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Catherine Deneuve to receive lifetime achievement award at the Montreal World...
As usual, the Montreal World Film Festival is taking its sweet time announcing details of this year’s edition. But taciturn fest president Serge Losique finally broke his Sphinx-like silence to...
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Vincent Perez coming to 2011 Montreal World Film Festival with his latest...
Wednesday, I said the Montreal World Film Festival wasn’t releasing enough news. Apparently Festival des Films du Monde (FFM) president Serge Losique was listening! A day after announcing that iconic...
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Montreal World Film Festival 2011 trailer-a-day: Coteau Rouge
The Montreal World Film Festival starts Aug. 18 and runs through to the 28th. By the numbers, that’s 11 days, 383 films, more than 70 countries, 170 world premieres and one Catherine Deneuve. Kicking...
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Montreal World Film Festival 2011: What’s come and gone … and still showing,...
One of the frustrations of writing about the Montreal World Film Festival for the newspaper is that often by the time I’ve seen a film it has already come and gone and so isn’t something I can suggest...
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Ewan McGregor, Penelope Cruz, Dustin Hoffmann, Ricardo Darin and other stars...
The 60th San Sebastian Film Festival, held in San Sebastian, Spain, wrapped up on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012. The festival showed films from the U.S., Europe and Latin America. The Golden Shell Award for...
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Sound off on Saint Laurent
Hedi Slimane has shown his second collection for the storied house of Yves Saint Laurent, which he renamed Saint Laurent. He also moved his atelier to L.A. This second line is grungy, with little hint...
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The Film Society presents Catherine Deneuve, slowly losing it in 1965...
In its last screening before taking a summer break, the Film Society/ Le Cinéclub will show Roman Polanski’s 1965 film Repulsion, starring a very young Catherine Deneuve. Michael Atkinson IFC Fix...
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Thirteen dates with Roman Polanski
MONTREAL – Here is a look back at some important dates in the life of acclaimed and controversial filmmaker Roman Polanski. His latest film, Venus in Fur, opens in cinemas June 20, 2014....
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McCord Museum serves up a slice of Bens deli
Bens — sans apostrophe — is back and within a karnatzel’s toss of its old location on de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. But no waiters scurrying about with plates of steaming smoked meat and fries. No, this is...
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Truth is better than fiction in L'Homme qu'on aimait trop
L’Homme qu’on aimait trop ** (two stars) Directed by: André Téchiné Starring: Guillaume Canet, Catherine Deneuve, Adèle Haenel Running time: 116 minutes L’Homme qu’on aimait trop should be a great...
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Cinematic sparkle: Actor Lucie Laurier dares you to shine this festive season
Lucie Laurier knows herself well: she describes her style as vintage cinema glamour with a French twist and Italian seasoning. With her dark as night hair and porcelain skin, the actor who played in...
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Eva Friede at the Grand Palais: Gaultier takes Paris
PARIS After four years, nine cities and almost 1.5 million visitors, it’s fair to conclude that The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier has conquered the planet, landing at the Grand Palais in Paris in...
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Camilli: Game of Thrones is a history lesson to Snoop
People unclear on the concept: Marijuana advocate Snoop may have set the legalization movement back 20 years when telling the N.Y. Post why he likes Game of Thrones: “I watch it for historic reasons,...
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FNC opens with Le tout nouveau testament's divine comedy
“If God exists, I hope he has a good excuse.” — Woody Allen Jaco Van Dormael blames Woody Allen for his delightfully impudent new movie Le tout nouveau testament, which premièred as part of Cannes’...
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