Film Fan Fridays for Friday November 26, 2010

Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!

Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday November 26, 2010!

In limited release this week we are mostly keeping it real, starting with Made in Dagenham, a dramatization of the 1968 strike against sexual discrimination in the UK which looks amazingly sweet for such a topic - Sally Hawkins also looks fantastic in it. We have holiday centric release with The Nutcracker in 3D and documentary Cool It round out the Friday releases. We also had the Thursday November 25, 2010 releases of biopic Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen and the highly acclaimed documentary Waste Land.

In wide release this week the new titles we have Bollywood goodness with Break Ke Baed and also have Tere Ishq Nachaya (make note that it's only playing with English subtitles in limited locations). We also have Tangled, Love and Other Drugs, Faster and Burlesque all release for US Thanksgiving and debuted in theatres just this past Wednesday.

Have a great weekend!

Shannon

Festival Watch

Canadian Labour International Film Festival
Continues until November 28, 2010 at Innis Town Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

European Union Film Festival
Continues until November 30, 2010 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Special Screening

Men Who Swim
Dir: Dylan Williams, documentary centred on the men who are on the Swedish synchronized swimming team. Men Who Swim screens on Wednesday December 1, 2010 at 6:30 and 9:15PM at The Bloor as a part of the monthly Doc Soup screening series by Hot Docs. Check here for more information.

Tim Burton - The Exhibition
Lightbox is featuring films, art exhibits and events centred on the filmmaker Tim Burton - including a 3-day event this weekend showing each and every one of his films. Find out more information here. The exhibition itself runs from Nov 26 2010 - April 17, 2011.

Thursday November 25, 2010 Releases

Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
Writer/Dir: Margarethe von Trotta (Rosenstrasse, Das Versprechen)
Cast: Barbara Sukowa, Heino Ferch, Hannah Herzsprung
Germany/France
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Waste Land
Dir: Lucy Walker (Countdown to Zero, Blindsight)
Documentary
UK/Brazil
Limited Release
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page

Friday November 26, 2010 Releases

Break Ke Baed
Dir: Danish Aslam - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Deepika Padukone, Imram Khan, Sharmila Tagore
India
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Cool It
Dir: Ondi Timoner (We Live In Public)
Documentary on global warming featuring Bjørn Lomborg
USA
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Made in Dagenham
Dir: Nigel Cole ($5 a Day, Calender Girls)
Cast: Sally Hawkins, Andrea Riseborough, Bob Hoskins, Jaime Winstone, Lorraine Stanley
UK
Limited Release
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page

The Nutcracker in 3D
Dir: Andrei Konchalovsky (Glyanets, Tango & Cash, Runaway Train)
Cast: Elle Fanning, John Turturro, Nathan Lane, Charlie Rowe
UK/Hungary
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Tere Ishq Nachaya
Writer/ Dir: Ravinder Ravi
Cast: Mannat Singh, Daksh Ajit Singh, Gavie Chahal, Kanwaljeet Singh, Deep Dhillon, Amar Noorie
No Official Film Site, IMDb Page or Trailer
In Punjabi and only playing with English subtitles in limited locations

**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as of November 26, 2010**