doctor love or dr. love is a malayalam romantic comedy film directed by k. biju .

the film was produced by joy thomas sakthikulangara , and stars kunchacko boban , ananya , bhavana , manikkuttan , rejith menon , salim kumar , and others .

the music of the film was arranged by vinu thomas .

maxlab studios and entertainment distributed the film .

it was released on 9 september 2011 .

doctor love ( film )

doctor love ( film ) <EOT> of course not , i don ' t love anyone the way i love you .

the film is so humorless and in love with its own obviousness that it grows laughable .

love takes wings is the seventh tv movie based on janette oke ' s love comes softly series .

love story is as much about the love between a couple as it is about familial relationships . it ' s conditional versus unconditional love . " love means never having to say you ' re sorry . "

doctor in clover is another ' doctor ' movie , but this time leslie phillips is the main doctor in the story , looking for love and romance from the hospital nurses , much to the annoyance of . . . see full summary »

i love , love , love this french movie , based in paris , with english subtitles . amelie breaks out of the mold of romantic movies and takes her bold personality to entertain us in her search for love .

this film is number 50 on bravo ' s " 100 funniest movies " and number 88 on the american film institute ' s ( afi ) listing the 100 greatest film love stories of all time .

everything about the 1961 romantic movie breakfast at tiffany ' s is beautiful . i love audrey hepburn ' s portrayal of the effusive holly golightly . i love the beautiful music . i love the film ' s setting in new york city . i even love tiffany ' s jewelry !

romantics will love this story . people who love to travel will drool over the scenes of paris , including montmartre .

i think " life is beautiful " is a world classic love story , showing the " power and endurance " of true love through adversity .

long title : the film ' s full title , dr . strangelove or : how i learned to stop worrying and love the bomb .

opening scroll : the film opens with an opening scroll which was a basic disclaimer telling patrons that the film was a cautionary tale .

thank you keeley ! i love both of those movies too . cheers , steph

congratulations to murray gold as his soundtrack to doctor who series 9 tops the classical . . .

endless love may well resonate with young women who dream of falling in love with a sexy bad boy , the rest of us will view it as forgettable romantic escapism .

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good article . enjoyed reading it and the videos too . i love romantic movies .

" endless love " isn ' t so much a remake of the 1981 franco zeffirelli film as it is an extended ad for the idyllic abercrombie & fitch lifestyle .

mad scientist : the dear doctor is a shout out to rotwang from metropolis and classical stock characters .

the marvel comics movie universe gets a bit bigger , though not appreciably better , with doctor strange .

to the atraxi in his first appearance : “hello , i’m the doctor . basically , run . ”

part of the closing credits are a sequence of illustrated scenes from the film .

a newly appointed ias officer ( kunchako boban ) recalls about the love of his life .

happy valentine ' s day , everyone ! don ' t spend it watching endless love .

can ' t find a community you love ? create your own and start something epic .

genius cripple : doctor strangelove , although he regained the ability to walk a second before the world ended .

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dr . strangelove or : how i learned to stop worrying and love the bomb is a 1964 black comedy film by stanley kubrick . the plot is largely taken from the 1958 novel red alert by peter george , who contributed to the film ' s screenplay .

stock footage : the film uses archive footage of atomic bombs exploding near the end .

of the air force about the subject but not the acknowledgement of the film makers .

julio medem’s film has enough hanky - courting plot mechanics for three remakes of beaches .

oh yeah . you ' ll have the time of your life watching this film .

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i so love the " mannequin " in 1987 . . you should see it guys . .

south african newcomer sharlto copley , best known for his role as wikus van de merwe in the oscar - nominated sci - fi film " district 9 , " took on the big - screen role of howling . but shultz made a cameo appearance as a german doctor in the film .

i love the movies p . s . i love you and message in a bottle . they touched my soul . . . even casablance , the notebook and many others are really good too .

* from here to eternity - - the sizzling beach love making scene is worth it by itself .

james earl jones made his film debut as one of the crewmen on the bomber plane .

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the way they use magic for fights is where the unique nature of this film lies .

dr . sparrow graduates and sets out into the world . hilarious internships with a miserly doctor and his young wife , a country doctor paid in kind not cash , and a quack specializing in rich . . . see full summary »

dr . strangelove ' s nazi vein comes back enthusiastically at the end , where he becomes an unambiguous mad doctor .

i love , love , love this romantic movie . but , let me just say that moulin rouge ! is not for everyone . the 2001 film is a dark musical , starring nicole kidman and ewan macgregor , set in the famous montmartre district of paris , france . the music and dancing are divine - - no wonder it was the first musical nominated for a best picture oscar in 22 years .

try to watch even the trailer below without weeping . this romantic movie illustrates the essence of true love .

how could you forget " two for the road ? " audrey and albert . a real love story .

i really love the . . . skillful way you beat the other girls to the bride ' s bouquet

a lonely doctor , who once occupied an unusual lakeside house , begins exchanging love letters with its former resident , a frustrated architect . they must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it ' s too late .

secondary character title : the good doctor is a memorable character , to be sure , but definitely not the main one .

doctor strange is about as weird as any marvel movie is going to get these days , which is not particularly weird .

doctor strange ' s magical battles turn manhattan into a concrete kaleidoscope - worth watching on the biggest screen you can find .

: just about every name in the film has some sort of suggestive connotation regarding sexuality , playing on the film ' s theme that war is fueled by masculine sexual urges . ( see also

this hungarian film is a careful , compassionate and beautifully acted character drama with a social conscience .

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the film begins with allie and noah as two lovers in the summer of 1940 in south carolina . they meet and fall in love , even though they run in different social circles . allie ' s mother intervenes to interrupt the love affair and it seems that everything possible gets in the way of the lovers uniting .

benedict cumberbatch gives , above all , a very personal touch to the arrogant doctor . . . [ full review in spanish ]

the actor playing the 11th doctor performed more than admirably for four years . but the show ' s writers let him down .

all incarnations of the doctor have been at least a little bit arrogant , but they’ve also tempered that arrogance with varying degrees of humility , selflessness , and a sense of wonder . but if moffat were running things , the doctor would swagger , dammit .

wanting to go to medical school , michael agrees to marry a local girl he assumes he ' ll grow to love . he takes the dowry and goes to constantinople , promising to return for the wedding once he ' s a doctor .

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like fast food , endless love feels engineered to satisfy in the moment without providing any sort of nutritional value .

even though there was an original version of sabrina ( with classic beauty audrey hepburn ) , i love the 1995 version of this film , starring harrison ford , julia ormond , and greg kinnear , even more .

everything explodes ending : the film ends in this precise manner , in a very black comedy sense .

another example occurs early in the film when group captain mandrake realizes that general ripper has gone insane .

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love takes wing is a tv movie starring sarah jones , haylie duff , and jordan bridges . this is a christian film from janette oke ' s love comes softly series . belinda simpson is recovering from the loss of her husband . she arrives in a small missouri town to become the local . . . see full summary »

of course , joe and the princess fall in love , but its not meant to be . or is it ?

song as david sneaks back into the house after all the lights go off . they make love by the fire .

: the film famously had an original ending where everyone in the war room breaks into a pie fight .

the sense of place is as pervasive as a character in “moss , ” a film by daniel peddle .

the film ' s action is great — and the stakes are heightened in the world war i setting .

doctor strangelove is right about why building a doomsday machine as a defensive measure and not telling anybody about it is a terribly bad idea .

belinda tyler struggles to choose between her career aspirations as a doctor and her feelings for a new york lawyer who wants a traditional wife .

this is a christian film from janette oke ' s love comes softly series . belinda simpson is recovering from the loss of her husband . she arrives in a small missouri town to become the local doctor . the town doesn ' t immediately take to a female doctor . she ' s also faced with the challenge of an infection in the town , that everyone believes came from the local orphanage . with the help of her friend , annie , and a young blacksmith , lee owens , belinda seeks a cure .

within the context of the film , employing strangelove for his scientific acumen leads to the downfall of american democracy .

as it is , the film is just crappy , sappy , pg - 13 valentine ' s day drivel .

performances are strong , with cumberbatch at peak charm - he seems to channel harrison ford as han solo here and doctor strange is genuinely funny .

this film is unforgettable . one of meg ryan ' s best performances in a romantic movie , and i really love nic cage ' s vulnerability and emotion . if you haven ' t seen this one - - it ' s time .

you ' ll see this theme in several other romantic movies produced years after an affair to remember . perhaps somewhat ironically , the movie itself is a remake of love affair , a 1939 film . an affair to remember often shows up on lists ( like this one ) of the most romantic movies of all time , according to the american film institute .

casablanca stars bogart and bergman , as well as other notables of mid - 20th century hollywood . the film places the lead character , rick blaine ( bogart ) in the quandary of choosing between his love interest and his moral and political beliefs .

a bachelor doctor goes to sea to escape the boredom of shore practice , but studies the nurses more than medicine , and brigitte bardot is around .

a british medical doctor fights a cholera epidemic in a small chinese village , while being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife .

vinayachandran is busy trying every trick of the trade to make both ends meet . he writes and publishes bland love stories that he sells off for a cheap price . one day , he meets a professor , who mistakes him to be an expert in resolving issues of love . and within no time , vinayachandran , who follows him to college , get known in the campus as dr . love .

why does hollywood continue to starve audiences longing for a good romantic tearjerker ? endless love didn ' t have to be this godawful .

chromosome casting : the film has precisely one female in the movie , a secretary , who is also a playboy centrefold .

it was well . . . strange . visually impressive but just a slightly odd film . still definitely worth a viewing .

also , " a walk in the clouds " is often times overlooked . . but has real depth of the power of true love .

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set in china in the 1920s during a cholera epidemic and the nationalist uprising , the film explores the stormy relationship of a dry british doctor and his seemingly incompatible fun - loving wife . they interact with engaging characters that include french nuns , british expatriates and a chinese doctor and military officer . the tension is increased by the ever - present threat of death from the epidemic and the political and military unrest that is about to explode . the film is shot with a hazy green look that makes the lush chinese countryside even more mysterious and beautiful . the film is accompanied by well - chosen music with a particularly gripping main theme by satie . norton and watts do a splendid job in the leading roles .

hollywood darkness : early in the film , an establishing shot of burpleson air force base . it ' s easy to miss , given the heavy use of chiaroscuro throughout the film , except for visibly bright window lights and the airfield flood lights being lit .

aired as the fifth and final original film in the hallmark channel ' s " countdown to valentine ' s day " lineup .

love story is the first romantic movie i recall seeing , and perhaps also the one with the longest lasting impression on me . starring ryan o ' neal and ally mcgraw , it ' s the tragic love story of a college couple in the 1960s from different backgrounds and social statuses .

' hotel rwanda ' director terry george returns to genocide , with oscar isaac and christian bale stuck in a love triangle during the armenian holocaust .

mr . exposition : general turgidson and doctor strangelove are advisors who explain most of the strategical and technical details to the president , and to the audience by extension .

a meddling man and woman determined to stop a wedding for the good of the bride and groom instead wind up falling in love with each other .

* gone with the wind - - probably the lushiest love story movie ever , and all within the context of the civil war raging around them .

the twilight saga : eclipse brings the story of a woman , her vampire lover , and werewolf friend full circle , following new moon and breaking dawn . in the film ( and the book ) , romantic tensions between human teen , vampire and werewolf love are on the rise !

dirty communists : satirizing this trope is one the central tenets of the film . but the soviets themselves are openly lampooned as well .

turgidson spends much of the film acting like a belligerent and loud jerk , but clams up when he realizes the world may end .

viewers got a succinct briefing on moffat’s vision in the season four two - part episode he wrote , “silence in the library / forest of the dead , ” in which moffat’s creation river meets tennant’s 10th doctor . at one point , she turns into a mouthpiece for moffat : while she thinks that the 10th doctor is ok , “now , my doctor , i’ve seen whole armies turn and run away , and he’d just swagger off back to his tardis and open the doors with a snap of his fingers . ”

closing the film with stock footage of nuclear explosions overlaid with very lynn singing " we ' ll meet again " is also quite memorable .

sliding scale of gender inequality : the film has precisely one female in the movie , a secretary , who is also a playboy centrefold .

the movie has kunchakko boban as vinayachandran , a struggling young writer , who is trying different ways to make a living . he has a friend in gowry ( ananya ) , who is a staff in the local telephone booth . mainly threading his plots for novels around love , vinayachandran accidentally happens to meet sathya sheelan ( innocent ) , the p e teacher of a college , who comes for advice to somehow fulfil his love for a fellow teacher in the college . and for that sathyasheelan finds ways to post vinayan as a supplier in the college canteen . once inside the college , vinayan instantly strikes a chord with the students helping some to reward with their first love . instantly rechristened as ' dr . love - the romance consultant ' , he starts to deals with people who are affected with love and becomes the last word for youngsters in the college struck by cupid ' s arrow and those who have a problem with their love affairs . the after - effects of his so - called ' guidance ' and the consultant ' s own love story is what that takes the story forward .

bilingual bonus : dr . strangelove ' s name used to be merkwürdigliebe before he moved to the us and had it changed . merkwürdigliebe translates as strange love .

doctor strange is a marvel movie with a strong metaphysical undertow . it’s a film in which characters levitate , experience astral projection , learn how to tamper with “temporal probabilities” and skip between different universes . they make the kind of gnomic utterances about life and fate not heard since david carradine was spouting zen philosophy in tv series kung fu . between times , there are plenty of explosions , crashes and fight sequences . the tone switches from the cerebral to the juvenile with the merest flick of a sling ring . visually , the film is a treat and it benefits from an enjoyably sarcastic performance from benedict cumberbatch as the doctor who turns into a mystic warrior .

deadpan snarker : mandrake , as the only sane man , gets designated snarker status for this film . strangelove himself has his moments as well .

gambit pile up : general ripper , premier kissov , and dr . strangelove all have competing plans that lead to the film ' s events .

just before the end : the film takes place at the climax of a lensman arms race and ends with the doomsday device destroying the world .

shoot the shaggy dog : a film about the dangers of nuclear armageddon . i think you can see where this one is going . . .

dr . juvenal urbino , the city of the viceroy ' s most esteemed doctor , is sent to examine the body of his close friend and finest competitor at chess , jeremiah saint - amour , who has killed himself at the age of sixty so that he will not grow old . the doctor returns home and discovers that his pet parrot has escaped from his cage to the top of the mango tree outside . dr . urbino climbs a ladder to the branch on which the parrot sits , but just as he grasps the parrot , the doctor falls to his death . flo rentino ariza professes , for a second time , his " eternal fidelity and everlasting love " to the doctor and his wife , fermina daza . fermina is horrified by such an insensitive display , and , for the first time , realizes the magnitude of the " drama " sh e had provoked at the age of eighteen .

this classic romantic movie released in 1957 is the inspiration behind many more recent love story films . an affair to remember stars cary grant and deborah kerr as a couple who falls in love and promises to meet at the empire state building in 6 months , provided that each of them manages to ditch their current significant others .

great list ! i love an affair to remember and when harry met sally . i think you ' ve got mail would be a good addition to the list .

apocalyptic montage : the film ends with a montage of nuclear explosions , famously set to vera lynn ' s " we ' ll meet again " .

it is the stated position of the u . s . air force that their safeguards would prevent the occurrence of such events as are depicted in this film . furthermore , it should be noted that none of the characters portrayed in this film are meant to represent any real persons living or dead .

. however , by the end of the movie , she manages to let him know how much she loves him and he reveals that he loves her in return . they later kiss on pumpkin hill . the official film soundtrack contains an epilogue not in the film , stating that " many years later "

the first half of season seven was worse , with smith whipsawing back and forth between his most manic , slapsticky tics—especially in “dinosaurs on a spaceship” and “the power of three”—and tennant - esque brooding , and it all felt somewhat desperate . the second half of the season , with new companion clara oswald , was similarly soulless , with the doctor up to his old tricks of withholding key information from his fellow traveler , and with the pretty , plucky sidekick turning out to be a walking , talking plot device who sacrifices herself to save the doctor because … the doctor is awesome . as

a widowed mom gets a summer internship at a tech company and draws the attention of two very different executives while learning about about accounting , app designs and finding love .

two witch sisters , raised by their eccentric aunts in a small town , face closed - minded prejudice and a curse which threatens to prevent them ever finding lasting love .

those wacky nazis : dr . strangelove is portrayed as a comically bizarre weirdo who is revealed to be completely insane at the very end of the film .

" the ballad of narayama " is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…

alex pettyfer ( magic mike ) and gabriella wilde ( the three musketeers ) star in universal pictures ' endless love , the story of a privileged girl and a charismatic boy whose instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart . directed by shana feste ( country strong ) , the romantic drama co - stars robert patrick , bruce greenwood , rhys wakefield , dayo okeniyi , emma rigby and joely richardson . scott stuber and pamela abdy ( identity thief ) of bluegrass films are joined by josh schwartz and stephanie savage ( gossip girl ) of fake empire to produce the film from writers josh safran ( gossip girl ) , feste and schwartz . inspired by the 1979 novel and 1981 film of the same name , endless love will be released on valentine ' s day , 2014 . ( c ) universal

' dr . love ' is a movie primarily aimed at the youth . an interesting plot loosely inspired from the tamil flick ' shahjahan ' , this debut attempt from director k biju is a feel - good film and though it has its share of loose ends , the outcome leaves you feeling pleased than many of the recent entertainers .

each year , studios release a good half dozen films about love and romance . but really , most of them are trite and predictable . if you want to see one of the best romantic movies , you need a reliable list of those that have stood the test of time , or are simply unique love stories you ' ll enjoy again and again .

you have included one of my favorite movies in your list of great love stories , " the bridges of madison county " . have you ever watched " the thorn birds " ? this movie stars richard chamberlain . he plays an ambitious priest who falls in love with a young lady named " meggie " . this film plays out in four parts . it seems that with every tragedy that happens within the mccleary family , father ralph grows more and more closer to meggie . great movie to watch . great hub .

the film was supposed to be released in november of 1963 ( see too soon in the trivia page ) , but was eventually released in january of 1964 .

the 1997 film is based on the true story of the sinking of the " unsinkable " titanic in 1912 . a beautiful young upperclass woman , rose , falls in love with a lower - class man , jack , who clearly has more time to think about , sketch , and woo her than her self - absorbed fiancé . after he rescues rose from a near suicide attempt , the two fall quickly and madly in love . when jack is framed for burglary , he is locked in the basement of the ship .

ledger shines as the male lead , which is particularly sad given his early death a few years ago . you ' ll love his serenade , a clip of which is shown below

scott derrickson makes some magic with doctor strange . floating in at a solid 2 hours and change , doctor strange pushes through sling rings at a steady pace , never moving to fast or slowing down to a crawl . while the depths of magic and sorcery don ' t get into nitty - gritty detail , the plot provides enough to put the pieces together . doctor strange relies heavily on the visuals and the cg doesn ' t squander . the opening sequence alone is worth the price of admission . benedict cumberbatch ' s line delivery hits the spot and is the source for some laughs . tilda swinton and mads mikkelsen deliver strong supporting performances along with rachel mcadams and chiwetel ejiofor . doctor strange has the humor , the effects , and the entertainment value to complete the package . now only if the warnings came before the spells .

that ' s so great ! ! and i have watched some of them , for sure , all of them are fantastic , and also , in my opinion , each one have their own style of the time , but they all have a pure love , witch can touch our heart most . sometimes , love isn ' t complex , but only little people can reach that state . if you love someone , you will love all of him / her . maybe it ' s a little irony that nowadays , people always yearn that pure love , however , our practical action is on the opposite : most of us are astricted by vanity , money , position and so on . although when we calm down and realized that we maybe are wrong , but we have to cause we are in a cruel world . those warm picture in the movie become a kind of drug that heal our broken soul .

we ' re talking about the movie , not the more recent television series . 10 things i hate about you is a teen film set in seattle , washington , and starring the late heath ledger and julia stiles . loosely based on shakespeare ' s the taming of the shrew , romantics will love the tension between stiles as kat , ledger as patrick , the frustration of their personalities , and overbearing parents who just don ' t understand . the plot twists and turns as jilted love interests and double date arrangements complicate matters .

puenzo’s story is a fictional take on an actual six - month period during which mengele was on the run , living incognito to evade the mossad agents who were extraditing nazi war criminals for trial in israel . for most of his 35 years in south america , though , the doctor hid in plain sight , often under his own name , and the german doctor makes it easy to imagine how that could have happened .

sun : too many stories , from lawrence of arabia to avatar , relegate natives of a culture to background players and , at best , mentor , antagonist , love interest or sidekick . in doctor strange , swinton fills the mentor role , mads mikkelsen is the villain and rachel mcadams seems to be the damsel , leaving british actor benedict wong to play dr . strange ' s personal valet .

none of this has helped , since he ' s back in college in every second film , though in different capacities . the same thing happens in his new venture

the deciding factor , as always , is just how good it is and how well audiences respond . in that regard , doctor strange has its strongest card to play - - read on for my full review !

don ' t swallow my heart , alligator girl ! / brazil , netherlands , france , paraguay ( director and screenwriter : felipe bragança ) — in this fable about love and memories , joca is a 13 - year - old brazilian boy in love with an indigenous paraguayan girl . to conquer her love , he must face the violent region ' s war - torn past and the secrets of his elder brother , fernando , a motorcycle cowboy . cast : cauã reymond , eduardo macedo , adeli gonzales , zahy guajajara , claudia assunção , ney matogrosso . world premiere

doctor strange , intended to be a mind - bending , rule - breaking rebuke to the squares of superhero cinema , turns out to be a rebel in name only - - the textbook definition of a bad trip .

the lead characters in the film are named burke and hare . these were the names of two notorious grave - robbers and body - snatchers in edinburgh in the 1800s .

the film of the book : this was based on a novel by peter george called red alert and was originally conceived as a straightforward drama . during the development of the script , kubrick and company realized the potential for satire in the story and completely overhauled it . george subsequently wrote a novelization of the finished film : a recursive adaptation .

this is a great article and i must say that the topic which you have shared is really unique and interesting . from all these romantic movies which you have discussed , i love titanic .

sleepless in seattle , the notebook , pretty woman . . . all great choices . i love reading top movie hubs . must admit city of angels makes me cry every time as well !

an officer and a gentleman was my favorite on this list . happy ending for one couple and the classic tragic ending with the other . casablanca is my next choice . i love movies .

i ' ve never read a marvel or dc comic but i love the tv and film adaptations . i came out of dr strange 3d with a huge grin on my face . benedict cumberbatch is perfectly cast - he is funny , sexy and ridiculous . chiwetel ejiofor also great in his honest , passionate role and tilda swinton again perfectly classed as an inscrutable weirdo .

ormond ' s character sabrina is a beautiful young woman who has grown from an ugly duckling into a stunning catch . she has been in love with kinnear ' s character , david larrabee , for years . finally , he is showing some interest . but ford plays the older brother , linus , who is out to protect sabrina , and just possibly falling in love with her himself ?

this remake has almost nothing to do with spencer ' s novel . it ' s the kind of film you make when you ' ve run out of nicholas sparks books .

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moulin rouge ! is based on the opera , la traviata . a young poet , christian , falls in love with a terminally ill star , satine , who is a cabaret actress and courtesan .

smith is a wonderful actor and was perfectly cast as the doctor . his successor , peter capaldi , is also a wonderful actor ( after watching him f - bomb his way through in the loop , i have to stop myself from ending my cell phone conversations , “fuckity - bye ! ” ) and , despite my disappointment at the role not going to a woman this time around , i believe that he is also perfectly cast as the doctor .

true to its title , doctor strange turns out to be wondrously bizarre : an action movie with flights of fantasy that rekindle memories of the most outré psychedelic cinema of the sixties and seventies . with its b - movie plot , the film is also often anticlimactic and frustrating . it’s a mind - bending affair that in its weaker moments late on seems every bit as ludicrous as michael bay’s transformers monstrosities .

but he could also convey that his character was almost a millennium old . the fussy way he wrung his hands—directly borrowed from hipster - favorite second doctor patrick troughton—is an old man’s mannerism . and in his stillnesses , he could look troubled and careworn in a way that few of his predecessors ever did , even those who played the role in their 50s . quite a feat , and utterly in character : the 11th doctor was the oldest version to date .

i love comedy and romance combined . and , in my opinion , no film manages just the right balance of both better than when harry met sally . this romantic movie stars billy crystal and meg ryan as just friends who could . . . should ? . . . be more . spanning 20 years of friendship , will harry and sally ever end up as a couple ?

it’s a long way from barbet schroeder to the marvel cinematic universe , but the new doctor strange does its best to represent its roots . its first music cues go more for the joke ( shining star by – dig this – earth , wind & fire ) but when there’s a transition that needs a little oomph – right before the good doctor has his car crash that leads him on his eastern quest – there’s the feedback wail from pink floyd’s interstellar overdrive .

there ' s also the oscar record setting " it happened one night " , the sweepingly moody " the ghost and mrs . muir " ( i think there may not be anyone who ever looked more lovely on film than gene tierney in this movie - the lighting , her age , whatever it was , she ' s stunning to look at like in no other movie she ' s in ) and the simply edge of your seat entertaining " here comes mr . jordan " . and if you prefer a more contemporary , color love story , " two for the road " will stay with you for days - weeks . and if you want an ever newer film - " stanley and iris " is beautiful in it ' s simplicity , a beautiful love story .

episode moffat had written since “the pandorica opens / the big bang . ” despite the generally positive notices the special got , some critics hated moffat’s retconning the defining act of the revived series : it turns out that the doctor didn’t actually

continuity annoying ( c . f . the laughable forrest gumping of clara into footage of classic doctors in “the name of the doctor” ) , i actually don’t think his rewriting of this act of genocide totally obviates the davies era’s emotional content . so it turns out that the time lords are lost , instead of annihilated ? hell , the doctor thought he’d destroyed the daleks , too , and they just keep coming back . why shouldn’t the time lords get an out ?

as i discussed in more detail the other day , the fantasy elements should help the film perform particularly well overseas , as will the star power of benedict cumberbatch in the lead role . i ' m also inclined to think the proximity to fantastic beasts and where to find them will help doctor strange , since interest in the magical fantasy elements of j . k . rowling ' s franchise will have an overall effect of making audiences more eager and interested in similar elements obvious in marvel ' s film . that it plays to the magical fantasy audience , but offers something uniquely different , works to its advantage , and many people will see it as a chance to get an early dose of fantasy before rowling ' s movie arrives in theaters . meanwhile , those who perhaps skip doctor strange in early weeks could be compelled to seek it out later if fantastic beasts excites them and leaves them enthusiastic for more , or if that film instead leaves them unsatisfied and so they seek something else to provide what was lacking .

boban plays vinaychandran , a failed writer of fluffy ' how to win your love ' kind of books , who takes a job as a waiter in a college canteen to help out an ageing pt teacher ( innocent ) whose romantic relationship with a fellow teacher ( bindu panicker ) has gone into a coma . vinaychnadran ' s reputation spreads among the students and he comes to be known as dr love , the romance

in the two years that follow , fermina and florentino see one another only in passing , though they write love letters daily . florentino proposes marriage to fermina , and again her reply is favorable . fermina is caught writing a love letter by the mother su perior at her academy and is expelled . lorenzo finds love letters in fermina ' s room and as punishment , banishes escolástica and forces fermina to accompany him on a long journey , not to end until she has forgotten about florentino . on the journey , fermina meets and befriends her older cousin , hildebranda sánchez , who helps florentino and fermina communicate via telegraph messages .

you ' ve got to love richard gere and julia roberts . in this first romantic movie pairing of the two actors ( they later get together again in runaway bride ) , you ' ll fall in love with the naïve prostitute , roberts ' character vivian , and her hapless client , edward lewis , played by gere . released in 1990 , pretty woman is now one of the highest grossing romantic movies ever .

just the right balance of humor is included in this mostly sad and very romantic film . wonderful soundtrack . swayze is oh - so - hot - - even as a dead guy .

the thick keyboards are on a setting reminiscent of pink floyd’s richard wright , and the guitar licks that come in after are reminiscent of david gilmour’s distortion effects . it is , however , in the style of pink floyd after the era of their explicit doctor strange connections ( ie after dark side of the moon ) but it’s still a nice gesture by giacchino . and if anyone should be allowed to slip back and forth along the timeline , it ought to be doctor strange .

dina / u . s . a . ( directors : dan sickles , antonio santini ) — an eccentric suburban woman and a walmart door - greeter navigate their evolving relationship in this unconventional love story . world premiere

benedict cumberbatch does his usual thinking woman ' s crumpet routine , but he finally gets his comeuppance for his arrogance ( and his incredibly bad driving ) , when his life takes a literal tumble ( actually , many tumbles ) into disaster . as with other superheroes , he finds his vocation among his secret , own kind . the plot is nonsense , and there is really only one reason to see this film - - the amazing performance by tilda swinton as doctor ' s strange ' s eventual spiritual leader and healer . in fact , her role is so good she makes rachel mcadams , as dr strange ' s love interest , appear wasted in more senses than one . there may have been controversy about swinton taking on a role of a tibetan , but she is so mesmerising on screen that she owns the role and the film .

for its opening theme tune , the film uses a lush arrangement of the old standard " try a little tenderness " over b - 52 aerial refueling footage , turning it into machine porn .

“he thought i was a perfect specimen—except for my height , ” says lilith ( florencia bado ) in voiceover , describing the reaction of the eponymous character ( alex brendemühl ) when he first encountered her as a beautiful 12 - year - old whose stunted growth made her look much younger . the doctor’s assessment is a fitting introduction to this film in which things always feel off balance even as the plot points click all too neatly into place .

richard gadd plays royal air force corporal eddie mcnally who begins a love affair with peter wildeblood whilst on leave from raf ely . described by peter as “confident , physical and a bit dim” eddie is everything peter isn’t .

steph this is a fantastic hub ! there are many here you listed that i haven ' t seen . i love moulin rouge one of my all time favorite movies . voted up and pinned ! take care , kelley

excellent list ! many of the movies on your list were included in my hub , top ten romantic love movies . i like that you included many old classics and links to scenes from movies - - well done !

scientist vs soldier : admittedly , everyone is equally unsuited for addressing the threat , but the titular doctor actually acknowledges the cobalt - thorium g bomb as horrific risk to all life everywhere , while general buck turgidson wistfully wishes that the us had one .

once moffat took the reins , swagger he did—looking pretty sexy doing so , thanks to smith’s performance . the first season rings with the sound of the doctor telling people how awesome he is , and how scared they should be , because he’s awesome .

beautiful audrey hepburn pairs with gregory peck in this classic 1953 romantic movie . roman holiday consistently finds itself in top romantic film lists , and hepburn won the academy award for best actress in 1953 .

a young woman on her way to a new life in the 1800 ' s suddenly finds herself a widow . now she must live with a recently widowed young man and his daughter . can any of them find love again ?

extremely short timespan : the film takes place over less than a day , the time it takes for an airborne b - 52 on forward pre - alert condition to reach its objective , deep in russia .

the screenplay title is incorrectly spelled . it reads : ' base ' on the book " red alert " by peter george . this is pointed out on the dvd supplement about the making of the film .

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" the film ' s action is explosive and engaging , and a sequence where diana ventures into no man ' s land in the middle of a trench battle is stunning to behold . " — usa today

before i get to the best romantic film ever made ; i love cary grant , but " an affair to remember " doesn ' t hold a candle to his far superior romantic comedies " the awful truth " and " my favorite wife " and " bringing up baby " , and his less comedic " holiday " and " the philadelphia story " - and , " talk of the town " is a now largely forgotten classic gem .

the first 2 thirds of this film are refreshingly not like your typical marvel movie ( self - referencing jokes aside ) with a very different tonal feel and thankfully just a few references to the wider marvel universe .

with last week’s christmas episode of doctor who , the bow tie has fallen to the floor of the tardis and we’ve said our final good night to the raggedy man . what is a fitting epitaph for matt smith , now that his run as the show ' s title character

dr . simon sparrow ' s love life improves dramatically when the lovely delia mallory is brought into casualty with a sprained ankle . she ' s relieved at the diagnosis as she is a model and is as . . . see full summary »

lame excuse : lionel mandrake - " i ' d love to come , jack , but you see , the thing is , the string ' s . . . gone out . . . in my leg ! " a literal lame excuse .

vinayachandran is busy trying every trick of the trade to make both ends meet . he writes and publishes bland love stories that he sells off for a cheap price . one day , he meets a professor , . . . see full summary »

love train ( 1972 ) written by kenny gamble and leon huff published by warner - tamerlane publishing corp . o / b / o itself and mijac music performed by the o ' jays courtesy of epic records by arrangement with sony bmg music licensing

mays is perhaps the most recognizable face on against the law and has had roles in several british tv series , including ashes to ashes , doctor who and line of duty . his portrayal of ronnie biggs in 2012s mrs biggs , saw him nominated for a national television award . he has also appeared in film having played the wheeling and dealing private walker in the recent reboot of dad’s army , yeti in the firm and has a brief role in rogue one : a star wars story as tivik .

it stars patrick swayze ! it ' s a romantic movie ! it ' s a musical ! it ' s teen love and angst on the shores of a summer time lake ! wait a minute . . . you had me at patrick swayze .

now that we found love ( 1973 ) written by kenny gamble , leon huff and heavy d ( as dwight myers ) published by warner - tamerland publishing corp . performed by heavy d & the boyz courtesy of universal records under license from universal music enterprises

xanatos speed chess : despite kissov bungling the announcement of the doomsday device , and general ripper going off half - cocked , strangelove essentially takes over the us government shortly after the climax of the film , with none the wiser .


those who make revolution halfway only dig their own graves ( french : ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n'ont fait que se creuser un tombeau ) is a 2016 canadian drama film directed by mathieu denis and simon lavoie .

it stars charlotte aubin , laurent bélanger , emmanuelle lussier-martinez and gabrielle tremblay as four young people , veterans of the 2012 quebec student protests , who have been disillusioned by the failure of their past activism to effect meaningful social change and now engage in small-scale public vandalism .

the film competed in the platform program at the 2016 toronto international film festival , where it won for best canadian film .

it was also nominated for three canadian screen awards , including best motion picture .

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those who make revolution halfway only dig their own graves <EOT> those who make revolution halfway only dig their own graves screened at at berlin film festival .

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ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n’ont fait que se creuser un tombeau ( those who make revolution halfway only dig their own graves ) opens in montreal on friday , feb . 3 .

hany ouichou of art & essai received the cmpa’s inaugural emerging producer award and produced those who make revolution halfway only dig their own graves . that receives its world premiere at tiff in platform on september 13 .

those who make revolution halfway only dig their own graves from directors mathieu denis and simon lavoie will also bow at the fest . the film follows four twenty - somethings from quebec who reject society and gradually turn toward terrorism .

ripped from the headlines , youth radicalization features in several films from canada , europe and africa , including nocturama , those who make revolution halfway only dig their own graves , layla m . , heaven will wait and foreign body .

those who make revolution halfway only dig their own graves ( ceux qui font les revolutions à moitié n’ont fait que se creuser un tombeau ) , by mathieu denis and simon lavoie , is a drama set during quebec’s student - led “maple spring” of 2012 .

those who make revolution halfway only dig their own graves dir : mathieu denis and simon lavoie production : hany ouichou cast : laurent belanger , gabrielle tremblay , emmanuelle lussier - martinez , charlotte aubin canada , 2016 , 183 min . , english and french with hebrew and english subtitles

maliglutit and ' those who make revolution ' ( pictured ) will compete for a $ 25 , 000 prize .

where the young generation struggles to bring change in the streets through sporadic action , those who make revolution halfway only dig their own graves sparks a revolution through a carefully articulated feat of cinema . the film carries the fire created in the documentary images and passes the torch through drama as the passion still burns . the spirit of rebellion endures .

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aside from dolan ' s film , which carries with it the benefit of notoriety thanks to its polarizing reception at cannes , anne emond ' s biopic nelly and mathieu denis and simon lavoie ' s fiery drama those who make revolution halfway only dig their own graves represent bold new visions coming from the insulated quebecois system .

by adam nayman how in the world did ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n’ont fait que se creuser un tombeau ( those who make revolution halfway only dig their own graves ) win the best canadian feature prize this year at tiff ? i’m wondering this not because i think the film is unworthy , or necessarily [ . . . ]

with its multiple aspect ratios , on - screen block quotes , and cutaways to news broadcasts and documentary footage — not to mention a musical overture and interlude — the three - hour quebecois political epic “those who make revolution halfway only dig their own graves” unfurls with a bravado as outsized as its title . inspired by the student demonstrations [ … ]

somebody should have told co - directors simon lavoie and mathieu denis before they released ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n’ont fait que se creuser un tombeau ( those who make revolution halfway only dig their own graves ) in quebec in late january — there’s no half - way with fundamentalists and terrorists when it comes to on - screen movie portrayals .

toward the end of intermission , a group of about 50 people spontaneously stood and began to applaud . there was another ovation after the screening ; and then , amazingly , ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n’ont fait que se creuser un tombeau ( those who make revolution halfway only dig their own graves ) went on to win best canadian feature at the festival .

despite my best efforts to see as many canadian films as possible , i still missed the two big winners . those who make revolution halfway only dig their own graves , which traces the massive student demonstrations against a tuition hike in quebec circa 2012 , took home the best canadian feature , and old stone edged out hello destroyer and werewolf for best canadian debut feature .

also up for best picture are bad seeds ( also nominated for art direction , editing and overall sound ) , hello destroyer ( also actor , direction and original screenplay ) , old stone ( also actor , cinematography , direction and editing ) , zacharias kunuk’s searchers ( also original screenplay ) and mathieu denis and simon lavoie’s those who make revolution halfway only dig their own graves ( also direction and supporting actress for gabrielle tremblay ) .

there’s universality to mathieu denis and simon lavoie ‘s those who make revolution halfway only dig their own graves , even if it is very much a québécois film . in their second collaboration ( after 2011’s laurentie ) , the two were desperate to tell a tale about young radicals on the cusp of disillusionment after the failed maple spring protests , an infamous series of student demonstrations and strikes fighting back against the government’s proposed tuition hike for universities . here was a generation emboldened to be confrontational and show their conviction to the world , only to find the war fizzling out after one hundred days and the new term seeing students go back to class . what of those who relented ? what of those who would never give up ?

this year ' s slate tells a similar story , with just three out of 10 films having enjoyed wide - ish theatrical exhibition : xavier dolan ' s it ' s only the end of the world , alethea arnaquq - baril ' s angry inuk , and nathan morlando ' s mean dreams . ( the other seven films have been seen only by the lucky few who could fit them into their various canadian film festival schedules : hello destroyer , maliglutit , old stone , werewolf , window horses , and the french - language dramas nelly and those who make revolution halfway only dig their own graves , both of which only opened in quebec in september . )

again , a film i got to see as part of an upcoming local film festival — ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n’ont fait que se creuser un tombeau ( those who make revolution halfway only dig their own graves ) is a film almost as long as its title , with an epic length of three hours . this is very much a political film , weaving together its poetic dialogue with revolutionary , political messages and throughout its broad story it portrays several young activists fed up with their situation and the political climate .

then again , his next film , which he will be co - directing with simon lavoie , pretty much sounds like something of a militant nature . the temporary – and long - winded – title is a louis - antoine de saint - just quote : ceux qui font les revolutions à la moitié n’ont fait que se creuser un tombeau ( essentially , those who take revolutions halfway only manage to dig their own grave ) .

sitting through those who make revolution halfway only dig their own graves ( ceux qui font les revolutions a moitie n’ont fait que se creuser un tombeau ) , a french - canadian radical tract about contemporary political activists , can sound like quite a chore . after all , the three - hour film , about four far - left , radicalized and violent youngsters who hope to stoke the fires of a revolution that will topple the current system , is made in the likeness of its protagonists , with their penchant for anarchy and vandalism reflected in the feature’s approach to narrative and character development . but thanks to a foursome of fearless leads and several clearly articulated insights into how ideological revolutions can be a revitalizing and destructive force all at once , the film is instead a vibrantly alive and vital piece of work for the age we live in .

simon lavoie’s those who make revolution halfway only dig their own graves took home the prize for best canadian film at last year’s festival , and he returns this year with the world premiere of the family drama the little girl who was too fond of matches ( la petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes ) , based on the novel by canuck author gaétan soucy , which competed in the french version of the 2004 canada reads contest ; documentary filmmaker alan zweig , whose films have wracked up honours and accolades at past tiff’s , offers up his latest , there is a house here ; and sean menard explores how nba all - star vince carter impacted toronto during his years as the raptors’ franchise player in the carter effect .

canada is alive with filmmaking talent . our films make waves around the world , winning awards , accolades and audiences . they make canada proud .

despite their disillusioned reaction to graves , the directors insist they have a right to veer from the public record over the events of 2012 student protests .

in occupied france , maurice and joseph , two young jewish brothers display incredible cunning , courage and ingenuity when obliged to survive on their own .

the graves directors expected a possible backlash for seeking to glamourize radical militancy , or belittle it .

the french have a term for long , sprawling films : “film fleuve , ” or a “film like a river . ” those who make revolution halfway only dig their own graves certainly has a title as long as a major waterway , but there’s nothing meandering or calm about it ; it’s more a movie like a potent waterfall crashing down from a great height . as part of their agitprop tactic to keep the story in the present tense over the course over three hours , the filmmakers employ a wide array of cinematic tricks to keep audiences awake and in - the - moment . texts can take over the screen , aspect ratios change , there’s a mock intermission and documentary footage is blended in several times . there are even appearances by a campaign - era justin trudeau and jack kerouac ( whose parents were french - canadian and whose first language , the quebeckers proudly note , was french ) .

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which brings us back to simon lavoie and mathieu denis as they got set to screen graves in berlin .

directors mathieu denis and simon lavoie made laurentie together in 2011 before denis directed the biopic corbo solo , about a teenager who died in a 1966 quebec liberation front bombing of his own making . corbo and revolution are clearly thematically related , but thankfully their latest joint effort is much more fully alive , mixing a documentary background with fictional characters and embracing the radicalism of the characters even as it is not blind to their follies .

“those who make revolution” may be about a historical flare - up in quebec that’s since been extinguished , but the dynamics at its heart — of youthful rebellion and uprisings , of societal injustice , of generational resentment — are common to political movements past and present . denis and lavoie break down this explosive chemistry element by element , but they’re not clinical about it in the least . their film pulses with the vitality of four young people who , however flawed or foolhardy , sincerely want to change the world .

xavier dolan ' s it’s only the end of the world ( juste la fin du monde ) .

' it ' s only the end of the world ' leads quebec ' s pr . . .

the little girl who was too fond of matches ( la petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes ) . this film explore the lives of two children after their father’s death who reflect on how they were raised .

three students at a respected high school achieve amazing success in their new venture – a huge counterfeiting operation right under the noses of their teachers and parents .

“they reacted very angrily to the film # 8221 ; lavoie told me in berlin as he recounted vandalized graves posters outside theaters .

responds to trudeau’s message by illustrating the consequences for an ambivalent generation that sees sporadic follow - through from the leaders who harness their desire for change .

but endless political discussions and reading rosa luxemburg are used to keep stoking the fire of the revolution they know will come . some of their public protests amount to nothing more than mischief , wantonness and defacing other people’s property . but a few of their actions , including planning a gas attack on the subway and the posting of letters with ( fake ) white powder , are more serious , suggesting at once their desperate need to be heard and their realization that being really radical might involve having to overcome their ingrained bourgeois habit of propriety .

one of the rare comedies to make it into venice competition , the film received a notably warm critical reception .

tiff rising star mylène mackay stars in a film inspired by the life and work of nelly arcan , a controversial and brilliant quebecois novelist who took her own life in 2009 at the age of 36 .

jenn and alex are an urban couple , who go camping in the canadian wilderness . on their first night in the forest , they have an unsettling encounter with a strange alpha male , who may or may not be following them .

when it came to casting , they sought out young actors with little to no professional experience who could relate to their characters’ nothing - to - lose world view .

barney’s second wife is a woman for whom he has so much contempt that he only refers to her as the second mrs . panofsky . the second mrs . panofsky is an arrogant windbag who talks at the other characters for pages on end . although she’s a hoot to read , the second mrs . panofsky is one of those overbearing and annoying motor mouths whose presence could either make or break the film . however , in films such as

lucas is a young , penniless prostitute struggling to make ends meet in buenos aires . one day he has an online encounter with henri , a belgian baker consumed with loneliness , who sets out to save the argentinean .

four québécois in their twenties reject the world offered to them . three years after the failure of the 2012 “maple spring” protest movement , how do these young people experience the impact of their actions ?

films about student radicals , such as bernardo bertolucci’s “the dreamers” or olivier assayas’ “something in the air , ” tend to have an air of nostalgia about a time of political and sexual liberation , but denis and lavoie reject those sentiments as firmly as their characters do . though frequently nude , the quartet deny each other sex ( “we’re at war , ” rebuffs one ) , and they view nostalgia as a form of vanity : when tumulto is caught looking at a youtube clip of a past protest , he risks getting kicked out of the apartment . they’re determined to live wholly in the present , and “those who make revolution” thrives off the sincere and sometimes reckless urgency that propels them toward acts of terrorism and a kind of moral abyss .

last year ' s lineup , for instance , included only two films that enjoyed proper theatrical releases in more than one province : philippe falardeau ' s my internship in canada and guy maddin ' s the forbidden room – and even those weren ' t exactly household titles .

the use of t . j . miller as the foul - mouthed buffoon in the " tsn in an alternate universe " struck as odd a chord as the use of jim gaffigan and stephen colbert as hockey night in canada commentators in the love guru . can ' t canadians make fun of their own sports obsession without a ) resorting to american actors and b ) making the parody somewhat plausible ?

“i’m thrilled to celebrate the work of these two remarkable producers and congratulate both roger and hany for their terrific films and their meaningful contributions to independent canadian cinema , ” said cmpa president and ceo reynolds mastin .

raised alone by their authoritarian father in a state of religious obscurantism , two siblings without names grow up largely ignorant of the world outside their father’s estate , save for information gleaned from books and fairy tales .

“i was fascinated by their faces , ” he said . “it fed us , in a poetic way . we imagined this foursome , living together . their faces ( in the photos ) were surprising : you couldn’t tell who was a guy or a girl . they were very androgynous ; it was fascinating . we began imagining who these kids were , and fantasizing about what they could be — these four young people who sweat blood in these demonstrations and refuse to give up . ”

) directs this unlikely crowd - pleaser about a nun who works tirelessly to keep her catholic school relevant in the silent revolution . this musical has audiences skipping out of the aisles in quebec even if the reviews are generally only okay . ( admittedly , i haven’t seen it yet : it’s ottawa premiere is next week as part of a free outdoor screening at the governor general’s movie nights . )

the music also literally functions as a call to arms . the twentysomething protagonists are first seen trying to spread their message for the masses by vandalizing billboards at night so they read , “people do not yet see they are miserable , we will show them . " they are not only ready for the revolution of the title , they are also aware that , as the film’s moniker suggests , you either have to fight for a full - on revolution or you might as well not fight at all . and as will become clear as we meet some of their parents and siblings , the leads all come from the very middle - class background they now profess needs to be overthrown .

for those who might be confused , one week has nothing to do with the barenaked ladies song . the soundtrack is very canadian , including sam roberts and the great lake swimmers . gord downie ironically plays a cancer survivor in this 2008 film .

marion cotillard and vincent cassel play a married couple in xavier dolan ' s it ' s only the end of the world . ( eone )

gives one of the film’s most positive reviews , albeit only at 3 . 5 / 5 , saying , “pool pulls off a neat trick with

between peace and war tells the stories of canadians who are working internationally to reduce armed conflict .

, about an african royal who marries an englishwoman , offer insights into current american race relations .

by jason anderson filmmakers have a variety of reasons for enlisting non - professionals for their casts , but often what they seek is a rude , unvarnished vitality that actors can only simulate . roy andersson , however , works hard to dull any such spark from his chosen performers . first among his favoured tactics is the makeup that leaves their [ . . . ]

“it’s not unlike the stories of these kids who go fight for isis , for example . it’s too easy to dismiss them as crazy and misguided people . but we have to understand what attracts them to those sorts of ideas . and to understand how they get engaged by those ideas . rené lévesque used to say that terrorism is not an illness in itself , that it’s the symptoms of an illness .

the theatrical release of their historical film two weeks earlier in quebec generated more off - screen drama for comfort .

lakeith stanfield and his sorry to bother you crew reveal their most soul - crushing jobs in our freewheeling interview .

it would be hilarious if , after all that construction effort , all their efforts just resorted in . . .

“he wasn’t like any of the others , who did come from the slums . he was half - italian , so there was a real identity struggle for him . although so much has changed here over the years , i still think there are those who face the same identity struggle today – and not just here , but around the world as well .

the subject who is truly loyal to the chief magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures .

nguyen , meanwhile , who earned an oscar nomination for best foreign language film for his 2012 war feature rebelle ( war witch ) , sees eye on juliet , a love story that crosses continents and political lines , make its north american premiere at tiff .

the question of identity returns when one puts graves within the new wave of filmmaking waking up the québécois film scene with a similar vitality . the directors agree with some of their contemporaries like xavier dolan that artistic expression is akin to cultural survival . “i do think that the quebec identity is a constant struggle , ” says denis . “it’s almost always on the verge of being extinct . to be quite honest , i think it’s more on the verge of being extinct than it was a while ago and i think this makes for a place where people need to assert their own voices . ”

the depiction of the life of nobel peace prize winner and founder of poland ' s solidarity movement , lech walesa , as events in the 1970s lead to a peaceful revolution .

goon : last of the enforcers will feel very familiar to those who watched the original film . but a lot of those minor characters , especially baruchel , made the film better . there are way fewer laughs and character observations than in the original . if you haven ' t seen the original film , fast forward through the fight scenes and you have a slightly above - average film . then decide whether to see the sequel .

the film resonates with the anger of the actors who themselves are part of the generation that rallied in the streets . “most of them were involved heavily , ” observes denis . “we cast people who were just coming out of theatre school . while the maple spring was happening , they were striking , they were out in the streets , and i think they brought a lot of the anger they had at themselves now that they see that it didn’t live up to their involvement or dedication . ” unlike the students , who had no outlet for their convictions , the actors channel their angst into a fiery rallying cry . as the actors deliver dramatic monologues akin to soliloquies ,

the irony , he adds , is their violent backlash against the movie is very much in keeping with the four disillusioned radicals , played by charlotte aubin , laurent bélanger , emmanuelle lussier - martinez and gabrielle tremblay , pose in one of the film’s unique plotting violent revolution in the three - hour movie .

jermaine fowler and omari hardwick of sorry to bother you take us back in time to the worst jobs of their careers .

the biggest names in the adaptation belong to the characters who are murdered : paul gross as thomas kinnear and anna paquin as nancy montgomery . they are surprisingly human , flawed characters for their status in the world . david cronenberg is ideally cast as reverend verrenger , who leads the group trying to free grace by bringing in dr . jordan .

orphan black isn’t the only genre show to make the ballot this year , either : the supernatural western wynonna earp finds itself up nominated in five categories , including writing , costume design and visual effects . the sci - fi adventure killjoys also snagged a visual effects nomination , putting both shows up against orphan black and its multiple maslanys .

david bezmozgis landed an adapted screenplay nomination for his adaptation of his own novel , natasha , sasha k . gordon , who plays the title role , is up for best actress . and stella meghie’s jean of the joneses earned her an original screenplay nomination and a supporting - actress nod for sherri shepherd .

for all of denis and lavoie’s godardian impulses , the film is most resonant when it addresses its themes head on , without revolutionary texts or other avant - garde feints . denis and lavoie — along with their four exceptional lead actors — articulate the motives and methods of radicalism beautifully , but the film has enough of a distance from its characters to suggest the dangerous folly of their actions , too , as well as their roots in suburban privilege . they may see their parents as squares or sellouts , but denis and lavoie don’t accept the caricature , which brings a tragic dimension to their conflict that defines the tone of the film overall .

in our younger days , we thought revolution was necessary . we believed in violence and slogans . then we found out the real solution is something completely different . . . the feelings are genuine .

ozon and deneuve are perfectly in step with keeping things light and fast - moving . most of the laughs involve revelations about the prim and proper characters ' sexual peccadillos , described in witty flashbacks . not only does mr . pujol have a slew of ex - mistresses , including his perfect secretary nadege ( karen viard ) , but suzanne has secrets of her own .

the only animated film in the top 10 feature films list , japanese - canadian filmmaker ann marie fleming tells the story of a young canadian poet who confronts her past , history , and the nature of poetry . it features the voices of sandra oh , ellen page and don mckellar .

“the fact is that there has been very little written about corbo . it’s as if he’s been forgotten by history . there’s also been so little written about these events of 1966 . i really had to dig to find information .

in a college , three friends form a secret society . their objective - going to america . a night , after one of their secret meetings , one of them see a man coming out from a wall . then the . . . see full summary »

polly is a woman who hasn’t figured out a lot in life . relationships and jobs are a struggle for polly .

at its peak , the maple spring movement brought 200 , 000 demonstrators to the streets of montreal , protesting a five - year incremental increase in student tuition fees at quebec universities . during a volatile spring and summer , students also participated in a strike that kept them out of classes , but the movement fizzled in early september , when the government agreed to a freeze tuition hikes , and most student organizations voted to return to class . “those who make revolution” mainly takes place in the aftermath , following a radical splinter cell that’s unwilling to let the flame die out . to them , the student groups have sold out to a system that’s pervasively corrupt and more extreme measures are required to produce meaningful change .

i am also a working journalist who wants americans to better understand canada . so here is my take on things canadian .

previously announced honourees include actor tantoo cardinal , who will be presented with the earle gray award ; documentarian simcha jacobovici , receiving the gordon sinclair award for broadcast journalism , and director randall okita , who will be given the inaugural john dunning discovery award .

( left ) proves that the quick wit richler attributes to miriam will be well served by pike’s comedic timing and complement giamatti’s performance . pike and giamatti should make for a charming comedic duo .

at least andrew gillis and bhreagh macneil were both nominated for their work in the two - hander werewolf , along with ashley mackenzie ( editing ) and scott moore ( cinematography ) . it would have been nicer if writer / director mackenzie had been nominated in either of those categories , but maybe the competition was just that fierce this year .

if you are not into hockey , the film does stand well on its own , but mostly in a male - bonding sense . if neither hockey nor male bonding is meaningful , this might not be your film .

as well , a number of first - time feature directors make their tiff debuts this year , including ian lagarde’s cuban resort - set comedy all you can eat buddha , molly mcglynn’s mary goes round , which follows an addiction counsellor’s struggles with substances and family tragedy and black cop , a police satire from trailer park boys actor cory bowles .

by philip cartelli on the opening night of this year’s fidmarseille , miguel gomes received a resounding round of applause after congratulating the fid’s director , jean - pierre rehm , for “understanding what was missing from every documentary festival : fiction . ” beyond the current trendiness for exhuming these terms , the fid’s organizers have recently questioned their own trajectory between “documentary” [ . . . ]

mathieu adds the former student militants are also reacting to graves being blessed by the establishment after winning the best canadian feature prize at toronto , being named to tiff’s top ten films of 2016 list and receiving glowing reviews in major montreal newspapers .

window horses , featuring the voices of sandra oh , ellen page and don mckellar , is the only animated film on tiff ' s top 10 feature films list . ( tiff / canadian press )

the sequel is very straight forward that the flirting fun is gone . martin ' s sister marries an 86 - year - old . david ' s wife only sees martin waving from the garage .

by jason anderson almost 90 per cent of canada is uninhabitable . of those who live in the rest , the overwhelming majority live within 500 miles of the us border . so maybe it’s not so surprising that the nation’s filmmakers—themselves largely clustered in the same few square miles of toronto , vancouver and montreal—regard the hinterlands with [ . . . ]

by robert koehler it was either a sign of the measure of the complete revulsion felt by those who had worked with previous quinzaine des réalisateurs director frédéric boyer , or an expression of relief that the 44th edition was coming to a conclusion ( or both ) , that new director eduoard waintrop was thanked from the theatre [ . . . ]

by adam nayman a film seemingly made to be screened at film festivals , where its scenes of characters logging into hotel wi - fi on their laptops and thrashing around in the throes of jetlag will pack an affective punch ( for journalists , at least ) , bird people has divided critics as neatly as its own bifurcated , his - and - hers [ . . . ]

so even if the impetus behind the piece is foreign to me , the goal to make an “engaged , radical , and no - compromise film” in today’s climate isn’t . watching this group forces us to acknowledge our own viewpoints on the issues at - hand and discover what we are willing to do in the battles to come . we are reaching a period of unrest where it’s impossible to ignore politics out of privilege . we see ordinne nuovo , tumulto , and giutizia reject their support systems , sometimes very rich ones , to do what’s “right . ” but is what they do in the name of the under - represented ? is it truly to expose the world’s ugliness ? or are they ignorantly acting half - cocked , drowning in rhetoric that one archival interview reveals to be outdated by its own author ?

the other plot involves judy ' s son jamie ( théodore pellerin ) , who is trying to date women to avoid the stigma of being gay . jamie ' s focus shifts to kyra ( mary galloway ) , a young woman who helps bring groceries to judy .

klas batalo , giutizia , ordine nuovo and tumulto are four quebecers in their twenties who reject the world they live in . incensed with the apathy of society following the excitement surrounding the events of the ' maple spring ' , the quartet engage in actions that are increasingly flirting with terrorism .

jennifer baichwal and nicholas de pencier let the band tell their story . baichwal is a celebrated documentary director with films such as manufactured landscapes and watermark . the only critique would be spending a bit too much time on setting up the concerts . the directors did win first runner - up for the people’s choice documentary award in the 2017 toronto international film festival .

a young inuit with growing shamanic powers sets out on a journey of discovery with 2 friends in search of a promised to save their tribe from starvation .

“maybe the young people angry about the film accuse us of earning money making the film . we told them , ‘we paid to make the film , ' ” he countered about the low - budget affair .

non - canadian films such as the shipping news ( newfoundland ) ; brokeback mountain ( alberta ) ; and the revenant ( alberta and british columbia ) make the beauty of canada a major co - star .

by christoph huber besting bille august by a year , it has taken austrian director michael haneke only four to join what we cynical film critics like to call the emir club : the allegedly prestigious circle of two - time palme d’or winners , hitherto occupied only by kusturica ( 1985 , 1995 ) , august ( 1988 , 1992 ) , and the dardennes ( 1999 , 2005 ) . [ . . . ]

in the opening sequence , four twentysomethings , under cover of darkness , deface a row of commercial billboards to read , “people do not see yet that they are miserable . we will show them . ” working under the aliases klas batalo ( gabrielle tremblay ) , ordinne nuovo ( emmanuelle lussier - martinez ) , tumulto ( laurent belanger ) , and guitizia ( charlotte aubin ) , they form their own underground commune to do just that , all while maintaining a brutally austere lifestyle in line with their values . living collectively off the cash batalo earns as a transgender prostitute , they barely have enough money for food , much less a political operation , but their anger and desperation breeds a surprising resourcefulness .

lavoie was further inspired by the mug shots of four youths who had been arrested for planting smoke bombs in the métro in may 2012 .

, harvey pekar , who is an overanxious but successful comic - book author . either way , giamatti is well prepared for the job .

like a pebble in the boot will casts an empathetic gaze on senegalese street vendors in florence who have migrated to europe for economic reasons .

“we make movies to establish a dialogue with our contemporaries , ” denis continued . “people in toronto are our contemporaries . they’re not far from us , and there are a lot of ideas in the film that concern them , absolutely . it looks at a local topic , but one that we hoped would have universal resonance . if it opens a dialogue between the infamous two solitudes , that can only be positive . ”

even so , a tiny cell with no funding will have a hard time bringing about change and as one of them notes , we live in a time of profound inequality , where there are no choices , either you “accept the system or you are marginalized . ” denis and lavoie are very clear - headed about both the youngsters’ desire and profound need for change and the fact that , like so many marginalized groups ( and , indeed , most of countries that ushered in the arab spring ) , their fight will likely fizzle and end with a form of defeat . but the directors , who also wrote the film , take their characters and ideals seriously , never mocking them nor turning them into necessarily tragic figures . instead , it insists on observing them in the now , without melancholy — which often plagues films about student protesters , from bertolucci to garrel — but also without being unrealistic about how mismatched their desires and dreams and their opportunities to fulfill them are . as if to underline the point , there are a few brutal scenes of self - inflicted corporeal punishment for those who are found guilty of “the crime of nostalgia . ”

the handsome leads go by the noms de guerre ordine nuovo ( emmanuelle lussier - martinez ) , tumulto ( laurent belanger ) , giutizia ( charlotte aubin ) and klas batalo ( gabrielle tremblay ) , with klas providing the foursome with their only funding through her work as a transsexual prostitute . ( how this doesn’t make klas even more of a slave of the capitalist system is never properly explained , though the paradox is clearly intentional . ) the rules of the group , hiding out in a picturesque squat , can sometimes be obscure — they can’t have sex with each other because they’re “at war , ” but they love hanging out naked together , one supposes as their purest form of themselves — and there are days they barely have enough to eat .

gabrielle tremblay , charlotte aubin , laurent bã©langer and emmanuelle lussier - martinez play the central protesters in ceux qui font les rã©volutions ã moitiã© nâont fait que se creuser un tombeau . the filmmakers wanted actors with little to no professional experience who could relate to their charactersâ nothing - to - lose world view .

a year later , the directors found themselves at a festival in st . petersburg , russia , for another screening of laurentie . they began discussing the possibility of another collaboration , and immediately recalled the queries of those students .

the only part i know about ava is a lack of canadian visual presence . unarmed verses wasn ' t on my radar until the list was announced : the documentary focuses on the demolition of a toronto public housing neighborhood .

the little girl who was too fond of matches ( la petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes ) , dir . simon lavoie , canada world premiere

i’ll admit that the nudity helped ease me through a few extraneous scenes , particularly in the first half . lengthy moments of monologuing throughout the first half had me concerned that the narrative structure would completely disintegrate . those concerns were unwarranted .

barney’s comical reminiscences make him a self - deprecating and fallible protagonist . in the hands of paul giamatti , barney panofsky should be one of the more memorable screen characters this year . barney strongly resembles miles raymond , giamatti’s character from

is it already june ? this year is just flying by . i’m sorry that updates here have been scant ( work’s just been a series of events that haven’t let up ) but this blog seems to be waking up from an extended hibernation . it’s time to recap the year at its halfway mark .

black cop and meditation park would have made my list . rumble : the indians who rocked the world is the best from the tiff list that i ' ve seen , but that shouldn ' t be considered an endorsement . adventures in public school and allure , even with their new titles , were high on my interest list . the little girl who was too fond of matches , luk ' luk ' i , and our people will be healed hold mild interest for your humble narrator .

in every aspect , denis and lavoie envisioned a film free from limitations . the three - hour running time was just the beginning . elements of theatre and dance are incorporated into the narrative . excerpts from political writings by notable authors from quebec and elsewhere are woven in — used as intertitles or recited by the theatrically lit actors while they look directly at the camera — their sources named only at the movie’s end .

sheila mccarthy won the genie award for best actress . paule baillargeo , who played gallery owner gabrielle st . peres , won the genie for best supporting actress .

movie we never knew we wanted : it’s about nothing , yet everything , as members of the family gab about nonsense around the dining room table like jerry , george , elaine , and kramer at monk’s diner . it’s the funniest film of the year in its own rascally way .

hello destroyer , by kevan funk , is a drama about a young hockey player who must try to overcome the effects of an in - game act of violence .

" this year ' s canada ' s top ten lineup ranges from british columbia to nunavut to nova scotia , telling stories that show canadians who we are . "

daniel doheny , russell peters , and judy greer are in public schooled from kyle rideout . doheny plays a home - schooled teen who switches gears to public school .

the defiance of convention is appropriate as denis and lavoie , who previously collaborated on 2011’s award - winning alienated youth drama laurentia , chronicle the disenchantment that followed the 2012 student uprising in quebec . graves dramatises the uproar that sparked a movement over proposed tuition fee increases . archival audio , meanwhile , blends with voiceover narration to root the action within a contemporary perspective . the film puts drama in dialogue with documentary as these juxtapositions consider a nation that robs its youth of optimism .

xavier dolan’s it’s only the end of the world came out on top with nine nominations , including picture , direction , cinematography and adapted screenplay , but eked out just two nominations for supporting actor ( vincent cassel ) and supporting actress ( nathalie baye ) – this despite dolan’s strategy of filming almost the entire movie in close - ups of his cast . to see marion cotillard and léa seydoux excluded for their stronger , showier work is puzzling .

by robert koehler jia zhangke is not an artist who normally trucks in anger . in an era when film criticism and programming have been steadily shifting away from a focus on nationalist tendencies , led by filmmakers who’ve become globalized along with the rest of us , jia has maintained a steady bead on his native mainland [ . . . ]

steve james finds the ultimate david and goliath tale of the 2008 financial crisis in abacus : small enough to jail . this gripping documentary follows the case of the sung family and their abacus bank in new york’s chinatown , which is the only bank to date to be charged with mortgage fraud following the 2008 financial crisis . the film likens thomas sung to a modern day george bailey as scenes from frank capra’s christmas classic it’s a wonderful life appear intercut with the family’s testimony to their innocence and that of an institution that exists to meet the needs of a unique community . the unexpectedly emotional film takes a stand for the little guys .

both alias grace , based on the margaret atwood novel , directed by mary harron and written by sarah polley , starring sarah gadon , anna paquin and paul gross , and obomsawin’s our people will be healed , in which the 85 - year - old explores a cree children’s education centre in rural manitoba , make their world premieres at tiff 2017 . alias grace heads to cbc on sept . 25 for a six - part airing following the fest .

conversely , graves displays subversive humour when an early political ad for justin trudeau offering an inspiring message zooms out to ordine , nude , watching it while urinating . the bilingual footage undermines the authority of those in power and illustrates how canadian leaders politicised the student movement to their advantage . “we wrote that before he was elected prime minister , ” notes denis , “but we felt we still had to use it . personally , even though i prefer his government to the previous one , when you hear him speak in the film , it’s just political bullshit . [ laughs . ] he’s using the key words , the buzzwords , and rehashing them . it has yet to be proven that he will not keep doing that as prime minister . the problem with that is that it makes for people governed by the direction of the wind . we need something else than that right now . i think we need people who have conviction . ”

klas batalo , giutizia , tumulto and ordine nuovo , four twenty - somethings from québec , reject the world in which they live . three years after the collapse of the “maple spring” protest movement , they resort to a form of vandalism that gradually leads them closer to terrorism . but their revolutionary avant - garde is far from society’s prevailing aspirations and threatens to blow up in their faces .

grace ' s story starts on the trip from ireland to toronto . for those who has fantastical imagery of the voyage to the new world , polley ' s adaptation destroys any such visions . life doesn ' t get any easier for grace after the family arrives in toronto . indentured servant is the unmentioned term . grace earns $ 2 / month at her first house . the new employer graciously offers a raise to $ 3 / month .

by blake williams first , bless charles tesson for having the balls to acknowledge that experimental cinema exists , no matter that its manifestations at cannes are still ghettoized to a damp auditorium in the gaudy miramar hotel , located somewhere around the halfway point to antibes . the fact that tesson has spent his two years as artistic [ . . . ]

klas batalo , giutizia , tumulto and ordine nuovo , four twenty - somethings from québec , reject the world in which they live . three years after the collapse of the " maple spring” protest movement , they resort to a form of vandalism that gradually leads them closer to terrorism . but their revolutionary avant - garde is far from society’s prevailing aspirations and threatens to blow up in their faces .

the crowd inside the arena in kingston was about 6 , 000 , including prime minister justin trudeau , who does make a brief appearance in the documentary . another 20 , 000 watch outside the arena in kingston . the documentary takes us to viewing parties that sprouted all over canada : charlottetown , halifax , yellowknife , toronto , montréal , and yes , bobcaygeon , the title of a song from the hip and a real place in ontario .

lavoie nods and adds that comparisons between arab and maple springs draw upon the film’s use of archetypal images in the archival footage . “we only used what was available on the web , ” he explains . “we wanted to portray what was in the air at the period . everyone was filming and everybody was putting their footage on the internet . when there were police performing brutal action , the day after , there would be 10 videos uploaded on the web . ”

“we had an envie de cinéma , ” lavoie summarized , “a will to capture the ferment , the creativity of these kids and their desire to change the world through a convergence of art forms . ”

viewers will also be able to vote for their favourite to win the people ' s choice award . last year ' s winner was the political satire my internship in canada , directed by philippe falardeau .