I'm Back. New Movies Opening This Week

Wednesday

Mid-August Lunch. At the Mayfair. A middle-aged bachelor looks after 4 elderly woman one hot Italian summer.




Countdown to Zero. New documentary from producer Lawrence Bender (An Incovenient Truth) about the ever-present peril of possible Nuclear War.




Thursday

The Piano Teacher. Michael Haneke’s erotically-charged tale of a troubled piano teach and her pupil plays at the Canadian Film Institute as part of their continuing Haneke Retrospectove.




Friday

The Social Network. David Fincher (Seven, Fight Club) directs the Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing) scripted account of the controversiak creation of Facebook. Stars Jesse Eisenburg as Mark Zuckerberg, and Justin Timberlake as Napster founder Sean Parker.




Case 39. Horror film starring Renee Zellwegger and Bradley Cooper. This sat on the shelf for a couple of years, so you’ve been warned.




Fubar II: Give’r!




Let Me In. Matt Reeve’s (Cloverfield) remake of the 2008 Swedish vampire flick Let The Right One In. As awesome as that film was, early reviews say that the remake is even better, much to everyone’s surprise.




Streetdance 3D. Not to be confused with Step Up 3D.




Retun to El Salvador. Documentary, playing exclusively at World Exchange, about life in El Salvador since the end of their civil war, 17 years ago. Embedded is the first 7 minutes of the film.




Jack Goes Boating. Philip Seymour Hoffman directs himself in a story of a shy reclusive man trying to find love with Amy Ryan.




Saturday

Stolen Kisses. The second full-length feature of Francois Truffaut’s Antoine Doinel series. At the CFI.




Benny’s Video. Haneke’s second film, about a tdisturbed young teenage boy and the cruel acts that her performs and videotapes. At the CFI.




Monday

City of God. From Fernando Meirelles, , the story of poverty-stricken and crime-ridden innercity Brazil. Nominated for 4 2002 Academy Awards, including Best Dircetor. At the Bytowne.