Wednesday, March 23, 2011
SMALL TOWN MURDER SONGS
It's another snowy, blowy Wednesday! Tonight at 7, BUFS screens the acclaimed Canadian film, SMALL TOWN MURDER SONGS (Ed Gass-Donnelly, 2010, rated 14A, 75 min.). Starring Peter Stormare, Martha Plimpton and Jill Hennessy and with a thunderous gospel score performed by Bruce Peninsula, this moody crime drama will almost certainly get under your skin. Don't miss it!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
March and April at BUFS
It's hard to believe, but there are only five films left in the BUFS winter season!
Tonight we present Peter Weir's first film in eight years, THE WAY BACK, starring Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess, Colin Farrell, and Saoirse Ronan. It's the story of a group of prisoners who escape a Siberian labour camp and trek across tundra, mountain, and desert to reach India and freedom. Peter Weir is one of my all-time favourite filmmakers, so I personally couldn't be more excited about this one!
Next week, by popular demand, we have ANOTHER YEAR, an Oscar nominee for Best Original Screenplay, starring Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen and Lesley Manville. This is the latest film from director Mike Leigh (HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, VERA DRAKE). I've never met a Mike Leigh film I didn't like.
On March 16, BUFS takes a break. We return on March 23 with a title that has yet to be confirmed, so I can't even give you a hint...
But on March 30, with the support of the Centre for Canadian Studies at Brock University, we are pleased to present BARNEY'S VERSION. This film, based on Mordecai Richler's novel, stars Paul Giamatti, Rosamund Pike, and Dustin Hoffman, and got an Oscar nod for Achievement in Make-up thanks to the remarkable aging of Barney Panofsky. Keep an eye out for fabulous Canuck cameos from the likes of Atom Egoyan, Paul Gross, and David Cronenberg.
We close out the season on April 6 with the newest adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's JANE EYRE, cosponsored by the Department of English Language and Literature here at Brock. The script for this adaptation was named by industry insiders as one of the best unproduced screenplays in Britain in 2008, so it promises to be something other than your average costume drama. To boot, it has a stellar cast including Mia Wasikowska (THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT), Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Sally Hawkins, and Judi Dench. Looks pretty brilliant!
Tonight we present Peter Weir's first film in eight years, THE WAY BACK, starring Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess, Colin Farrell, and Saoirse Ronan. It's the story of a group of prisoners who escape a Siberian labour camp and trek across tundra, mountain, and desert to reach India and freedom. Peter Weir is one of my all-time favourite filmmakers, so I personally couldn't be more excited about this one!
Next week, by popular demand, we have ANOTHER YEAR, an Oscar nominee for Best Original Screenplay, starring Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen and Lesley Manville. This is the latest film from director Mike Leigh (HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, VERA DRAKE). I've never met a Mike Leigh film I didn't like.
On March 16, BUFS takes a break. We return on March 23 with a title that has yet to be confirmed, so I can't even give you a hint...
But on March 30, with the support of the Centre for Canadian Studies at Brock University, we are pleased to present BARNEY'S VERSION. This film, based on Mordecai Richler's novel, stars Paul Giamatti, Rosamund Pike, and Dustin Hoffman, and got an Oscar nod for Achievement in Make-up thanks to the remarkable aging of Barney Panofsky. Keep an eye out for fabulous Canuck cameos from the likes of Atom Egoyan, Paul Gross, and David Cronenberg.
We close out the season on April 6 with the newest adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's JANE EYRE, cosponsored by the Department of English Language and Literature here at Brock. The script for this adaptation was named by industry insiders as one of the best unproduced screenplays in Britain in 2008, so it promises to be something other than your average costume drama. To boot, it has a stellar cast including Mia Wasikowska (THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT), Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Sally Hawkins, and Judi Dench. Looks pretty brilliant!
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Special Treat Tonight!
BUFS continues the Winter season tonight with the latest film from director Stephen Frears, TAMARA DREWE. Reviews on this film are mixed—even divided—but I'm looking forward to seeing it for many reasons, not the least of which is that Frears is a great director. (You may have seen/loved THE QUEEN, DIRTY PRETTY THINGS, or HIGH FIDELITY.) The cast is fantastic, and the source material (recently loaned to me by a follower of this very blog) is really quite charming.
And we get a special treat tonight—our host, Scott Henderson, has some inside scoop from the set of the film that he'll share before we get started!
Also coming up at BUFS in the next few weeks, we have the fascinating documentary MARWENCOL on January 26, the quirky comedy IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY on February 2, and the talked-about Canadian film INCENDIES on February 9. For details on these films, check out our web site (click on "Films" to see upcoming shows).
And we get a special treat tonight—our host, Scott Henderson, has some inside scoop from the set of the film that he'll share before we get started!
Also coming up at BUFS in the next few weeks, we have the fascinating documentary MARWENCOL on January 26, the quirky comedy IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY on February 2, and the talked-about Canadian film INCENDIES on February 9. For details on these films, check out our web site (click on "Films" to see upcoming shows).
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