Notizie

Year: 2010

Director: Nick McAnulty

Writer: Nick McAnulty

IMDb: link

Trailer: link

Review by: Marina Antunes

Rating: 8 out of 10

Twisted. That’s the first word that comes to mind in describing Nick McAnulty’s directorial debut Uncle Brian.

A darkly comedic drama, Uncle Brian stars Daniel MacLean as the titular character, a high school student on the road to nowhere. Smart and bored, Brian spends most of his time drinking, sleeping with his best friend’s mother and generally getting himself into trouble. When a fellow student charges him with rape, Brian’s life is turned upside down (apparently things can get worse). At the urging of his guidance counsellor and in effort to avoid more serious trouble, Brian registers for AA but continues to spend his days drinking and getting high but when his friend is beaten up because of Brian’s actions, the young man sets out to clean...

The Vancouver International Film Festival, which will take place from September 30 to October 15, is known for bringing the world to people in and around Vancouver. Moreover, it also has Canadian films in its line-up. All in all, expect to see some Canadian films that are currently screened at the Toronto International Film Festival.

The opening film will be the Canadian-Italian co-production Barney's Version. Other Canadian films include:

* A Drummer's Dream, by John Walker

* A Night for Dying Tigers, by Terry Miles

* A Simple Rhythm, by Tess Girard

* Altitude, by Kaare Andrews

* Amazon Falls, by Katrin Bowen

* An Ecology of Mind, by Nora Bateson

* Barney's Version, by Richard J. Lewis

* Breaking the Silence: Burma's Resistance, by Pierre Mignault and Hélène Magny

* Curling, by Denis Côté

* Everywhere, by Alexis Durand-Brault

* Father & Sons, by Carl Bessai

* Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie, by Sturla Gunnarsson

* Guido Superstar: The Rise of Guido, by Silvio Pollio

* Les amours imaginaires,...

The Vancouver International Film Festival is my baby. In its 29th year, this is the event I look forward to every year. The lists I've kept through the year come out and I eagerly look through the list of titles in search of those little gems and every year Viff responds with a huge assortment of titles. This year's festival is no different.

Some of the titles we're most eagerly anticipating include Tsumetai Nettaigyo’s Cold Fish (trailer), Gareth Edwards’ Monsters (trailer, review), Jo Sung-Hee’s apocalyptic road movie End of Animal, Carl Bessai’s Repeaters (trailer) and Xavier Dolan's Heartbeats (trailer, review).

There's loads more so be sure to check the titles (so far) after the break. Many more to be announced in the coming days.

Canadian Images

Altitude (Kaare Andrews), B.C.

View trailer

A weekend getaway aboard a small plane turns deadly for a rookie pilot and four teenage friends.