Star, a suicidal teen now too old for foster care, develops a candid rapport with An, a student from Shanghai who is assigned to watch her while she is in hospital. A nightly exchange of secrets, text messages and possessions quickly expands the boundaries of their relationship, altering their inner chemistry. Gilded by a soundscape that interweaves work by emerging and pioneering electronic musicians, Queens of the Qing Dynasty is an offbeat ode to neurodiversity and genderqueer individuals who refuse to conform. Director Ashley McKenzie’s blend of formalism and gritty realism does not fail to surprise and treats the audience to flashes of visual and conceptual poetry. Her cast is entirely composed of first-time actors who convincingly convey how unique every individual is, both in how they see the world and how they relate to others. Ziyin Zheng in the role of An graciously embodies a mix of idiosyncrasy and frankness that makes them an ideal confidante for Star (Sarah Walker). They have what it takes to be on the receiving end of the scrutinising gaze of Star, who sees through conventions and never ceases to be amazed at life’s bewildering events. Veering on slapstick, Walker’s performance will not go unnoticed.
Through the eyes of 9 young girls from around the world, TuTu Much is the behind-the-scenes story of what it takes to become a dancer. These girls have been given the chance of a lifetime, a four week long summer audition to get into a professional ballet school. Which girl will prove to be the dancer they are looking for? Who will have the passion, the drive and the endurance to make it? And will she and her family be ready to make the sacrifices? TuTu Much gives us all a rare look at 9 remarkable girls and a summer that no one will ever forget.
时为1982年,一支隶属挪威的三人南极科考队在冰原中行进,意外发现一艘一百万年前的奇怪船只,并且在附近找到了冻于严冰之中的神秘生物。才貌双全的美国古生物学家凯特·洛伊德(玛丽·伊丽莎白·文斯蒂德 Mary Elizabeth Winstead 饰)在桑德尔·哈沃森博士(Ulrich Thomsen 饰)的邀请下,随同一众科研工作者前往南极。经过认真研究,他们发现这是地球上从未有过的生物。正当科学家们为了这个伟大的发现载歌载舞庆祝之时,神秘生物悄悄解冻,继而向人类展开凶残的袭击。经过一番惨烈的搏斗,怪物最终葬身火海。 但是厄运并未就此结束,经过对怪物细胞的观测,凯特隐隐感到一场灾难正向全人类袭来……
八十年代,女记者卡伦(Alison Lohman 饰)正著手调查十五年前一桩酒店凶案的真相。当事人兰尼(Kevin Bacon 饰)与文斯(Colin Firth 饰)是著名搭档艺人,1972年,两人为慈善事业筹款而进行巡回演出期间,人们在他们的套房中发现了一具女尸……卡伦先后接近两人,得到了兰尼的自传手稿,兰尼声称死者莫琳因嗑药过量而溺毙,但卡伦将兰尼的生活习惯与自传两相佐证后发现疑点重重。当年兰尼与文斯事业顺利,于是黑社会邀请他们演出,某夜,校报记者莫琳同两人上床,无意中发现文斯的同性恋倾向并以此要挟。兰尼怀疑吸毒成瘾的文斯杀死莫琳,但两人在黑社会庇护下都逃避了制裁。卡伦对两人各自的陈述不置可否之际,真正的凶手却自己浮出了水面…… 本片获2006年加拿大吉尼奖最佳剧本奖。
科幻惊悚片,讲述日蚀致使的超冷气流涌向地球,引起了一连串灾难事件的发生,地球面临着新的一次冰川世纪的降临。《星际之门》的迈克尔·山克斯扮演一名地球物理学家,阿蕾山德拉·戴维斯、印第安娜·伊万斯扮演他的妻女。 幕后制作 影片由加拿大与澳大利亚合拍,在澳大利亚的塔斯马尼亚岛取景拍摄。影片导演布赖恩·特伦查德·史密斯来自加拿大,八九十年代执导过多部颇据影响力的B级恐怖片,这是他继1995年翻拍自亨弗莱鲍嘉经典二战片的《血战撒哈拉》之后再度来到澳州拍摄影片,“我很自豪能够拍摄一部以气候学家为主人公的影片”,“在塔斯马尼亚与充满激情的年轻人和老朋友们一起工作的经历十分痛快”。这部电影在2010年8月的悉尼举行的加拿大电影节上举行了首映。
Dogs go and do singing and stuff. EMPOWERING.
尚不满24岁的清洁工安妮(Sarah Polley 饰)被确诊为癌症,只剩下两至三月的寿命,安妮的丈夫是她生命中第一个也是唯一一个男人,丈夫让她在17岁、19岁时分别生下女儿,入狱的父亲无法为她提供庇护,同母亲的关系又不甚良好,一家四口居住在拖车里,所幸丈夫最近得到了修建泳池的工作。安妮决定将病情隐瞒家人,并写了十条身故前的愿望,包括找到又一个爱自己的男人,为女儿准备未来生日的祝词并和一个继母,跟父亲见一次面和享受余下的人生。安妮在洗衣房里偶遇从阿拉斯加归来的测量员,两人彼此摩擦出了爱的火花。但她将满脑子只有节食计划的女同事介绍给丈夫时却遭遇了失败,不久一名与安妮同名的女邻居到来,她似乎是安妮理想的人选。所有事情在按步骤实现,还有安妮的死亡…… 本片获2003年大西洋电影节最佳加拿大电影等多项褒奖。
In Terror Train 2, it has been over a year since a series of gruesome, vengeful murders took the lives of multiple college seniors aboard the now infamous Terror Train. Alana (Robyn Alomar) is coerced to join The Magician (Tim Rozon) and other remaining survivors on a New Year's Eve redemption ride aboard the very same train, where a new kind of evil spawns a vengeful bloodbath and once again, the terrified passengers fight survive.
ISABEL SULLIVAN (15) has just moved to a small town to live with her uncle PAUL who is the town's mayor. Isabel has recently lost her parents in a car accident. Feeling very alone and friendless, Isabel befriends a stray robot dog named ARCHIE. Though he looks like a normal dog, he is anything but. He can talk. He can run at blinding speed. He's got super strength and x-ray vision. Isabel and Archie become fast friends. She teaches him how to be a normal dog while he helps her to fit in with the cool kid clique. Most of all, Isabel can confide in Archie about what happened to her parents. Archie can relate. He's never had a family - until now. As the summer progresses, things start to get tricky. Paul is up for re-election and finds himself running against VERONICA TAYLOR who happens to be in cahoots with BURGERTROPOLIS - a national fast food franchise that has been trying to buy Paul out for years. What's worse, an evil man named HUGH JABLONSKI shows up in town claiming to be ...