Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday March 5, 2010! Huge week this weeks with the Spirit Awards tonight and the Oscars coming up on Sunday! I can't believe it is already here, I barely made a dent in the films I hadn't seen yet but planned to before the awards. I think I was too busy watching the Olympics and cheering on all the skeleton competitors, speed skaters and of course, the curlers. But back to movies. Earlier this week we had the Genie nominations announcement and the heavy hitter is the weighty Polytechnique with 11 nominations. Wow. Great to see Pontypool is up for three nominations included Stephen McHattie for Lead Actor. If you need refresher on nominees check out: Spirit Awards noms, Oscar noms and Genie noms.
In limited release this week we have an awesome selection with 5 films, and all have an strong emotional pull. First up is Sean Garrity's Zooey & Adam which deals with hugely emotional issues in terms of personal relationships journeys. Next up is At Home by Myself ...with You which takes a comedic look at relationships and phobias. We also have Helen starring Ashely Judd which deals with depression. Just before the Oscars we have a release of one of the foreign language film nominees hitting the screens with the highly acclaimed A Prophet / Un prophète from director Jacques Audiard. Last up for limited releases is The Ghost Writer, which I thought wouldn't be released for a while because I've only ever seen one poster for this Roman Polanski directed film starring Pierce Brosnan & Ewan McGregor.
In wide release this week we have
Have a great weekend!
Shannon
Festival Watch
Cinéfranco Youth & Family Program
Continues until March 10, 2010 at The Bloor Cinema in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Continues until March 6, 2010 at various locations in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
World of Comedy Film Festival
March 5 - 7, 2010 at Innis Town Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Friday March 5, 2010 Releases
Dir: Kris Booth - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Kristen Booth, Aaron Abrams, Rosemary Dunsmore, Raoul Bhaneja, Shauna MacDonald, Ryan Blakely, Gordon Pinsett
Canada
Limited Release
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page
Brooklyn's Finest
Dir:
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer
The Ghost Writer
Dir: Roman Polanski (The Pianist, The Ninth Gate, Chinatown)
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall, Jon Bernthal, James Belushi
France/UK/Germany
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer
Helen
Cast: Ashley Judd, Goran Visnjic, Lauren Lee Smith, Alexia Fast
USA/UK/Canada/Germany
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer
Dir: Jacques Audiard (De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté / The Beat That My Heart Skipped)
Cast: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup
France/Italy
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer
Zooey & Adam
Writer/Dir: Sean Garrity (Lucid)
Cast: Daria Puttaert, Tom Keenan
Canada
Limited Release
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page
Film Fan Fridays for Friday March 5, 2010
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