(Still from Matthias et Maxime, Gabriel D'Almeida Freitas and Xavier Dolan)  By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER   Franco-Canadian auteur Xavier Dolan (writer, director, producer, actor, editor, costume designer) is no stranger to the glamour of the film festival circuit, particularly the Cannes Film Festival. Some even refer to Dolan as a Cannes' darling. His films It’s Only the End of the World and Mommy did quite well, both receiving prizes, at previous incarnation...

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  Jury Prize winner "Mommy" by Xavier Dolan     Quentin Tarantino, Juri Bilge Ceylan and Uma Thurman   The 2014 Palme d'Or went to "Winter Sleep" by Nuri Bilge Ceylan on May 24, a decision long anticipated by trade jury grids during the 11 day festival (May 15-25) . The winning film from Turkey outmaneuvered many of the cr...

Directed by : Xavier DOLAN Country: CANADA Year: 2014 Duration: 134.00 minutes A widowed single mom finds herself burdened with the full-time custody of her explosive 15-year-old ADHD son. As they try to make ends meet and struggle with their impetuous and unpredictable ménage, the new girl across the street, Kyla, benevolently offers needed support. Together, they find a new sense of balance, and hope is regained.    [NO OFFCIAL TRAILER] ...

 HEARTBEATS is a story of longing and love lost. Francis and Marie are friends, in Montreal, who meet Nicolas, a real life Adonis with no clear sexual preference. With no time lost, they both fall in love with Nicolas. Nicolas does not show preference for either, being ambiguous throughout. Soon, tension begins to rise between Francis and Marie as they try to be closer to Nicolas and things literally come to blows, after which incident Nicolas loses interest in both Francis and Marie. Francis a...

  HEARTBEATS (Xavier Dolan, Canada)  The hard truth is that even if one devotes oneself to seeing as many as 3 or 4 films per day (my usual average), that one is still only seeing less than 10% of the titles on offer at the Toronto International Film Festival, which concluded this past Sunday. Inevitably, there are those gems that one could not get to and the buzzed titles that conflicted with that Icelandic or Slovakian film that you convinced yourself that you cannot liv...

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