Film Dictionary

June 6, 2013

Run And Jump (2013) **

Irish film about an unusual love triangle.

Dirty Weekend (2013) **

Black comedy about a English teacher trying to get rid of his student mistress during a weekend in France.

The Liability (2013) **

Uneven, but original British crime movie about a hit-man (Tim Roth), his chauffeur and the chauffeur's stepdad.

The Dirties (2013) *

Two students try to make a movie about killing the bullies at school.

Molly Maxwell (2013) **

Sweet and innocent little movie about a 16-year-old girl who falls in love with her young teacher.

The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones (2013) **

Entertaining Canadian horror/action extravaganza about demon hunters, vampires, werewolves and other cuddly creatures.

Down River (2013) *

Quirky, but very incoherent film about a group of women.

Upside Down (2013) *

Science-fiction drama starring Kirsten Dunst.

Cas And Dylan (2013) **

Quirky road movie about an unusual May-December friendship. Charming, but very "deja vu".

Stay (2013) *

Incredibly boring coproduction between Canada and Ireland.

Empire Of Dirt (2013) **

Nice little film about three generations of Native women.

The Art Of The Steal (2013) **

Badly directed and unevenly written Canadian caper flick that nonetheless has a surprisingly strong third act.

Vanishing Point (2013) **

Documentary about Inuits in northern Greenland.

People Of The Feather (2013) **

Ecological documentary about Hudson Bay Inuits, whose ecosystem is affected by hydroelectric projects.

Hi-Ho Mistahey! (2013) *

Documentary about a Native protest movement to build more schools.

Long Gone Day (2013) *

Drab and depressing Canadian film about a junkie musician.

The Colony (2013) *

A boring science-fiction/horror/post-apocalyptic allegory.

The Grand Seduction (2013) **

Brendan Gleeson stars in this English-language remake of Quebec's ''La Grande Séduction". Set in Newfoundland.

May 5, 2013

Le Chant des ondes (2013) *

Full title: "Le Chant des ondes - Sur la piste de Maurice Martenot". A documentary about music.

Le Meteore (2013) **

Half experimental (the visual half), half narrative (the verbal half).

Triptyque (2013) *

Boring film directed by Robert Lepage and Pedro Pires.

En attendant le printemps (2013) *

Boring documentary set during wintertime.

Québékoisie (2013) *

Documentary about the relationship between French-Canadians and Native Canadians.

Le Prix des mots (2013) *

Manipulative propaganda film defending a defamation. Pathetic.

Anne des vingt jours (2013) ***

Chasse au Godard d'Abbittibbi (2013) ***

Dans un ocean d'images (2013) ***

La Maison du pecheur (2013) ***

Les Manèges humains (2013) ***

Vic et Flo ont vu un ourse (2013) ***

Premier amour (2013) *

Old-fashioned and anachronistic melodrama about puppy love.

Hot Dog (2013) *

Stupid and pointless comedy. Totally devoid of any sense of humor.

Diego Star (2013) *

Boring, slow and miserabilistic film about an African sailor on a Russian ship stranded in Canada.

Il était une fois les Boys (2013) **

A prequel to the earlier films.

Amsterdam (2013) **

Three friends lie to their girlfriends and go to Amsterdam instead of a fishing trip.

Whitewash (2013) **

Original, but bizarre film about a strange man hiding in the woods in wintertime. A sort of "Robinson Crusoe" of Canadian winter.

Maïna (2013) **

Difficult relations between Inuits and American Indians are explored in this tense adventure film set before the arrival of Europeans in North America.

April 4, 2013

That Wasn't Me (2013) ****

Shocking and powerful short film about child soldiers.

L'Ouragan fuck you tabarnak (2013) ***

Justine And Charlie (2013) ***

Quelqu'un d'extraordinaire (2013) ***

Clever film about young women bitching among themselves.

CaveDigger (2013) ***

Short documentary about an artist who digs and sculpts artificial caves.

Na nitochke (2013) ***

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Avant que de tout perdre (2013) ***

Suspenseful short about an abused wife trying to escape from her husband. Nominated both for an Academy Award and for a César Award.

Lady In Number 6: Music Saved My Life (2013) ***

Short documentary about Holocaust survivors.

A pas de loup (2013) **

French short about a physically abused woman.

My Guide (2013) **

Amusing and touching Hungarian short about nagging wives and GPSs.

Ina Litovski (2013) **

Short Canadian film about a little girl who plays a violin.

La Fugue (2013) **

Interesting French short about the sentencing of a juvenile delinquent girl.

I Love YU (2013) **

Croatian short full of nostalgia for the good old days of Tito's Yugoslavia, but curiously apolitical.

Nous avions (2013) **

A Pakistani-Canadian family are having a picnic while watching planes landing.

The Voorman Problem (2013) **

Clever short about God and a psychiatrist.

Cell From Hell Episode 1 One Helluva Night (2013) **

Amusing and well-directed short about a cell phone.

Bar None (2013) **

Short film about a suicidal man going to a bar.

Mr Spontaneous (2013) **

Rather outrageous short film about a normal guy who becomes a crazy mass murderer.

Just As I Remember (2013) *

Short documentary about people suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease.

Penelope (2013) *

British short starring Juliet Stevenson as a woman who meets her rival in a café.

Callback (2013) *

A bisexual man is asked some very direct questions.

The Pick Up (2013) *

A laundry, a guy trying to pick up a girl, a bromance.

Prison Terminal The Last Days of Private Jack Hall (2013) *

Short documentary about Jack Hall, a terminally ill octogenarian lifer at Iowa State Penitentiary. The film looks at the last six months of Jack's life and the creation of a hospice run by other inmates serving life sentences.