Kurios — Cabinet of Curiosities: Nouveau cirque switches gears
MONTREAL — Screaming anachronisms and a cocky science fiction attitude make for a Steampunk world under the Big Top down at the Old Port, where the Cirque du Soleil’s latest tent show, Kurios —...
View ArticleWolf of Wall Street Belfort says he’s aiming for $100 million pay
Jordan Belfort, whose memoir “The Wolf of Wall Street” was turned into a film by Martin Scorsese, expects to earn more this year than he made at his peak as a stockbroker, allowing him to repay the...
View ArticleReview: Life Itself
Life Itself Rating: Four stars out of five Starring: Roger Ebert, Chaz Ebert, Gene Siskel, Martin Scorsese Directed by: Steve James Running time: 115 minutes He led a five-star life and it’s a...
View ArticleFantasia programmers pick their must-see movies
Simon Laperrière: Camera Lucida section Thou Wast Mild and Lovely, by Josephine Decker: Directed by one of the icons of the mumblecore movement. Freely inspired by John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, this...
View ArticleDoug Camilli: Margaret Atwood plants manuscript in Future Library
MONTREAL — Want to read Margaret Atwood’s whole canon? Stick around. The story she’s working on now won’t be published until 2114. She’s the first contributor to the goofy Future Library, a project by...
View ArticleReview: Mommy is Xavier Dolan’s dearest movie yet
Mommy Rating: 5 stars out of 5 Directed by: Xavier Dolan Starring: Anne Dorval, Suzanne Clément, Antoine Olivier Pilon Running time: 134 minutes Opens Friday, Sept. 19 MONTREAL — Xavier Dolan “killed”...
View ArticleScorsese film one highlight of documentary festival
New films by Martin Scorsese and Frederick Wiseman, and a profile of famed film director Robert Altman are among the highlights of the 17th Rencontres internationales du documentaire, which runs Nov....
View ArticleCan Gregory Charles make it there?
“If I can make it there/I’ll make it anywhere.” You are surely familiar with these lyrics. Gregory Charles definitely knows all of the words to New York, New York – a song made famous by Frank...
View ArticleJazz fest to feature musical tribute to director Baz Luhrmann
Shane Scheel and Anderson Davis are back at the Montreal International Jazz Festival this summer with a tribute to another filmmaker’s oeuvre. Last year, the two Los Angeles stage creators brought...
View ArticleAlfonso Gomez-Rejon inspired by Scorsese for teen tragicomedy Me and Earl and...
For a guy who worships Martin Scorsese, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon has made a pretty palatable second feature. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl features neither rampant violence, sex or other assorted grit that...
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