SCREENINGS Reviews edited by Jamie McLeish
jamiescreen@gmail.com
FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
09:00
DRIVE (US) 100mins. Dir: Nicolas Winding Refn. Key cast: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Oscar Isaac A Hollywood stunt driver moonlights as a getaway driver in the criminal underworld. Special Presentation TIFF Bell Lightbox 1
09:15
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN (UK) 112mins. Dir: Lynne Ramsay. Key cast: Tilda Swinton, John C Reilly, Ezra Miller. Tilda Swinton plays a mother who always knew her son was different — and perhaps evil. Special Presentation TIFF Bell Lightbox 2
09:30
LAST CALL AT THE OASIS (US) 105mins. Dir: Jessica Yu. Key cast: Peter Gleick, Erin Brockovich, Tyrone Hayes Investigation into the world’s water crisis, drawing upon the work of scientists and activists including the real Erin Brockovich. Real to Reel Isabel Bader Theatre
THE BOY WHO WAS A KING (Bulgaria/Germany) 90mins. Dir: Andrey Paounov The strange history of Simeon Saxe-Coburg- Gotha who became Bulgaria’s tsar at the age of six, was exiled during the years of communism, and then returned to be elected prime minister. Real to Reel AMC 9
TWIGGY (France) 82mins. Dir: Emmanuelle Millet. Key cast: Anne Le Ny, Christa Théret, Johan Libéreau When a young teenager
finds she is pregnant too late to have an abortion, she is determined to give the child up for adoption without telling her mother. Discovery AMC 4
WHERE DO WE GO NOW? (France/Lebanon/Italy/ Egypt) 100mins. Dir: Nadine Labaki. Key cast: Claude Msawbaa, Leyla Fouad, Antoinette El Noufaily A group of women band together to save their Lebanese community from violence. Special Presentation AMC 2
09:45
CHICKENWITH PLUMS (France/Germany/ Belgium) 91mins. Dirs: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud. Key cast: Mathieu Amalric, Maria De Medeiros, Golshifteh Farahani Follows the last days of a talented musician’s life as he seeks to replace his beloved violin. Special Presentation AMC 3
10:00
FREE MEN (France) 99mins. Dir: Ismael Ferroukhi. Key cast: Tahar Rahim, Michael Lonsdale, Mahmoud Shalaby Set in German-occupied Paris in 1942, an Algerian who is forced to spy for the authorities decides instead to become a freedom fighter. Contemporary World Cinema AMC 1
THE GOOD SON (Finland) 88mins. Dir: Zaida Bergroth. Key cast: Samuli Niittymaki, Elina Knihtila, Eero Aho A portrait of the dysfunctional relationship between a teenager and his actress mother. Discovery AMC 5
10:15
LIPSTIKKA (Israel/UK) 90mins. Dir: Jonathan Sagall. Key cast: Clara Khoury, Nataly Attiya, Daniel Caltagirone Two Palestinian women
FESTIVAL 12:30
THE FLYING MACHINE (Poland/China) 76mins. Dirs: Martin Clapp, Geoff Lindsey, Dorota Kobiela. Key cast: Heather Graham
Anna and her cousin take to the skies in an amazing flying machine to make the long journey home to Anna’s father. TIFF Kids TIFF Bell Lightbox 2
living in London struggle with complex memories of their past. Contemporary World Cinema AMC 6
THE STONES (Argentina) 73mins. Dir: Roman Cardenas. Key cast: Roman Cardenas, Mariana Padial, Nicolas Bellati An occasionally absurd, comic look at the dissolution of a couple’s relationship. City to City AMC 10
10:45
THINK OF ME (US) 103mins. Dir: Bryan Wizemann. Key cast: Lauren Ambrose, Audrey Scott, Dylan Baker As things unravel for a struggling single mother, she must decide what she is willing to do, and to give up, in order to get by. Contemporary World Cinema AMC 7
11:00
SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN (UK) 112mins. Dir: Lasse Hallström. Key cast: Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas A fisheries scientist finds himself saddled with the task of introducing
salmon fishing to the highlands of Yemen. Special Presentation Visa Screening Room (Elgin)
11:45
A SEPARATION (Iran) 123mins. Dir: Asghar Farhadi. Key cast: Leila Hatami, Peyman Moadi, Shahab Hosseini When his wife leaves him, Nader hires a young woman to take care of his suffering father. But his new maid is not only pregnant, but also working without her unstable husband’s permission. Contemporary World Cinema AMC 9
12:00
TAKE THIS WALTZ (Canada) 116mins. Dir: Sarah Polley. Key cast: Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Luke Kirby A bittersweet story about a married woman struggling to choose between her husband and a man she’s just met. Gala Ryerson
THE CAT VANISHES (Argentina) 89mins. Dir: Carlos Sorin. Key cast: Beatriz Spelzini, Luis Luque, Maria Abadi When Beatriz picks up her husband Luis from the sanatorium, she is
not sure if she should believe his psychiatrist’s pronouncement that he is cured. City to City AMC 4
12:15
BREAKAWAY (Canada) 100mins. Dir: Robert Lieberman. Key cast: Anupam Kher, Russell Peters, Vinay Virmani A young Sikh-Canadian man dreams of hockey stardom but first has to assemble a team to beat the local bullies. Special Presentation AMC 2
12:30
KEYHOLE (Canada) 105mins. Dir: Guy Maddin. Key cast: Jason Patric, Isabella Rossellini, Udo Kier A surreal indoor odyssey of one man struggling to reach his wife in her bedroom upstairs. Special Presentation AMC 3
PINK RIBBONS, INC. (Canada) 98mins. Dir: Lea Pool A documentary about the industry and culture that has developed around the issue of breast cancer. Real to Reel Isabel Bader Theatre
THE FLYING MACHINE See box, above.
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