Philippe Falardeau
Revisiting the 7 Films Canada Has Successfully Submitted for the Oscars' Best International Feature
PUBLISHED Aug 31, 2023
For the second year in a row, a pan-Canadian committee has chosen a documentary to enter the Oscar race for Best International Feature on t...
Atom Egoyan, Mina Shum, Don McKellar Join Forces for Home Edition of National Canadian Film Day
PUBLISHED Apr 15, 2020
The seventh annual National Canadian Film Day is on the schedule for April 22, and while it may not exactly go ahead as originally planned...
The Good Lie
Philippe Falardeau
PUBLISHED Oct 3, 2014
The schmaltzy marketing campaign around Philippe Falardeau's film The Good Lie would lead anyone to believe that Reese Witherspoon is the s...
Monsieur Lazhar
Philippe Falardeau
PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2012
Despite being saddled with the genre expectations of the "inspirational teacher" movie, Philippe Falardeau's treatise on the nature of chil...
Monsieur Lazhar
Philippe Falardeau
PUBLISHED Jan 26, 2012
What's interesting about Philippe Falardeau's Oscar-nominated drama, Monsieur Lazhar, is that despite being an organized cinematic forum fo...
It's Not Me I Swear!
Philippe Falardeau
PUBLISHED May 13, 2009
It's Me I Swear sits somewhere between Crazy and A No Hit No Run Summer, two other semi-autobiographical French-Canadian films about kids c...
C'est Pas Moi, Je Le Jure! (It's Not Me, I Swear)
Philippe Falardeau
PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2009
Set in suburban Quebec in the summer of 1968, C'est Pas Moi, Je Le Jure! is as adorable as it is tragic. Philippe Falardeau's latest tells...
Congorama
Philippe Falardeau
PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2007
A Canadian surprise, Congorama is well acted, nicely shot and manages to be reasonably smart without getting aesthetically stupid. Dardenne...
