sexually explicit rap musical.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
10-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Aron Gauder, The District
Cristian Mungiu Goes Beyond Abortionnew
"When I sat down to write it, I wasn't setting out to make a film about abortion," the director says of his gritty, Palme d'Or-winning drama.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
10-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Screenwriter Kelley Sane on Torture and 'Rendition'new
Sane's screenplay has several intersecting subplots, all of which arc beautifully over less than two hours.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
10-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gavin Hood, rendition
Anton Corbijn on His Gorgeously Bleak New Filmnew
Control recreates the brief and intense life of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
10-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Control, Anton Corbijn
'Up the Yangtze' Captures China in Transitionnew
Full of stunning images of contemporary China, it shows us the unsettling pace at which the nation's cultures are shifting, and the manner in which the country's newfound economic super-powerhouse status is bulldozing all other concerns.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
10-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: up the yangtze, Yung Chang
Festival du Nouveau Cinema Picksnew
Bob Dylan, Guy Maddin, David Lynch,
Brian De Palma and more. The festival run through Oct. 21.
Montreal Mirror |
Staff |
10-12-2007 |
Movies
All Aboard the Night Trainnew
Montreal's Clyde Henry Productions on
their strange and innovative stop-motion
animation Madame Tutli-Putli.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
10-12-2007 |
Reviews
'The Seeker' Is Flat and Boringnew
This film, based on the novel by Susan Cooper, is a grade-A turkey.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
10-05-2007 |
Reviews
The Holy Mission of Montreal's Christian Film Festivalnew
The first-ever festival features some surprising choices.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
10-05-2007 |
Movies
Director Nicolas Roeg on the Ups and Downsnew
Whatever the reasons for his career's decline, Roeg is back in form with Puffball, his first theatrical feature since 1996's barely released Two Deaths.
Montreal Mirror |
Malcolm Fraser |
10-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Nicolas Roeg, Puffball
'Brand Upon on the Brain!' is a Deranged Spectaclenew
It's too bad everyone can't see Guy Maddin's latest in the form it was originally intended. Presented in Toronto and New York with live sound effects, narration, and even singing, Maddin’s silent movie was created with the idea of being "a lavish spectacle for the masses," in the director's own words.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
10-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Brand upon the Brain!, Guy Maddin
