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F I L M & A RT S
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
presents TWO FILMS THAT EXPLORE MUSIC & MUSICIANS
F
reda Kelly was just a shy Liverpudlian teenager when she
was asked to work for a local band hoping to make it big.
Though she had no concept of how far they would go, Freda
had faith in The Beatles from the beginning, and The Beatles
had faith in her.
History notes that The Beatles were together for 10 years, but
Freda worked for them for 11. Many people came in and out
of the band’s circle as they grew to international stardom, but
Freda remained a staple because of her unfaltering loyalty
and dedication. As the Beatles’ devoted secretary and friend,
Freda was there as history unfolded; she was witness to
the evolution – advances and setbacks, breakthroughs and
challenges – of the greatest band in history.
In Good Ol’ Freda, Freda tells her stories for the first time in
50 years. One of few documentaries with the support of the
living Beatles and featuring original Beatles music, the film offers an insider perspective on the
beloved band that changed the world of music.
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GOOD OL’ FREDA
Director: Ryan White
UK/2013/86min/PG
MUSCLE SHOALS
Director: Freddy Camalier
USA/2013/111min/PG
NOV 22-24
ocated alongside the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals,
Alabama is the unlikely breeding ground for some of
America’s most creative and defiant music. Under the
spiritual influence of the “Singing River,” as Native Americans
called it, the music of Muscle Shoals has helped create some
of the most important and resonant songs of all time. At its
heart is Rick Hall who founded FAME Studios.
Overcoming crushing poverty and staggering tragedies, Hall
brought black and white together in Alabama’s cauldron of
racial hostility to create music for the generations. He is
responsible for creating the “Muscle Shoals sound” and The
Swampers, the house band at FAME that eventually left to
start their own successful studio, known as Muscle Shoals
Sound. Greg Allman, Bono, Clarence Carter, Mick Jagger, Etta
James, Alicia Keys, Keith Richards, Percy Sledge and others bear witness to Muscle Shoals’
magnetism, mystery and why it remains influential today.
Evocative, Soulful, Enormously entertaining. A terrific documentary.”– Gary Goldstein, LA Times
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A
man sails the I­ndian
Ocean alone on his
37-foot yacht, 1700
nautical miles from the
Sumatra Straits. He is
awoken one morning by
a crash: a metal container off a cargo ship
has struck his boat,
perforating and flooding
it, disabling all communication. The man fights
resourcefully to repair
the damage and battle
the elements: blistering sun, a violent storm.
After eight debilitating
days, with only a halfdays’ worth of rations left
and virtually no hope for
rescue, it seems that all
is lost.
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ABOUT TIME
Director: Richard Curtis
UK/2013/123min/14A
Richard Curtis has become synonymous with
everything in British cinema that’s gently amusing,
charmingly offbeat and occasionally teary. After
all, Curtis did direct Love Actually and was screen
writer of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting
Hill and Bridget Jones’s Diary. About Time is a
light-touch comedy, not free of sentimentality,
about a young man, Tim (Domhnall Gleeson), from
a wealthy, boho background in Cornwall, who
bumbles his way through life and love but who
has a power inherited from his dad (Bill Nighy): he
can hold his eyes shut and go back in time. This
touch of magic is handy when Tim, newly moved
to London, says the wrong thing to a girl or wants
to give sex a second go. But he can’t change the
major stuff (births, death) and, in Curtis’s hands,
time travel is really a way of learning how to live a
better life. The sort-of superpower helps him get
together with Mary (Rachel McAdams), an American with an odd obsession with Kate Moss, and
the film takes us a few years into their relationship – with some bumps to negotiate, naturally.
ALL IS LOST
Director: J.C. Chandor
USA/2013/105min/PG
See Review Page 2
BLUE JASMINE
Director: Woody Allen
USA/2013/98min/14A
Kate Blanchett, Peter Sarsgaard, Alec Baldwin
and Sally Hawkins head up the ensemble cast
in Woody Allen’s latest film, a darkish comedy
drama, in the style of Husbands and Wives or even
Hannah and her Sisters. Blue Jasmine centres
on Jasmine (Blanchett) a New York socialite who
finds herself broke and a nervous wreck as a
result of being swindled by her charming but
rotten ex-husband (Baldwin). She travels to San
Francisco to stay with her sister (Hawkins) while
she tries to get her life in order. Jasmine doesn’t
approve of her sister Ginger’s working class
friends and their conversational disagreements
lead to some great comic Allenesque moments.
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
Director: Paul Greengrass
USA/2013/134min/14A
Captain Phillips is director Paul Greengrass’s
multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking
of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a
crew of Somali pirates. It is – through Greengrass’
distinctive lens – simultaneously a pulse-pounding thriller and a complex portrait of the myriad
effects of globalization. The film focuses on the
relationship between the Alabama’s ­commanding
officer, Captain Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks), and
his Somali counterpart, Muse (Barkhad Abdi).
Set on an incontrovertible collision course off the
coast of Somalia, both men will find themselves
paying the human toll for economic forces outside
of their control. Based upon the book, A Captain’s
Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea, by Richard Phillips with Stephan
Talty, the film is directed by Paul Greengrass (The
Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum).
J.C. Chandor’s All Is
Lost strips the conventional action movie to
its e­ssentials. One confined setting. Virtually no
dialogue. And a man with
only the sailing skills
and self-determination to
make a go of survival. His boat is called the Virginia Jean, but he is the man with no name,
no knowable past, no loved ones nor enemies back home to give his quest familiar emotional moorings. In a way, Chandor set himself and his audience the same restrictions as
his protagonist. They would discover who the man is by what he can do. And by who plays
him: Robert Redford.
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE
OF MEATBALLS 2
Directors: Cody Cameron,
Kris Pearn
USA/2013/94min/G
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 picks up
where the first animation comedy left off. Inventor
Flint Lockwood’s genius is finally being recognized
as he’s invited by his idol Chester V to join The
Live Corp Company, where the best and brightest
inventors in the world create technologies for the
betterment of mankind. Chester’s right-handgal – and one of his greatest inventions – is Barb
(a highly evolved orangutan with a human brain,
who is also devious, manipulative and likes to
wear lipstick). It’s always been Flint’s dream to
be recognized as a great inventor, but everything changes when he discovers that his most
infamous machine (which turns water into food)
is still operating and is now creating food-animal
hybrids – “foodimals!”
All Is Lost, which had its world premiere at Cannes, stocks its 105 minutes with enough
seafaring challenges and adventure to keep audiences fascinated, fraught and rooting for
the person identified in the closing credits as “Our Man.” Yet it is also an arguably unique
exercise in storytelling: both a work of cinematic innovation and a thrilling demonstration of
the ancient maxim that action is character. – Mary Corliss, Time Magazine
ALL IS LOST
Director: J.C.Chandor
USA/2013/105min/PG
DIANA
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
UK/2013/113/PG
DEC 6-19
Based on the Kate Snell book Diana: Her last Love,
this is a romantic expose of Princess Diana’s little
known post-separation relationship with Pakistani
Dr. Hasnat Khan (Naveen Andrews). The versatile
and daring actress Naomi Watts certainly looks
and sounds the part as Diana Princess of Wales
and her impressive performance deals with her
love affair with Khan, while shedding new light on
involvement in global charities and her manipulation of the media that never left her alone.
ENOUGH SAID
Director: Nicole Holofcener
USA/2013/91min/PG
See Review Page 3
FREE BIRDS
Director: Jimmy Hayward
USA/2013/90min/G
In this irreverent, hilarious, adventurous buddy
comedy, two turkeys from opposite sides of the
tracks must put aside their differences and team
up to travel back in time to change the course of
history – and get turkey off the holiday menu for
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good. Animated family fun from the director of
Horton Hears A Who and featuring the voices of
Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Amy Poehler and
Colm Meaney.
FROZEN
Director: Chris Buck
USA/2013/90min/G
Walt Disney productions offer a seasonal animation family comedy. Fearless optimist Anna teams
up with Kristoff in an epic journey, encountering
Everest-like conditions, and a hilarious snowman
named Olaf in a race to find Anna’s sister Elsa,
whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom in
eternal winter. Encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls and a hilarious snowman
named Olaf, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements
in a race to save the kingdom.
GOOD OL’ FREDA
Director: Ryan White
UK/2013/86min/PG
See Review Front Cover
Whitaker) from his boyhood roots in the cotton
fields, where he learns how to serve white folks.
“The room should feel empty when you’re in it”
advises his haughty employer (Vanessa Redgrave).
Time passes and Cecil lands a job at a classy
Washington hotel, is spotted by a White House
aide and the rest is history. History becomes the
issue as Cecil navigates not only the peculiarities of his presidential bosses (played by Robin
Williams, John Cusack, Alan Rickman and others),
but also the radical changes in America that occur
with the civil rights movement.
E
nough Said keeps its
scintillating sense of
humor as it grows deeper
and more affecting. Nicole
Holofcener’s romantic com­
edy stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus
and James Gandolfini as
Eva and Albert, middle-age
divorcees with kids who
chance to meet when they’re
both facing the prospect of
empty nests, and emptier
lives. At first the story’s tone
suggests cheerful sitcom;
these two ostensible adults
conduct their courtship with
all the suave sophistication
of middle-schoolers. Yet the
undertones have undertones
in this beautiful movie,
which drills into layers of
loneliness, neediness and
self-doubt.
MUSCLE SHOALS
Director: Freddy Camalier
USA/2013/111min/PG
See Review Front Cover
PHILOMENA
Director: Stephen Frears
UK/2013/98min/PG
See Review Page 6
GRAVITY
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
USA/2013/90min/PG
Bullock, Clooney and deep space are the three key
elements in this heart pounding thriller. Sandra
Bullock plays Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant engineer
on her first shuttle mission with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski (George Clooney). But on a
routine spacewalk, before you can say “goodbye Canadarm”, disaster strikes, the shuttle is
destroyed and Stone and Kowalski are completely
alone – tethered together but spiraling into the
blackness of space. The only solution may be to
go even deeper into space. Masterfully directed
by Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men, Y Tu Mamá
También). “Not since 2001: A Space Odyssey has
a film so vividly and realistically transmitted the
feeling of being lost in the cosmos.” Peter Howell,
Toronto Star
HAUTE CUISINE
Director: Christian Vincent
France/2013/95min/PG
See Review Page 7
THE HUNGER GAMES:
CATCHING FIRE
Director: Francis Lawrence
USA/2013/145min/PG
Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) has
returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual
Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta
Mellark (Josh Hutcherson). Winning means that
they must turn around and leave their family and
close friends, embarking on a “Victor’s Tour” of the
districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much
in control as President Snow (Donald Sutherland)
prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games.
LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER
Director: Lee Daniels
USA/2013/132min/14A
The Butler, part sweeping drama, part historical
saga, is inspired by the Washington Post article by
Will Haygood about the life of Eugene Allen, who
worked in the White House throughout eight different presidential administrations. From Truman
to Reagan, the story follows the tumultuous life of
butler, Cecil Gaines (played as an adult by Forrest
The setup is beguilingly
sim­
ple. Eva, a masseuse,
is falling in love with the charmingly eccentric Albert, who runs a small television-history
archive. At the same time, she’s hearing horror stories from a pop-poet client about the
client’s ex-husband. (The poet, Marianne, is played to narcissistic perfection by Catherine
Keener.) Eventually Eva realizes what we may already have guessed, or know from the
trailer—that the man Marianne abhors is the same one Eva adores. Who, then, is this Albert
person? Is he Mister Right-Despite-Some-Quirks, or Mister Couldn’t-Be-Wronger? Marianne
is too prejudiced to be a credible reporter, but Eva is too insecure to credit the evidence of
her heart.
RUSH
Director: Ron Howard
USA/2013/123min/14A
Enough Said stakes a claim on our hearts before the first frame lights up the screen; it’s the
next-to-last film Mr. Gandolfini made before he died. To make matters simultaneously worse
(for our sense of loss) and better (for the film), his performance is marvelous—centered,
relaxed and so grounded in genial humanity that we quickly switch from watching a beloved
actor who has left us to rooting for a character who deserves the best life can give him.
Ms. Louis-Dreyfus is equally endearing, and this is ultimately Eva’s film, since she’s the one
stuck in a sort of amatory “Rashomon”; it’s painfully funny to watch her figure out which
version of Albert is closer to the truth. – Joe Morganstern, Wall Street Journal
Set against the sexy, glamorous golden age of
Formula One racing in the 1970s, the film is
based on the true story of a great sporting rivalry
between handsome English playboy James Hunt
(Chris Hemsworth), and his methodical, brilliant
opponent, Austrian driver Niki Lauda (Daniel
Bruhl). The story follows their distinctly different
personal styles on and off the track, their loves
and the astonishing 1976 season in which both
drivers were willing to risk everything to become
world champion in a sport with no margin for
error: if you make a mistake, you die. “Not just
one of the great racing movies of all time, but
a virtuoso feat of filmmaking in its own right,
elevated by two of the year’s most compelling
performances”. Peter Debruge, Variety
ENOUGH SAID
Director: Nicole Holofcener
USA/2013/91min/PG
NOV 29 – DEC 5
THE SUMMIT
Director: Nick Ryan
UK/Ireland/Switzerland/2013/
95min/PG
See Review Page 8
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USA/2013/125min/TBA
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O
dd couples echo through­
out Philomena, a film
directed by British veteran
Stephen Frears (The Queen)
and co-written by comedian
Steve Coogan – who also stars
opposite another much-loved
old hand: Judi Dench. Coogan
is Martin Sixsmith, a resolutely
hard-nosed ex-BBC journalist
trying to find his feet in the
early 2000s after an unhappy
stint in the shadows of politics.
Dench is Philomena, chalk to
his cheese: she’s an ageing,
working-class Londoner who
grew up in Ireland and whose
late-life admission that she had
a baby taken away from her in
a convent as a young woman
finds her travelling to Ireland
and the US with Sixsmith,
who’s intent on turning her life
into column inches.
As Perennial As The Grass —
A Four Person Exhibition currently at the
Elora Centre for the Arts — by Katherine Dennis
Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and
disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.
– Desiderata, Max Ehrmann,1927
Simple gestures – writing a love letter or anonymous note, embracing someone tenderly, or watering a plant
– are poetic affirmations for ways of interacting in and connecting with the world. As Perennial as the Grass
shares visual segments from stories about love in the form of textile, video and installation art. The artists
of this exhibition, Amalie Atkins, Brian Cauley, Kathryn Ruppert-Dazai and Ellyn Walker, manifest intimate
insights into their mindset with actions and images that resist cynical, aloof attitudes too commonly cultivated
in contemporary society. These candid artworks demonstrate genuine affection for the self and other.
During the two months leading up to the exhibition (16 August–13 October), Cauley’s Neighbourhood Messages
(2012) invites the Elora community to leave inspirational notes that carry their goodwill to strangers. Located
in Bissell Park, a typewriter awaits participants who want to adorn the overhanging tree branches with their
messages. As the collection of notes grows visitors are invited to read, respond, reflect on or remove the
traces left behind by others. An assemblage of notes chosen by the artist will later hang in the gallery as a
record of these anonymous exchanges.
Embrace, Amalie Atkins, 2011,
HD video, 3 minutes
Sixsmith – played with a
buttoned-down reserve by
Coogan, only occasionally
slipping into comic mugging – is slumming it by writing a ‘human-interest story’ on
Philomena for a midmarket tabloid. Philomena – given strength, vulnerability and wit by
Dench – is not sure why, or if, she wants to uncover these ghosts in her past. We see scenes
of her youth in harrowing flashbacks and the story takes us to places of deep loss and pain.
Yet Frears sidesteps easy melodrama in favour of a reserve tempered by mild comedy.
Some of the early contrasts between Martin and Philomena are too insistent. But Philomena
becomes more interesting when their individual and shared responses to their discoveries
and disappointments en route turn out to be more complex than we fear they may be.
In the gallery, the artworks expose relationships among
family and strangers, between paramours, and within
one’s self. Filmed in Saskatchewan, Atkins’s video
Embrace (2011) captures a precious moment of sisterly
affection between two elderly Canadian-Austrian twins
set against the backdrop of the prairie skies. This
cinematic display of a simple, gentle gesture between
family members re­
veals the monumental
con­
sequence of life’s
otherwise small and
quiet moments.
It’s a terrifically moving film that has a fitting earthbound feel to it as well as a barely
suppressed anger at crimes inflicted on the powerless, whether by the Catholic church or
an unfeeling modern news media. It also has a sharp wit which stops it being a straight
tragedy. Less successful, perhaps, is the film’s insistence on debating press ethics, when,
in the context of such a personal story, the behaviour of the church, past and present,
and Philomena and Martin’s feelings towards it, are so much more relevant and important.
– Dave Calhoun, Time Out London
Sharing personal and
e­ ccen­tric insights into their re­la­tion­ship Ruppert-Dazai’s crocheted frag­
ments from messages written by her husband onto large-scale knit
canvases in her Love Letter Series, (2008–12). The quirky phrases speak
of honesty and openness, not just between the couple but also in their
willingness to expose this relationship publicly. The strangeness and
significance of vulnerability continues in Ruppert-Dazai’s Twin White, I
I miss you and adore you in
love you, La Crainte de la morte et d’autres crainte (2005), which portrays equal parts, Love Letter Series,
the anxiety and excitement of the first time you are naked in front of a
Kathryn Ruppert-Dazai, 2012-13
loved one.
PHILOMENA
Director: Stephen Frears
UK/2013/98min/PG
DEC 27 – JAN 2
In Walker’s #7: Love a garden with all your heart (2013), the simplicity of caring for a garden offers a deeply somber yet pragmatic optimism about the journey to mental
health. Visitors to the gallery are encouraged to water the artist’s garden in her absence, helping her care for the plants entrusted to the exhibition. Together these artists
explore the intricacies of love, transforming the deeply personal into eclectic and relatable perspectives on this complex and multifaceted emotion.
Curator Katherine Dennis is the inaugural recipient of the 2013 Middlebrook Prize for Young Canadian Curators. The prize funding is provided by the Middlebrook Social
Innovation Fund at the Centre Wellington Community Foundation.
In Conversation with artists Kathryn Ruppert-Dazai & Ellyn Walker, takes place at The Elora Centre for the Arts Saturday, November 16, 2pm
SPECIALIZING IN
HIGH-END
STEREO EQUIPMENT
AUGUSTYN & ARTISTS — Master Class Ballet Workshops
return to Elora
On January 3, 2014, the Fergus Elora Academy of Dance located in the Elora Centre for the Arts, presents a day of Master Class Workshops. Committed to the Art of Dance, Frank Augustyn & Artists bring to the Elora Centre for the Arts a unique, creative and informative
ballet workshop. The classes are designed for ages 6 to 13+, with previous dance training.
Frank Augustyn is a recipient of Canada’s highest honour, Officer Order of Canada. He has been decorated with three honorary doctorates and has toured the world representing Canadian ballet on nearly every major stage around the world. In 1973 he and his dance
partner Karen Kain were awarded 1st place in Moscow at Russia’s International Ballet Competition.
Carolyn Zettel-Augustyn has teaching certification with ABT National Training Curriculum, Primary through Level 3, Canadian Dance
Teachers Association, Society of Russian Style Ballet and Yoga Alliance. She has taken numerous teaching courses and to keep on-top
of her art form she continues to take ballet classes in NYC and on Long Island, NY.
Reception to follow. Contact: Fergus Elora Academy of Dance www.ferguseloradance.com
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ELORA ON
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519-846-9746 | 416-994-5571
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YOGA
is coming to town!
Local Parade Dates:
Elora
Saturday 30 November
Fergus
Saturday 7 December
with SHARON BURKE
519 846 9841
www.elorafergus.ca
gorgecinema.ca
Classes for everyone…all year
519-787-2311 or www.sharonburke.ca
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PADDLE (Paddle Against Diabetes Display Love for Earth)
is hosting the Reel Paddling
Film Festival on Sunday
November 10 at the Gorge
Cinema from 1 - 4pm — by Jack Firmeth
“Witty and brisk” is not the name of
a French breakfast cereal, but it does
describe a certain brand of French
film, the type that coquettishly flirts
with comedy while sprinting in the
direction of dry, sophisticated charm.
Such is Haute Cuisine, which is based
on the memoir of Danièle Delpeuch,
who served as private chef to François
Mitterrand during several of his years
as president of the republic. As played
by Catherine Frot, the heroine is a
model of efficiency, devotion to duty,
everything one might expect and one
thing more: The personification of creativity crushed by bureaucracy. Four
years earlier, in flashback, Hortense
Laborie (as she is renamed in the film)
is tracked down on her truffle farm by
a brusque team of government emissaries who are as short on charm as
they are on information: They refuse to
tell her where she’s being taken, but
she’s willing to be patient. As it turns out, her destination—and her base of operations for
the next several years—is the Elysée Palace in Paris. Mitterrand wants good, simple food for
himself and his guests. Hortense is given a mission.
Rapid Media’s 8th annual Reel Paddling Film
Festival showcases the world’s best paddling
to audiences in Canada, United States and
around the world. The festival inspires more
people to explore rivers, lakes and oceans,
push physical and emotional extremes,
embrace the lifestyle and appreciate the
heritage of the wild places we paddle.
The Reel Paddling Film Festival is a film
contest awarding winning films in 10
categories. The winners and other shortlisted
films are then toured to more than 100 cities
around the world, screening for an audience
of more than 30,000 outdoor adventure enthusiasts and their friends and families.
This year’s festival includes 13 short film winners that range in subject from white water safety to New
Zealand kayak fishing to standup paddling to sea kayaking with whales; and the locations take you to the BC
rainforest to the coasts of South America to the Grand Canyon and on to the Florida everglades.
The Reel Paddling Film Festival is produced
by Rapid Media. Rapid Media also publishes
four leading paddlesports magazines:
Rapid, Adventure Kayak, Canoeroots and
Kayak Angler magazines. Your ticket to a
Reel Paddling Film Festival World Tour stop
includes a free one-year digital edition
subscription to one of the above magazines.
Special offer details are available in your
program.
She’s also given a rogue’s gallery of bean counters, pencil pushers and one corpulent cook
with which to contend. She immediately becomes the bête noire of Lepiq (Brice Fournier), the
long-time ruler of the palace’s main kitchen who views Hortense as an intruder, a pretender
and a threat. Worse, she’s a woman. There has never been a woman behind the stoves of
the palace, or allowed to wield the copper cookware that dates back to Louis-Philippe. She
must be overthrown.
Ms. Frot brings a sympathetic mix of determination and passion to Hortense, who dedicates
herself to making dishes that suit the president. Jean D’Ormesson looks nothing like
Mitterrand, but seems a bit dotty and is treated more like a king. He certainly eats like
one. The preparation of his meals—cockles steaming, ducks being stuffed, a Sainte-Honoré
cake being anointed with pastry cream—is hallucinatory. If some enterprising movie
concessionaire offered the truffles on toast that Mitterrand enjoys during his late-night
snack, audiences would be streaming to the lobby to snatch them up. – John Anderson,
Wall Street Journal
This is a unique op­por­tunity to witness the
diversity of paddling adventures. We are
thrilled to be able to present this opportunity
to you.
There will be a food con­cession, door prizes and a tremendous Silent Auction. Such items as dog sledding for
2 in Algonquin Park, Canoe Lessons, an Adventure Guide Gift Certificate, canoe paddles, Salus PFD and even
a brand new canoe from Nova Craft (London) will be featured!
To view trailers go to the Reel Paddling Film Festival website. A list of the films that will be shown is attached,
as is the poster. www.paddlingagainstdiabetes.wordpress.com
HAUTE CUISINE
Director: Christian Vincent
France/2013/95min/PG
Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door, and are available at Adventure Guide (Waterloo), The Gorge Cinema,
The Bookshelf (Guelph) and Nova Craft (London) and may also be purchased online (reelpaddlingfilmfestival).
NOV 22-28
Sensational Elora presents Film-On-A-Plate Opening Night with Café Crêperie
Enjoy the show. For more information contact Jack Frimeth at [email protected]
Details sensationalelora.com
Hope to see you there and Happy Paddling!!
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Peter Skoggard’s Rome Part 2
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Composer, traveller and
lecturer, Peter Skoggard
returns to Gorge Cinema
with his “sequel” to his talk
“The Wonders of Art and
Architecture in Rome” which
he presented in May.
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Picking up where he left
off, Skoggard will take us
through the glories and the
intrigues of Renaissance and
Baroque Rome, following the
stories of popes, wars, women, and great artists. Highlights
will include the Villa Farnesina, Saint Peter’s Basilica, the art of
Caravaggio, sculpture of Bernini, and architecture of Boromini.
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The illustrated lecture is scheduled for
Sunday Nov. 24 at 4pm and all tickets are $8.
www.sensationalelora.com
Film On A Plate Returns
Sensational Elora, the Gorge Cinema and Café Crêperie present the
mouthwatering French film delicacy HAUTE CUISINE
Friday Nov. 22 • Tickets $25, Couples $40
includes dinner and the movie
Details at sensationalelora.com
d Bank,
the school breakfast program and
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
519-846-0331  www.elorafestival.com
For dates, more information and tickets contact us:
519-846-5638 • [email protected]
www.sensationalelora.com
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K2
in the Himalayas is known to climbers as the most difficult of mountains, a savage peak, the second
highest in the world, with the power to cloud men’s minds. On the morning of Aug. 1, 2008, however,
everything looked easy. “Conditions were perfect,” recalls someone who was there. “It was a day in a million.”Or
so it began.
Then, within 48 hours, things went drastically, horribly wrong. Eleven climbers perished, including seven who
had reached the top and died on the way down. As presented in the compulsively watchable documentary
The Summit, the story of what took place up there is a complex and gut-clenching human drama that has the
great advantage of all being true. As directed by Nick Ryan and written by Mark Monroe, The Summit tells a
multifaceted story that deals with more than the expected peril and exhilaration of adventure tales. Here you’ll
find love, fear and forgiveness, personality conflicts and cultural differences, even mysteries that have stubbornly
resisted solving. Because this is such a multi-sided story, Ryan has chosen to tell it in a variety of ways. There
is stunning aerial color footage of K2 in all its majesty, actuality scenes
shot in 2008 by the climbers, delicate and unobtrusive re-creations that
are hard to tell from the real thing and extensive interviews with those who
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returned alive.
The Summit has been especially fortunate in these interviews. These “the
bigger the dream, the bigger the risk” mountaineers are all articulate, vibrant
people, great storytellers and remarkable in their ability to speak clearly
about painful life-and-death events. – Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Q& You Asked Us…
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Whatever happened to Fay Wray? No Rocky Horror Picture Show at Halloween,
and we love that film?
Dammit Janet, we thought we’d take a break this year, especially since Halloween fell mid-week. Our staff is also in need of a break from cleaning up toast,
playing cards, rice and the occasional piece of meat, left over. But don’t despair, next
year we will give ourselves over to absolute pleasure and do the time warp again.
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What’s with the massive projector in the cinema courtyard? Is that for outdoor
shows?
We often do outdoor summer shows but normally use a portable digital projector and not the 700 pound Wassman 35 millimetre baby that you refer to.
The ­Wassman, new when we bought it 25 years ago has served
us well, indoors, before its new role as industrial sculpture; an
­emblem of the golden age of film and mechanical projection. We
miss it but love the clean, clear image and sound that comes
with our new Christie 2K digital projector and awesome (yes,
awesome) Dolby sound.
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THE SUMMIT
Director: Nick Ryan
UK/Ireland/Switzerland/
2013/95min/PG
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