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Falling into a talkie kind of screenplay, Atom Egoyan's Adoration is by far his best work since The Sweet Hereafter. This is about goring...

As part of the special Cannes short film collection known as Chacun son cinema, in his 3 minute short film titled Artaud double bill,...

Ask me who Canada's best working filmmaker is at the moment, and I'd make a convincing argument that it isn't Guy Maddin, David Cronenberg or Atom Egoyan, but instead, a French Canadian filmmaker who wasn't at Cannes this year but will be in Venice. I'd bestow the honor on Denis Villeneuve from August 32nd on Earth (1998) and Maelström (2000) fame, and most recently 2008's short film Next Floor and the sobering, Polytechnique (2009) and his fourth feature film, Incendies (Scorched) will be competing in the Venice Days sidebar section which regularly turns out some gems.

It's one of those years where the great Atom Egoyan's contribution to cinema is totally insignificant (Adoration received 2 noms) and where Denis Villeneuve's Polytechnique, in my books the best Canadian film of the year, grabbed the high count total of eleven nominations for the 30th Genie Awards.

If the film somehow retains the complex nature (narrator) of the novel, then I think we'll understand why this project which has been in the works for more than a decade. A great ensemble lead by Paul Giamatti and cameos from David Cronenberg and Atom Egoyan should make this a savory blend.