The Reel Fun Family Day at Loose Moose Theatre kicked off the 6th Annual Reel Fun Film Festival. The day began with an authentic film industry experience where kids could actually do activities that would be specialized occupations on a film set. From Make-Up artist all the way to Director, the stations set up allowed [...]
Tags: #Festival, Calgary, Calgary Movies, Children, Film. Family, Kids, movies, Short Films
The Thrilling Discomfort of The Skin I Live In (Le Piel Que Habito) Pedro Almodovar (2011) Most brilliant people have quirks, Pedro Almodovar’s direction in The Skin I Live In is no exception. A film about a plastic surgeon, obsessed with the memory of his wife who commited suicide. Written and directed by Almodovar, it [...]
Tags: #Festival, Antonio Banderas, Foreign Film, Pedro Almodovar, The Skin I Live In, Thierry Jonquet
This Must Be The Place (2011, Paolo Sorrentino) stars Sean Penn as the character Cheyenne, a retired rock star (mix between Edward Scissorhands and Robert Smith), who lives in the UK with his wife (Frances McDermond) and Step-daughter (Eve Hewson). Cheyenne struggles with his guilt, and deciders to go visit his father who passed away, [...]
Tags: #Festival, Auschwitz, Cheyenne, Coen Bros., Edward Scissorhands, film, Frances McDermond, Garden State, Ghost Worl, Nazi, Paolo Sorrentino, Robert Smith, Sean Penn, Sundance
Miss Representation (2011, USA) is a documentary film about how the American Media misrepresents women. The screening tonight was hosted by the Calgary Sexual Health Centre, and had a spectacular audience turn out. The screening SOLD OUT and had a wait list, in the Globe Cinema downtown Calgary, on a -30*C Wednesday night. (Shocking) The [...]
Tags: #Festival, Calgary, Dawn Johnston, Feminism, film, GlobeCinema, MissRepresentation, Oprah, OWN, Review, Sarah Ivany, Shelley Youngblut, Sundance, yyc
