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Time: 108 Minutes Cast: Marie-Josée Croze as Bibiane Champagne Director: Bibiane (Marie-Josée Croze), a wealthy part-time model, questions her seemingly perfect life after she has a traumatic abortion. She succumbs to substance abuse and, while driving drunk one night, strikes a pedestrian and drives off. The next morning, she learns of a man who died […]… Continue reading Maelström (2000) Review — The Cinema Critic

Time: 77 Minutes Cast: Maxim Gaudette as The Killer Sébastien Huberdeau as Jean-François Karine Vanasse as Valérie Évelyne Brochu as Stéphanie Johanne-Marie Tremblay as Jean-François’ mother Pierre-Yves Cardinal as Éric Director: Denis Villeneuve A dramatization of the Montreal Massacre of 1989 where several female engineering students were murdered by an unstable misogynist. Polytechnique was one […]… Continue reading Polytechnique (2009) Review — The Cinema Critic

Time: 130 Minutes Age Rating: contains violence and content that may disturb Cast: Lubna Azabal as Nawal Marwan Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin as Jeanne Marwan Maxim Gaudette as Simon Marwan Rémy Girard as Jean Lebel Director: Denis Villeneuve Nawal (Lubna Azabal), a dying Middle Eastern woman living in Montreal, leaves separate letters to her twin children to […]… Continue reading Incendies (2010) Review — The Cinema Critic

Time: 100 Minutes Age Rating: Cast: Jean Dujardin as George Valentin Bérénice Bejo as Peppy Miller Director: Brian Helgeland Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo) falls in love with the silent film star George Valentin (Jean Dujardin). Things change when Peppy becomes a famous actor while George’s career goes downhill with the introduction of talkies. The Artist […]… Continue reading The Artist (2011) Review — The Cinema Critic

Time: 120 Minutes Age Rating: Offensive language Cast: Ben Affleck as Tony Mendez Bryan Cranston as Jack O’Donnell Alan Arkin as Lester Siegel John Goodman as John Chambers Director: Ben Affleck An exfiltration specialist (Ben Affleck) masquerades as a Hollywood producer in order to rescue six Americans who are held captive in Tehran during the […]… Continue reading Argo (2012) Review — The Cinema Critic

Time: 134 Minutes Age Rating: Graphic violence & sexual violence Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup/Platt Michael Fassbender as Edwin Epps Lupita Nyong’o as Patsey Sarah Paulson as Mary Epps Paul Dano as John Tibeats Benedict Cumberbatch as William Ford Alfre Woodard as Mistress Harriet Shaw Brad Pitt as Samuel Bass Director: Steve McQueen In […]… Continue reading 12 Years a Slave (2013) Review — The Cinema Critic

Time: 136 minutes Cast: Pete Davidson as Scott Carlin Marisa Tomei as Margie Carlin Bill Burr as Ray Bishop Bel Powley as Kelsey Maude Apatow as Claire Carlin Steve Buscemi as Papa Director: Judd Apatow Scott (Pete Davidson) has been a case of arrested development since his firefighter dad died. He spends his days smoking […]… Continue reading The King of Staten Island (2020) Review — The Cinema Critic

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: THE IDENTITY PAS DE DEUX BEST DANCE FILM: MAKING MEN BEST MUSIC VIDEO: ADAM & STEVE BEST STUDENT FILM: HELLO BABY BEST PERFORMERS: MOTEL -X BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: UPWELL BEST SOUND & MUSIC: WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME BUS Theme of night: Expression of confusion and determination NOTE: Festival took […]… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: Experimental, Music & Dance Festival – June 4, 2020 — Experimental Film & Music Video Festival

A handsome investment banker is tormented by the old Landlady of a seaside Bed & Breakfast when he takes a vacation with his much-younger boyfriend to try and repair their fractured relationship. CAST LIST: Matt (M): Allan Michael Brunet Sam (M): Geoff Mays Train Guard/Woman (F): Elizabeth Rose Morriss Man/Voice (M): Scott Beaudin Emily (F): […]… Continue reading LGBT 1st Scene Screenplay Reading: The Break, by Lee Cooper — LGBT Toronto Film Festival

Ernest Wrentmore is dressed to kill with twin .45 automatics on his hips, two trench daggers across his chest, and enough ammunition to take out an enemy platoon. At age 12, Ernest is the youngest American solider in World War I France. He’s about to become a hero. Based on a true story. CAST LIST: […]… Continue reading Winning Feature Screenplay: The Youngest Dougboy, by Steve Sterling — Crime/Mystery Film & Writing Festival