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Montreal’s AmérAsia Film Festival announces exciting 2012 lineup of categories
The AmérAsia Film Festival has announced the five principle subcategories for its third edition of Montreal’s premiere festival celebrating the latest Asian and Asian-Canadian cinema, taking place on the first two weekends of March. There are plenty of titles to … [Read the Rest]
Hey Ottawa and Halifax: Win tickets to the advanced screening of ‘Act of Valor’
Thanks to Alliance we are giving away 10 double passes to the advanced screenings of Act of Valor taking place in Halifax as well as in Ottawa this Thursday February 23rd. The upcoming American war film is directed by Mike … [Read the Rest]
Once Upon A Time, Ep. 1.13, “What Happened To Frederick” the show’s gold standard for melodrama
Once Upon A Time, Season 1, Episode 13: “What Happened To Frederick” Written by David H. Goodman Directed by Dean White Airs Sundays at 8pm (ET) on ABC There are no huge surprises this week as Once Upon A Time settles … [Read the Rest]
Berlinale 2012: ‘Caesar Must Die’ takes home the Golden Bear
The Berlin International Film Festival, also called the Berlinale, is one of the world’s leading film festivals and most reputable media events. 2012 marks the first year Sound On Sight was present to attend. Merle has been posting her recaps … [Read the Rest]
Oscar Shock: 5 Surprise Best Actors (And What Happened Next)
With the Academy Awards now just a week away, large doses of scrutiny are being shoved down the collective throats of the twinkling stars standing in line and hoping for their very own statuette. Odds are that when the nominations … [Read the Rest]
Berlinale Diary: Part Four
You had better brush up on your knowledge of expressionist cinema, film noir, Greek mythology, psychoanalysis, as well as Guy Maddin’s oeuvre and biography, before heading out to go see his newest fiction feature! Keyhole is a highly complex, multilayered … [Read the Rest]
Mondo’s Academy Award Series Posters
With the Academy Awards taking place next weekend, the poster boutique of the Alamo Drafthouse has created posters for their favourite Oscar nominated films, in four different categories.The first two posters have been released. They are for Martin Scorsese‘s Hugo, … [Read the Rest]
Short Film of the Day: ’2011 YoungCuts Film Festival’
2011 YoungCuts Film Festival Courtesy of the YoungCuts Film Festival www.YoungCuts.com What’s It Called? 2011 YoungCuts Film Festival Who Made It? Directed and Edited by Phil Lubenskyi Where Is It From? Canada (Quebec) Who Is the Director? There he stood, … [Read the Rest]
‘The Front Line’ rises to the occasion, overcoming its familiarity
The Front Line Directed by Jang Hun Written by Park Sang-yeon South Korea, 2011 Regardless of country, whenever award season comes around the safest bet in the mad guessing game of who will win or at least find themselves on … [Read the Rest]
Shippers: Who’s Steering This Boat?
Stephen King’s 1987 novel Misery (more of you may be acquainted with the 1990 film adaptation) is about the frustrated author of a successful romance series held prisoner by a psychotically-obsessed fan until he writes a novel undoing the series-ending … [Read the Rest]
Sordid Cinema Podcast Rewind, Episode #29: ‘Snowtown’ and Oscar Nominated ‘Bullhead’
Fantastic Fest is one of the biggest film festivals in the states. Held in Austin Texas at the Alamo Drafthouse, the event screens nothing but the best in genre films. We’ve been reporting from the festival since 2009, but for … [Read the Rest]
SXSW 2012: Todd Rohal’s ‘Nature Calls’ and more added to line-up
In less than a month the SXSW Film Festival will kick off (Friday, March 9, to be exact), and the line-up keeps getting better and better. The festival has announced some exciting additions to their already-stellar line-up including the Sundance … [Read the Rest]
Short Film of the Day: ‘Haleiya’
Haleiya Courtesy of the YoungCuts Film Festival www.YoungCuts.com What’s It Called? Haleiya Who Made It? Written and Directed by A J Korkidakis Where Is It From? Canada (Quebec) How Old Is the Director? 23 (22 at time of production) Who … [Read the Rest]
Berlinale Diary 2012: Part Three
Finally! It took a ski-stealing kid to raise the bar for films selected to be in competition. Ursula Meier’s L’enfant D’en Haut (Sister) tells an intriguing story with well-composed twists, starring brilliant actors Kacey Mottet Klein and Léa Seydoux (who … [Read the Rest]
Sound on Sight Podcast #308: 2012 Oscars Foreign Language Nominees, ‘A Separation’ and ‘Monsieur Lazhar’
The Academy Awards are just two weekends away, and we’ve been itching to talk about a pair of films that wound up getting nods in the Foreign Film category, so we’ve brought in a pair of guests to help us … [Read the Rest]
