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!
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