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Bytowne
325 Rideau St.
(613) 789-Film
Ottawa
Pina
Directed by
Wim Wenders
99 minutes
Germany
Documentary featuring the dancers of
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch
January
27-February 6, 2012
"Pina,"
the 3-D dance documentary directed by Wim
Wenders,
is nominated for an
Academy Award
for Best Documentary Feature
Note: The film will not be shown in 3-D at the
Bytowne.
"Dance, Dance, otherwise we are lost, " Pina
Pina Bausch was a German
modern dance performer,
choreographer and dance instructor noted for her
influence on dance style.
She died of cancer in 2009 at the age of 68,
just before shooting
was scheduled to begin on a film about her and
her work.
"Pina" is a tribute to her.
She appears in the film
through archival footage. Her seamless
movement is amazing.
Pina Bausch
Pina's choreographies are not confined to
stages. Dancers perform on the street:
parks, busy, traffic-clogged intersections,
airport walkways,
streams, on a monorail, in an industrial park,
or on a flatbed of a railroad car.
Dancers perform inside: in a swimming
pool, in an art center encased in glass
The works are inventive, unusual, unpredictable.
One lady dances in water with a huge hippo.
Dancers move on a floor coated in dirt. A stage
is filled with chairs in all types of positions
and individuals move through the space.
The angst and tension in this composition reminded one of a mental
hospital.
A man dances with a leaf blower, another dances
at the edge of a cliff.
"You just have
to get crazier," Pina once said.
Her works have
incredible force.
Another dance
seems to be based on vaudeville, and there's one
that features
a dance with a dog. One fascinating dance is
only with hand movements,
like pantomime.
Her dancers are
often barefoot, but at other times
they wear high heels, ballet pointe shoes, or
regular shoes.
One of her dances incorporates teens over the age of 14 and elders over
65.
Stravinsky's striking "The
Rite of Spring" (Le Sacre du Printemps)
accompanies a dance with sharp movements.
Another dance uses sound effects, and a slow
tune changes to a boogie woogie.
Stay for the credits.... the dancing isn't over
yet.
Anyone interested
in the arts or, specifically, in dance must see
this film.
Trailer
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Bytowne
325 Rideau St.
(613) 789-Film
Ottawa
Starring
Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, John C. Reilly, Christophe Waltz
January
27-February 9, 2012
There is something special about viewing a film
with outstanding actors.
Their talent binds the film and makes the story
relevant. In "Carnage,"
one location is transformed into a small world, revealing the lives of two
couples. At first they are quite polite, but
then, with the aid of alcohol, their other
selves appear, brimming with accusations,
revelations, and embarrassments. The film is a
history of relationships
and how they are never perfect.
"Carnage" starts with a seemly innocent scene
during
the opening titles. We see young schoolboys
outside being boys.
They talk, they jostle, they fight.
What happens next is the real story... how
parents become involved
and try to handle the situation when one boy has been harmed by another.
Christophe Waltz, Kate Winslet
The film becomes a cross between "Who's
Afraid of Virginia Woolf" (1966),
and
"Lord of the Flies."
"Virginia Woolf," directed by Mike Nichols
starred
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton as an older couple
who sling brutal accusations at each other
in the presence of a younger couple, George
Segal and Sandy Dennis.
The film won five Oscars.
"Lord of the Flies," (1990), directed by
Harry Hook, focuses on a group
of young boys who, stranded on an island without adult supervision,
lose their dignity and become savages.
In Polanski's
film, what starts as civilized behavior
between four adults,
quickly deteriorates into a spectacle of
unpleasant occurrences and
unbecoming actions.
It's when a bottle of 18-year-old Scotch is
opened
that the secrets pour out as the couples tell
stories about each other
and tensions and emotions are pushed to
extremes.
The characters are strong, the shooting is
amazing for a small location
and the film is 'theatre' at its best.
Trailer
Review by Lois Siegel
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Festival Hall, 401 Isabella Street,
Pembroke, ON
Attached to L’Equinoxe School
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Canadian Museum of Civilization
Showing Until March |
Divertimento
Orchestra Concerts
28th Season
©Photo by Charles Frost
2011-2012
Pops Concerts
February 10 &
11, 2012
Sir Arthur Sullivan—Patience
Overture
Gregson-Williams—Chronicles
of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Leopold Mozart—Toy Symphony
Georges Bizet—Carmen Suite
No. 1
Emil Waldteufel—Skaters’
Waltz
Arthur Wilkinson—The
Beatlecracker Suite
Zimmer, Howard & Lopez—Dark
Knight Suite
Lionel Bart—Oliver!
Spring Concerts
Piotr Ilych
Tchaikovsky, Marche
Slave, Op. 31,
Robert Schumann, Cello
Concerto, Op. 129 with
Robert Bardston
Sergei
Rachmaninov, Symphony
No. 1, Op. 13
All concerts begin at 8 p.m.
Location
L'Eglise St. Thomas d'Aquin
1244 Kilborne Avenue
Ottawa
Ticket Prices
Adults - $20
Seniors/Students - $10
Under 12 - $5
Under 6 - Free
Adult season tickets (3 concerts) $50
(includes one pass for one child under 12 for each of 3 shows)
Tickets available at the door or in advance from
orchestra members
Directions to Concerts
©Photo by Charles Frost
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
07.02.2011
Ottawa, Canada
Contact: Danny
McLeod T: +1 613 282-3858 E:
danm@qpictures.com
NATIONAL CAPITAL TO BE MOVIE SET OF NEW DARK COMEDY
• Quiet Revolution
Pictures, Majika Pictures and Denmark's Fridthjof Films with the support
of
Telefilm Canada and The Danish Film Institute will be filming the
feature-length dark comedy,
Eddie in the Nation’s Capital.
Photo by Lois Siegel
Miriam
Nørgaard and
Michael Dobbin
Producers
• The off-beat movie
is the satirical story of a once-famous painter who rediscovers
inspiration after he befriends a sleepwalking cannibal named Eddie.
• Written and directed by Montreal talent Boris Rodriguez (Havana
Kids, Beso Nocturno) and produced by Ottawa native Michael A. Dobbin
( The Devil’s Curse,
Powerful: Energy for Everyone, The Maiden Danced to Death)
and Denmark's Ronnie Fridthjof (Armadillo, Tempo).
Photo by Lois Siegel
Boris Rodriguez, Director
• Starring Thure
Lindhart (Angels & Demons, Into The Wild), Georgina Reilly (Pontypool,
This Movie is Broken), Al
Goulem (18 to Life, The Trotsky) and Dylan Smith (300, Love &
Savagery).
Production is scheduled to begin February 7, 2011.
Quiet Revolution Pictures:
www.qrpictures.com
Fridthjof Films:
http://www.f-film.com
Telefilm Canada:
www.telefilm.gc.ca/data/communiques/rel_1016.asp
Ottawa, ON Canada, February
7, 2011 –the Nation’s
Capital is being transformed into the set of a twisted, dark-comedy
movie entitled Eddie. The satirical story is about a once-famous
painter who rediscovers inspiration after he befriends a sleepwalking
cannibal. Telefilm Canada and the Danish Film Institute have partially
funded the project to be directed by Boris Rodriguez (Havana Kids,
Beso Nocturno) and produced by Ottawa native Michael A. Dobbin (The
Devil’s Curse, Powerful: Energy for Everyone, The Maiden Dance to Death)
and Ronnie Fridthjof (Armadillo, Tempo). “The National Capital
Region is the ideal setting for this movie. I’m really looking forward
to working here,” says Boris.
Photo by Lois Siegel
Michael Dobbin, Producer
Director Boris Rodriguez is a graduate of Concordia University and
the Canadian Film Centre. Boris’ films
Beso Nocturno (Night Kiss)
and Perfect both
had premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and
Beso Nocturno
was selected for a retrospective at the
Museum Of Modern Art in New York.
Michael’s past work as a producer
includes Toni Harman's debut horror entitled The Devil's Curse
(aka Credo), (currently available through Lionsgate and
iTunes), David Chernushenko’s Powerful: Energy for Everyone
as well as Endre Hules' The Maiden Danced to Death.
Michael was mentored by BAFTA-winning producer of
East is East, Leslee Udwin. He’s an alumnus of the film
programme of Ryerson. In October 2006, Michael founded the ‘Just Watch
Me!’ Canadian Film Festival and as a story editor, script doctor and
lecturer is in steady demand on both sides of the Atlantic.
For further information:
Lois Siegel, Unit Publicist and Photographer
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Photo by Paul Jean
Announcing Celtic North's
First CD Release
The members of Celtic North are fortunate to live in the
Ottawa/Gatineau area
where “traditional” music is a wonderful mix of Irish, Scottish, and French
tunes.
In this, our first recording, we have collected some of our favourite
melodies,
with a couple of well-known songs thrown in for good measure.
Lois Siegel Fiddle, Spoons, Bodhran
Dan
Perkins Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin, Irish Bouzouki, Bodhran
Marie Deziel Accordion, Fiddle
Tunes include
Irish Washerwoman, Auprès de ma blonde, Scotland the Brave,
Loch Lomond, Morrison's, The Girl I Left Behind Me
Price: $15.00 + U.S. and Canada
Shipping and Handling $8 = $23.00
Contact:
Lois Siegel
(613) 830-2509
lois@siegelproductions.ca
www.celticnorth.com |
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National Film Board of Canada
DVD Now Available
Baseball Girls
Directed by Lois Siegel
List Price: $19.95
Forget everything you
think you know about baseball.
From the early days of the Bloomer Girls to today's Colorado Silver Bullets,
"Baseball Girls" features something new and different about women who
love the sport.
From 7-year-olds playing
baseball, learning the rules of the game,
to 60-year-olds playing slo-pitch softball,
BASEBALL GIRLS explores the private and professional lives of women obsessed
with the sport they love.
Using animation, archival stills and live-action footage, this zany and
affectionate feature documentary
details the history of women's participation in the largely male-dominated
world of baseball and softball.
"Smart, strong and snappy, much like its subjects." Eye
Magazine
- ID NO.
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153C9195112
- Duration:
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80 min 45 s
Produced by Silva Basmajian
Canadian residents can order directly from the
NFB or call 1-800-267-7710.
In the U.S. call 1-800-542-2164.
The film is also available through the
Ottawa Public Library, Canada.
"Baseball Girls" is now available
online
- National Film Board of Canada
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Gambling Boys
Directed by Laura Turek,
45 minutes, Canada, 2010
CBC News Network "The Passionate Eye"
"Gambling Boys," a documentary produced by EyeSteelFilm, delves in to the world
of teen gambling, a world that offers excitement, the potent allure of making
big money, and as many are discovering,
the potential for serious addiction problems.
With the barrage of marketing campaigns, television coverage of poker
tournaments, and easy access to online gaming, it is no surprise that teens are
increasingly affected. Experts are finding that the rate of problem gamblers
among young people is two to four times higher than for adults.
Photo by Lois Siegel |
Mary Kritz
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"Watching"
In creating my art I use a black pigment pen and start with one line.
I continue to add lines until I have enough.
I start connecting the lines and filling in the spaces.
At times, I use a theme, either as a single piece of work
or for a specific handbound book.
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"In Stitches"
At other times I create pieces of art when I am moved
by a life event, piece of music or a visual image.
I love colour and enjoy working with Indian ink pens and acrylic paints combined
with organic materials.
"Ready for the Party"
Contact: kritz.mary@gmail.com |
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