Posts from — August 2008

The Star ’s Peter Howell, Linda Barnard, Bruce DeMara, Rob Salem and Susan Walker have previewed dozens of the films coming to the Toronto International Film Festival. Capsule reviews here are in alphabetical order.

The Montreal Alouettes’ goal-line stand on Friday that sealed a win over the B.C. Lions was impressive. How often does a defence stop the opposition three times from the one-yard line?

More films, more locations, more fun — all packed into a shorter time. That’s what the second annual Grand River Film Festival promises from Friday through Tuesday., Oct. 22 to 26.

Sun Media interviews Keira Knightley, who’ll be at the Toronto International Film Festival. Visit the Entertainment section here .

A Quebec coroner’s criticism of police stun-gun use in the death of a Montreal man has prompted his family to push for a full and impartial inquiry.

You say you want a revolution – or at least our TIFF buzz panellists do. Respondents to our eighth annual Chasing the Buzz poll picked rebel opus Che as the movie they’re most eager to see at the Toronto International Film Festival, which runs from Thursday through Sept. 13.

Sun Media interviews Keira Knightley, who’ll be at the Toronto International Film Festival. Visit the Entertainment section here .

MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner’s criticism of police stun-gun use in the death of a Montreal man has prompted his family to push for a full and impartial inquiry.

After weeks of rain, the sky finally cleared in Montreal this week right for the start of the 32nd World Film Festival . Many used the opportunity to gather on the steps of Place des Arts and enjoy the free outside screenings of ” Some Like It Hot ” and ” The Right Stuff .” The latter was part of the homage reserved for producer Alan Ladd, Jr.

On a sunny August Saturday, the riverside in Lyon is so preposterously perfect it looks like a tourist board promotional film. Beautiful people are coasting past on roller blades, laughing, with their glossy hair billowing behind them.

Synopsis: A pair of live Queen performances. The first is from 1981 in Montreal, recorded for the band’s Queen Rock Montreal live album. This is the disc’s primary feature. The second show is from a 1985 performance at Live Aid, presented as a standard def supplement.

The Truman Syndrome has drawn attention as psychiatrists describe patients who describe their lives as mirroring that of the main character in the 1998 film “The Truman Show.”

Includes Winnipeg real estate mogul, former president of the Montreal Canadiens and Quebec sociologist and film historian