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Solo (2023 Film)
''Solo'' is a 2023 Canadian romantic drama film, written and directed by Sophie Dupuis.Charles-Henri Ramond"Solo, en salle le 15 septembre" ''Films du Québec'', May 4, 2023. The film stars Théodore Pellerin as Simon, a young emerging drag queen in Montreal who is drawn into a passionate but complicated romance with Olivier ( Félix Maritaud), while simultaneously navigating a reunion with his estranged mother Claire ( Anne-Marie Cadieux), whom he has not seen since she left Canada 15 years earlier to pursue her career as an opera singer. The film's cast also includes Jean Marchand, Vlad Alexis, Tommy Joubert, Alice Moreault and Marc-André Leclair. Its soundtrack includes music by ABBA, Chaka Khan, Marie Davidson, CRi, Donna Summer, Dominique Fils-Aimé, Alma Faye Brooks, Filippin & Runah, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Mitsou. Production The film entered production in 2022, under the working title ''Drag''. Dupuis has acknowledged the risk that the film may be controversial in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Dupuis
Sophie Dupuis is a Quebec film director and screenwriter, from Val-d'Or who studied at Concordia University and the Université du Québec à Montréal whose feature film debut '' Family First (Chien de garde)'' premiered in 2018 and was selected as Canada's submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards. The film was nominated for eight Prix Iris at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards, including a Best Director nomination for Dupuis. Prior to ''Family First'', Dupuis directed the short films ''J'viendrais t'chercher'', ''Si tu savais Rosalie'', ''Félix et Malou'', ''Faillir'' and ''L'hiver et la violence''. Her second feature film, '' Underground (Souterrain)'', was released in 2020. Her third, ''Solo Solo or SOLO may refer to: Arts and entertainment Comics * ''Solo'' (DC Comics), a DC comics series * Solo, a 1996 mini-series from Dark Horse Comics Characters * Han Solo, a ''Star Wars'' character * Jacen Solo, a Jedi in the non-canonical ''S ...'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominique Fils-Aimé
Dominique Fils-Aimé is a Canadian singer from Quebec, whose album ''Stay Tuned!'' was shortlisted for the 2019 Polaris Music Prize and won the Juno Award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2020. Born and raised in Montreal to immigrant parents from Haiti, Fils-Aimé was a competitor in the third season of TVA's singing competition series '' La Voix'' in 2015. She was eliminated in the semi-final round by Matt Holubowski. In 2018 she released ''Nameless'', her debut album which explored blues music as the first installment in a trilogy devoted to the history of African-American music. ''Stay Tuned!'', which explores jazz music, followed in 2019 as the second album in the trilogy. Her third album, ''Three Little Words'', was released in 2021 and focuses on soul music. The album was shortlisted for the 2021 Polaris Music Prize. In 2023, she participated in an all-star recording of Serena Ryder's single " What I Wouldn't Do", which was released as a char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passages (2023 Film)
''Passages'' is a 2023 French romantic drama film directed by Ira Sachs starring Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw, and Adèle Exarchopoulos. It depicts a long-time male couple, one of whom has an affair with a woman. It had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Plot Tomas, a German filmmaker, and Martin, an English printer, are a married couple residing in Paris. One evening at a party, Tomas sleeps with a friend, a young teacher named Agathe; this encounter blossoms into an affair that causes Martin to despair. After trying and failing to reconcile with Martin, Tomas moves in with Agathe. Even though Tomas disagrees, Martin begins plans to sell their countryside house. He also begins a relationship with a writer, Ahmad, which makes Tomas jealous; Tomas continues to make overtures towards Martin and the two eventually sleep together. After this, Tomas informs Martin that Agathe is pregnant. Martin is upset but attempts to take it in stride as he has always wante ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opening Night (1977 Film)
''Opening Night'' is a 1977 American psychological drama film written and directed by John Cassavetes, and starring Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, Joan Blondell, Paul Stewart, Zohra Lampert, and Cassavetes. Its plot follows a stage actress who, after witnessing the accidental death of one of her fans, is haunted by a recurring apparition of the deceased woman, spurring a nervous breakdown while she prepares for the premiere of a Broadway play. Though set in Connecticut and New York City, ''Opening Night'' was shot on location in Los Angeles and Pasadena, California, with the theatrical performance sequences taking place at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Plot Myrtle Gordon is a famous but troubled middle-aged actress performing out-of-town previews in New Haven, Connecticut of a new play called ''The Second Woman'' before its Broadway run. While leaving the theatre after a performance, Myrtle signs autographs and encounters an obsessive teenaged fan, Nancy, who runs after Myrtle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All About Eve
''All About Eve'' is a 1950 American drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. It is based on the 1946 short story "The Wisdom of Eve" by Mary Orr, although Orr does not receive a screen credit. The film stars Bette Davis as Margo Channing, a highly regarded but aging Broadway star, and Anne Baxter as Eve Harrington, an ambitious young fan who maneuvers herself into Channing's life, ultimately threatening Channing's career and her personal relationships. The film co-stars George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill, and Hugh Marlowe, and features Thelma Ritter, Marilyn Monroe in one of her earliest roles, Gregory Ratoff, Barbara Bates and Walter Hampden. ''All About Eve'' held its world premiere in New York City on October 13, 1950. Praised by critics at the time of its release, ''All About Eve'' received a record 14 Academy Award nominations.This feat was only matched by the 1997 film ''Titanic'' and the 2016 film '' La La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screen Daily
''Screen International'' is a British film magazine covering the international film business. It is published by Media Business Insight, a British B2B media company. The magazine is primarily aimed at those involved in the global film business. The magazine in its current form was founded in 1975, and its website, ''Screendaily.com'', was added in 2001. ''Screen International'' also produces daily publications at film festivals and markets in Berlin, Germany; Cannes, France; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; the American Film Market in Santa Monica, California; and Hong Kong. History ''Screen International'' traces its history back to 1889 with the publication of ''Optical Magic Lantern and Photographic Enlarger''. At the turn of the 20th century, the name changed to ''Cinematographic Journal'' and in 1907 it was renamed '' Kinematograph and Lantern Weekly''. Kinematograph Weekly ''Kinematograph and Lantern Weekly'' contained trade news, advertisements, reviews, exhibition advice, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang. Although the name "Rotten Tomatoes" connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes in disapproval of a poor stage performance, the original inspiration comes from a scene featuring tomatoes in the Canadian film ''Léolo'' (1992). Since January 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros in 2011. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. History Rotten Tomatoes was launched on August 12, 1998, as a spare-time project by Senh Duong. His objective in creating Rotten Tomatoes was "to create a site where people can get access to reviews fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec City Film Festival
Quebec City Film Festival (french: Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec) (FCVQ or QCFF) is a film festival held annually in September in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It screens short and feature films and premieres movies from all over the world. Description Founded in 2011, the Quebec City Film Festival (QCFF) is a non-profit organization that strives to offer film enthusiasts from Quebec and visitors from outside the province and abroad a major film event similar to other iconic international film festivals. It is a renowned and recognised platform that screens regional and international productions of new and original films. The QCFF also supports local and regional emerging artists by providing them with a showcase to present their works that attracts major media exposure. History Since its inception, every year in the month of September the QCFF presents about 50 international feature films and more than 100 short films. The films represent all cinematographic genr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. Finke was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times'' as being worth "millions of dollars", as well as pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC Arts
CBC Arts (french: Radio-Canada Arts) is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that creates and curates written articles, short documentaries, non-fiction series and interactive projects that represent the excellence of Canada's diverse artistic communities. Some of the series and projects CBC Arts has produced include ''21 Black Futures'', ''Art 101'', ''Art Hurts'', ''Big Things Small Towns'', '' Canada's a Drag'', ''The Collective'', ''Crash Gallery'', '' Exhibitionists'', '' The Filmmakers'', ''Interrupt This Program'', ''The Move'', '' Super Queeroes'' and ''The 2010s: The Decade Canadian Artists Stopped Saying Sorry''. CBC Arts has received considerable acclaim, winning multiple Canadian Screen Awards including for best talk show ('' The Filmmakers''), non-fiction webseries ('' Canada's a Drag'') and interactive production ('' Super Queeroes'' and ''The 2010s: The Decade Canadian Artists Stopped Saying Sorry''). Staff members Amanda Parris and Peter Knegt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family First (film)
''Family First'' (french: Chien de garde, lit=Watch Dog) is a 2018 Canadian crime film directed by Sophie Dupuis. The film premiered at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois. It is about a family in Verdun, Montreal, Quebec, including the protagonist JP ( Jean-Simon Leduc), whose uncle Dany (Paul Ahmarani) leads a drug cartel. It was nominated for four Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Motion Picture, winning Best Actor for Théodore Pellerin. Plot In Verdun, Quebec, Dany runs an illegal drug cartel. His nephews, JP and the younger Vincent, who's 19, work in deliveries and "collections". JP and Vincent travel through Verdun to a Chinese restaurant possessing drugs on Dany's territory, harass the staff and empty the tills; they also intimidate others to coerce them to stop selling on the family territory. JP is dating Mel, who is alarmed about Vincent's erratic behavior, and she suggests to JP that Vincent needs help. Mel sleeps with JP at JP and Vincent's residence, wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xtra Magazine
''Xtra Magazine'' (formerly ''DailyXtra'' and ''Xtra!'') is an LGBTQ-focused digital publication and former print newspaper published by Pink Triangle Press in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The publication is a continuation of the company's former print titles ''Xtra!'', '' Xtra Ottawa'', and '' Xtra Vancouver'', which were all discontinued in 2015."Gay newspaper Xtra to stop printing, go digital only" '''', January 14, 2015. History ''Xtra'' was founded in Toronto on February 19, 1984 (with a March cover date) by Pink Triangle Press, a not-for-profit organization. It was introduced as a f ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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