The modest [Dave Barber] strives to deflect attention from himself, giving kudos to WFG executive director Cecelia Araneda for updating the theatre with a new box office kiosk, and trumpeting new assistant programmer Kier-La Janisse ("one of the sharpest people I've worked with in a long time") for injecting fresh creative blood into the cinema, now that it's attained the status of a cultural institution öBarbear: Dan Walechuk's animated short re-imagine Barber as a bear who cares about Cinematheque's patrons... to the extent that he will offer to help deliver your baby, while offering helpful advice about how to enjoy your Cinematheque experience. Barber has other stories, including the time Cinematheque offered its Films for Fish promotion -- bring a fish and get in free -- the time ...
This year, Kier-La Janisse, Cinematheque's marketing and operations assistant, organized the event, selecting pivotal childhood films, both international and home-grown, which in some cases have all but been forgotten by the mainstream media. "We're an art house theatre," says Janisse, "so naturally the children's programming for Cabin Fever! reflects that. Many of the films we play are long-beloved, and others long forgotten. Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival, [Albert Lamorisse]'s newly restored English translation features the voice of Peter Strauss and tells the story of a young boy who tames a wild horse. This performance follows the showing of The Red Balloon; 40 min.; 1953 drama. Your kids won't stop saying "That's F-A-B" after being introduced to this ...
It is one of the best researched documentaries I have seen in ages," said Cinematheque's longtime programmer, Dave Barber. On Friday at 7 p.m., Cinematheque will present the Winnipeg premiere of Canadian filmmaker Peter Wintonick's new documentary, PilgrIMAGE, which focuses on the director's cinematic road trip with his daughter.
ö "ö "ö "I'm excited to allow [Mary] to zip and zoom over the prairie rose province," says [Gwen Smid]. "There's already a smattering of dinosaur bones, the Calgary Stampede, and mountaintops in the plot. "ö "ö "ö
The Winnipeg Film Group has applied to the City of Winnipeg for a $50,000 grant toward a $99,000 air-conditioning and wheelchair access upgrade for Cinematheque, the Exchange District rep theatre.
Les Bon Debarras, which means "good riddance," was directed by the late Francis Mankiewicz, a distant relation of Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz.
Classically trained composers, in the last 15 years, are using the colourful languages of their local communities and creating astonishing new work," he says. "There's an awakening of the indigenous people to our (classical) culture. We both can come towards each other and shake hands. The professional arrangements include a traditional inter-tribal song. "The strings, and the woodwinds and flutes, are trying to mock the singing style of a powwow singer," says [Vince Fontaine]. "I don't think anybody's ever heard that." "It's completely new to us to play with an exact arrangement," Fontaine says. "(Usually) there's a lot of improvisation on stage. This time, the scores and arrangements are set, so we have to be prepared and quite disciplined. We can't just be swinging our hair around."
All weekend, Cinematheque presents a collection of films that touch on Hudson's Bay and the Hudson's Bay Company, including Robert Flaherty's classic documentary Nanook of the North, The Bishop Who Ate His Boots, Richard Stringer's doc about his Arctic missionary grandfather, Bishop Isaac Stringer, and Passage, the story of the aftermath of Sir John Frankklin's doomed Arctic expedition. A paraplegic marine (Sam Worthington) is recruited to pilot the body of a genetically engineered extraterrestrial as a means of infiltrating and colonizing their world. The plot may be familiar but Cameron's approach -- featuring a gorgeous, fully realized alien planet -- is the main attraction here. See it in 3-D (at Grant Park, Polo Park and St. Vital) if you can. '''' Precious Jones (Gabourey Sidibe)...
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