Dylan Cree’s work comes to Traill
On Wednesday, September 30th, I am curating a video installation by filmmaking and PhD candidate Dylan Cree (Communication Studies, Simon Fraser University) at Traill College. The aim of To Conference: …
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A Brief History of Moving-Image Pornography up to 1972
Trent Film Society is excited to present an exhibition of moving-image pornography up to 1972. This event will be held at Artspace (378 Aylmer Street) from Thursday, August 28 to …
Trent Film Society Presents: The Exterminating Angel
Luis Buñuel’s 1962 film The Exterminating Angel (El ángel exterminador) plays with the now-familiar theme of an individual or group’s struggle in an isolated environment. Buñuel’s genius is turning an …
Hits and Misses: Spiel Players Production of The Raven & Lady with a Lap Dog
Robert Winslow’s performance of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven (1845) had an intensity that extended itself a little too far. During the performance, in which he recited the poem word …
Trent Film Society Presents: Paradise: Love
Kenya. A 50-year-old Austrian woman. Beach Boys and sex tourism. Racism, sexism, exploitation. Hakuna Matata, no problem. Ulrich Seidl has a very particular filmmaking method. He and Veronika Franz pen …
Trent Film Society Presents: Frances Ha
Director Noah Baumbach (director of The Squid and the Whale [2005] with Jesse Eisenberg, and screenwriter for Wes Anderson pictures The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou [2004] and Fantastic Mr. …
Review of Jane Werger’s Production of Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters
The opening night of the Peterborough Theatre Guild’s production of Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters (1900-1901) was a resounding success. I revisited Chekhov’s text and it appears that director Jane Werger …
Trent Film Society presents: Audition
I noted in last week’s article on Martin Doepner’s Rouge Sang (2013) that in the horror-thriller film, a woman’s revenge on an individual man, or number of men, is a …
Enjoy a Free Screening of Rouge Sang, a Canadian Horror Film
Martin Doepner’s Rouge Sang, a.k.a. The Storm Within (2013), takes place in the deep woods of Québec, New Year’s Eve 1799. We are introduced to a family of five who …
Trent Film Society Presents: Caché
Our last screening of the year is Michael Haneke’s Caché (2005). This screening follows our successful screening of Haneke’s 2012 Oscar Winner Amour at Market Hall. Caché appears as part …