Monday 1 Jan 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list TOUCHING THE VOID The true story of two climbers and their perilous journey up the west face of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985. This film will inspire your New Year! You'll never forget it. Monday 3 Jan 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list THE DELICATE ART OF PARKING A sly Canadian mocumentary about the perils and triumphs in the daily battle over curbside real estate. This screening dedicated to the kind folks at City Hall who allow us to park free on Lee Avenue, and the determined commissionaires who ticket us sometimes anyway, and those folks at C H again who kindly cancel those tickets.... Monday 10 Jan 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list GARDEN STATE "Andrew Largeman is a depressed, out of work actor eking out his existence in Los Angeles. But a fateful call from his father has Andrew heading back to his home state of New Jersey. As he's about to confront the personal demons in his life, Andrew just may find that life is worth living." Writer/director/lead actor Zach Braff and Natalie Portman do a nice job on this film. Monday 17 Jan 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list MONSTER ROAD A fascinating portrait of an outsider artist in Seattle, claymator Bruce Bickford, and his elderly father, George. In the elder Bickford's day he was an aerospace engineer, now losing his abilities to the onset of Alzheimers. The younger once did some animation for Frank Zappa but now works along making sequences of complex animated scenes that will probably go unseen, except for this doc. He believes the world would be a better place if everyone worked their stuff out in little animated films. With a telephone Q&A with director Brett Ingram calling in from North Carolina. Monday 24 Jan 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON From Canada's Robert LePage. After the death of his mother, a man tries to discover a meaning to his life, to the universe and to rebuild a relationship with the only family he has left: his brother. Quirky and thoughtful. Monday 31 Jan 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list THE FESTIVAL EXPRESS The filmed account of The Great Canadian rock festival train tour. Performances by Janis and The Band are incredible! The 2nd of MM's music on film series for 2005! Monday 7 Feb 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list MY FLESH AND BLOOD A very moving film about a tumultuous year in the life of the Tom household in Fairfield, California. A single mom is managing a vibrant adopted family of 11 special needs children. Exhausting, challenging, a study in self and mutual acceptance. I think it's the kind of film that can change the world! Monday 14 Feb 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list METALLICA: SOME KIND OF MONSTER The film that redefines group therapy. Even if you avoid Heavy Metal music this film will draw you in. This feature documentary is about life off the road, and off the rails, for the mega-selling metal rock band. The filmmakers worked for almost two years, during a turbulent and disturbing time in the group's long career. When egos clash during the recording of a new album, the group's label hires a high-priced therapist to sort through the conflict (as time goes on the therapist takes himself so seriously he ostensibly becomes part of the band). The movie captures sometimes funny, sometimes uncomfortable scenes of the creative process, and also includes interviews with old and new band members, as well as the lead-singer-in-rehab scenario. Monday 21 Feb 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Shark Tale When a son of a gangster shark boss is accidently killed while on the hunt, his would be prey and his vegetarian brother both decide to use the incident to their own advantage. The DeNiro shark is brilliant. A lively and colourful story with a classic Disney moral. Pg Voices of Robert Deniro, Will Smith, Renée Zellweger, Angelina Jolie, Jack Black, and Martin Scorsese Monday 28 Feb 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Shattered Glass The true story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was found he had fabricated over half of his articles in "The New Republic". MM loves true stories - and stories about cons are great too. Here's a beauty. PG13 Cast: Hayden Christensen, Peter Sarsgaard, Chloë Sevigny, Rosario Dawson, Melanie Lynskey & Hank Azaria Monday 7 Mar 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Being Cariboo A documentary made by a couple who followed the caribou migration in the Yukon and Alaska for a season. A film that brings us the powerful beauty and sacredness of the caribou and their habitat just as their ancient existance is threatened in current U.S. land use legislation. Pg We'll be talking with the protagonists Leanne Allison and Karsten Heuer from their home in Dunster BC, west of Jasper. Monday 14 Mar 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list WHITE BALLOON A little girl wants a fat goldfish for the Iranian New Years celebration instead of the skinny ones in her family's pond at home. After many attempts she and her brother convince their mother to give them her last bit of money. On her quest she has many adventures, navigating her way through a world of adults (including a brush with snake charmers) in a culture where the young are to be seen, but not heard. The film takes us into the exotic world (to North Americans) of everyday Teheran through the eyes of this winning little girl. Saturday 19 Mar 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list HIDE AND GO HOMELESS At the Movie Monday Theatre at the Eric Martin Pavilion the local documentary HIDE AND GO HOMELESS. Made by local young people it addresses issues related to community-based and global poverty with interviews from the people who work with Victoria's homeless and the people themselves. Created with an old video camera, and a microphone found in the bottom of an old filing cabinet, this film was controversial even before it was finished. When the non-profit agency who sponsored the film put forward the ultimatum of removing political content from the film or losing their production funding, the filmmakers refused to compromise and reached into their own pockets to make it. Monday 21 Mar 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list HE WON'T GET FAR ON FOOT & CRUMB Documentaries about two notorious cartoonists, John Callahan (26min) and Robert Crumb (119min). Both have had difficult lives. Both successful outsider artists who have entertained us and challenge us as well. "This [classic] film by Terry Zwigoff is an eye-popping shocker, delving unflinchingly into questions of Crumb's hatred of females, questions of racism, his traumatic childhood, and his extremely twisted family. Crumb makes no apologies. There's no cohesive plotline here, only slow and inexorable revelations about the artist's life, filmed over a 6-year period. Despite the meandering story line, the film is [totally] engrossing, not so much due to the extensive parade of Crumb's work that is displayed, but more to the cast of characters inhabiting this strange, strange world." Warning: Some politically incorrect and downright disturbing images. Monday 28 Mar 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list NAPOLEON DYNAMITE A nerdy film about a nerdy family that, if you stay with it, becomes a surprisingly satisfying crowd pleaser. Monday 4 Apr 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Ram Dass: Fierce Grace 93min USA "Harvard professors Richard Alpert and Timothy Leary made countercultural history in 1963 when they were fired for conducting controversial psychedelic drug research. In the purple haze aftermath, Alpert journeyed to India and found his guru Maharaj ji, who renamed him Ram Dass ('Servant of God'). Best known for his 1971 bestseller Be Here Now, which was a spiritual touchstone of the era, Ram Dass became an inspiration to people across the globe. Filmmaker Mickey Lemle, who has known his subject for more than twenty-five years, intersperses vivid archival footage from hippiedom¹s glory days with intimate glimpses of Ram Dass today, as he continues to remake his life since being‹in his words‹'stroked' in 1997." A great film about adjusting to challenges of disability and aging. Monday 11 Apr 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Out Of The Shadow A labour of love and guts, Susan Smiley's film follows the ups and downs of her mother, Millie, diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic and, although scarily "high-functioning" in many ways, increasingly unable to maintain a home or stay on her medications. As Millie has no love of the state, she refuses to provide information when she is "kidnapped" by police or paramedics and then hospitalized. Susan and sister Tina have often been unable to locate her within the Illinois medical system and fear she will end up homeless and on the streets. We follow Millie as she moves from an institution to a group home and then to a hospital psychiatric ward before her fear of ending up in a nursing home comes true. When her daughters become her guardians, Susan herself becomes increasingly proactive particularly when she notices that with each move her mother's doctor and medications change. Family photographs and Super 8 home movies provide a telling visual history of Millie and her children. A striking young woman, Millie's glaring eyes suggest that the stories told by Susan and Tina of the abuse they suffered at Millie's hands after they were abandoned by their father are indeed true. A powerful and emotional documentary, this is both a portrait of a woman of great insight despite her disability, and a universal picture of family healing. Monday 18 Apr 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Story of the Weeping Camel Part documentary, part drama with a dash of magic, this unique film casts a spell on Western audiences used to a frenetic pace on the screen, (The Incredibles being the epitome in that direction). A baby camel is born in a Mongolia Desert community and crisis ensues when the mother rejects her colt. A quiet, observant, gentle film, much like the culture we're visiting. A treat! Saturday 23 Apr 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list My Son the Tattoo Artist Tattoos used to be the mark of sailors, evidence of excesses in foreign ports. Or the brands of tough guys in biker gangs. These days everybody, especially young people, but even the middle-aged nurse in my mum's extended care facility, is sporting tattoos. And then there's the piercings! Why would you deface and stick rings through perfectly fine bodies? To an unmarked, unpierced old fellow like myself this looks like a bizarre trend. Toronto filmmaker Laura Sky and Movie Monday present MY SON THE TATTOO ARTIST, her most personal film made to date. In this feature documentary Laura focuses her camera on her son, well-known Vancouver tattoo artist Adam Sky and his world. An emotional film about the choices our adult children make and a great look at the work of tattoo artists in Vancouver, what informs their creative work, and the function of tattoos in people's lives. (Canada 1999) Sunday 24 Apr 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Crisis Call at St Johns Church Hall By Laura Sky (who made one of MM's favourite docs "WORKING LIKE CRAZY" - Sky Works Charitable Foundation, Toronto) this 90 min documentary asks, "What happens when the boundaries between policing and mental health care disappear.... when the police become our new frontline health care workers?" We'll have a discussion following the screening to bring the topic into Victoria's context. Monday 25 Apr 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Crisis Call By Laura Sky (who made one of MM's favourite docs "WORKING LIKE CRAZY" - Sky Works Charitable Foundation, Toronto) this 90 min documentary asks, "What happens when the boundaries between policing and mental health care disappear.... when the police become our new frontline health care workers?" We'll have a discussion following the screening to bring the topic into Victoria's context. Monday 2 May 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Who the Hell is Bobby Roos? This indy film is a psychological portrait of a life -- the story of an impressionist who looses his sense of self and descends into madness when his alter characters take over. The film came to my attention through its clever alternative distribution model: inexpensive pricing and internet word of mouth to sidestep the conventional distribution system. It proved to be a clever script, well executed and showcasing a talent reminiscent of Craig Russel's in Outrageous. Monday 9 May 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Elling Norway¹s highest grossing film of all time is a winning Odd Couple comedy with an interesting twist: Felix and Oscar¹s Norse counterparts are both outpatients at a state-run mental health facility. Deeply neurotic, 40-year-old Elling (Per Christian Ellefsen) is sent to the facility after his mother¹s death. His roommate there is Kjell (Sven Nordin), a lumbering gentle giant with two things on his mind: food and sex ‹ despite the fact he¹s still a virgin at the age of 40. After two years of peaceful cohabitation, the unthinkable happens: Elling and Kjell are deemed fit to rejoin the world at large, and are set up in a state-funded apartment in Oslo. For the first time in their lives, they¹re expected to take care of themselves, but even the smallest tasks, like answering the phone, prove terrifying. As Elling and Kjell grow accustomed to life on their own, their friendship is strained when Kjell falls in love with the upstairs neighbour, a single pregnant woman. Laugh-out-loud funny, the film deftly manages to avoid many of the condescending stereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill. In Norwegian with English subtitles. Monday 16 May 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Robot Stories for Asian Heritage Week Winner of over 23 awards, "Robot Stories" is science fiction from the heart, four stories in which utterly human characters struggle to connect in a world of robot babies and android office workers. The stories include: "My Robot Baby," in which a couple must care for a robot baby before adopting a human child; "The Robot Fixer," in which a mother tries to connect with her dying son by completing his toy robot collection; "Machine Love," in which an office worker android learns that he, too, needs love; and "Clay," in which an old sculptor must choose between natural death and digital immortality. Plus the short film, How To Make Kimchi According to My Kun-Umma - 8min. A twenty-something camera-weilding nephew learns the tradition. "Shop, chop, blend and wait - and do what your auntie says." Monday 23 May 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Ray Ray Charles has the distinction of being both a national treasure and an international phenomenon. By the early 1960's Ray Charles had accomplished his dream. He'd come of age musically. He'd made it to Carnegie Hall. The hit records "Georgia," "Born to Lose" successively kept climbing to the top of the charts. He'd made his first triumphant European concert tour in 1960. He had taken virtually every form of popular music and broken through its boundaries with such awe inspiring achievements as the LP's "Genius Plus Soul Equals Jazz" and "Modern Sounds in Country & Western." Rhythm & blues (or "race music" as it had been called) became universally respectable through his efforts. Jazz found a mainstream audience it had never previously enjoyed. And country & western music began to chart an unexpected course to general acceptance, then worldwide popularity. And along the way Ray Charles was instrumental in the invention of rock & roll. Jamie Foxx is Ray Charles in this high-energy portrait of an exceptional man who has become an American icon. Monday 30 May 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Los Zafiros: Music from the Edge of Time Music, history, and emotion fuel this dynamic, award-winning tribute to Los Zafiros, the Beatles of 1960s Cuba. Thirty years after their breakup, the two surviving band members, Manuel Galban and Miguel Cancio, reunite in the streets of present-day Havana, a place full of unforgettable songs and memories for them and for their still-loyal fans. Family members, fellow artists, and friends weigh in, creating a stirring and definitive portrait of The Sapphires. Monday 6 Jun 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Alter Egos & Ryan We'll screen the Academy award winning animated film and the documentary that takes you deeper into the story of Ryan Larkin and the making of the film RYAN. Ryan cheered the win at the Oscars from his seat at the bar when Chris Landreth's bizarre portrait of him won, but how does it feel to be portrayed as a broken person to a world wide audience? Where has Ryan's life gone since his 14 minutes of fame hit the screens? Aren't you curious? Monday 13 Jun 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Danny Deckchair The kind of film just right for a MM Anniversary: a discovery, a lovely romance, a little fantasy, a metamorphosis, a good time with a few bumps thrown in. With the help of a deck chair floated away by clusters of helium balloons, our Australian protagonist chances on a whole new chance at life. Monday 20 Jun 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Rachel, Rachel Rachel is a small town spinster school teacher who dresses plainly and tries not to stand out. Her self-centered hypochondriac mother dominates her life. It seems she'll never escape until one Summer break an old school mate returns to town and her closed life opens to new possibilities. Joanne Woodward is perfect in this thoughful and nuanced role, deftly directed by first timer (and husband) Paul Newman. This 1968 classic is an adaptation of a well known Canadian novel "A Jest Of God" by Margaret Laurence. We're priviledged to have screen writer Stewart Stern with us by phone to illuminate that process. Monday 27 Jun 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Call It Karma & Spacer Winner, Best Adventure Film Whistler Film Festival. A deeply compelling story by Geoff Browne about a young Tibetan Monk, Gyalten Rinpoche, who meets up with the young filmmaker in the streets of Vancouver. A beautifully realized and unpoliticized account of one Tibetan's journey. Also SPACER 3 min short experimental film with Vancouver filmmaker Guy Roland with us in person. Monday 4 Jul 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Just Watch Me & For Jackson Just Watch Me travels across the country, its inspired cinematography showing us places we thought we knew - from the snowdrifts of Iqaluit to the towers of Calgary - in a whole new light. And it's all to the sounds the Trudeau kids grew up with: from BTO to Bran Van 3000, from Harmonium to Mitsou. Most of all, Just Watch Me is a love story that takes us into the heart of an era and into the hearts of the people who will shape our future - the Trudeau generation. Just Watch Them. Also FOR JACKSON: a time capsule from his two grandmothers - another NFB film. Monday 11 Jul 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Lemony Snicket After Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire's parents perish in a terrible fire, they are placed in the care of Count Olaf, an actor, evil genius, and master of disguise. At every tur, Count Olaf hatches another outrageous plot to steal the orphans' vast fortune, and he's not going to let anybody stand in his way - not Uncle Monty (Billy Connolly), not Aunt Josephine (Meryl Streep), and certainly not the children themselves! The resulting series of unfortunate events is likely to leave viewers of all ages in utter hysterios. Monday 18 Jul 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Being Julia Tale of amorous folly and revenge set in the world of the London stage in the late 1930's. Reigning diva Julia Lambert's success and fame grow suddenly wearisome. She falls head over heels for a young American, Tom, and begins a passionate May - December affair. When she realizes that Tom is just a young social climber whose real passion is ambitious young starlet Avice Crichton, Julia begins to plot a delightful revenge. Monday 25 Jul 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Aviator Martin Scorsese's biopic about the early years of Howard Hughes, legendary film producer, playboy, and test pilot, is pure razzle-dazzle entertainment. Leonardo DiCaprio gives an Oscar-worthy performance and Cate Blanchett is perhaps even more marvelous as the iconic Katherine Hepburn. Monday 1 Aug 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Do It With Joy and Blackfly Genre: Documentary film, 27 min 00 sec, Colour, Produced and Directed by Nicholas Kendall. British Columbia has a reforestation program to restock vast tracts of land stripped by logging companies. DO IT WITH JOY is about a unique community: a group of people from widely varying backgrounds who come together each spring to plant trees in the vast logged areas of northern British Columbia. For all of them, tree planting is a source of income, but more importantly it is a chance to share in the building of a self-sufficient community for the few months of the planting season. Many British Columbians of note found planting to be their spring board into their lives: CBC's Philip Ditchburn, filmmaker Velcrow Ripper, Delta Blues player Ken Hamm, Dirk Brinkman recognized as pioneer in Westcoast silva culture practice, now married to BC Liberal Joyce Murray (who does a cameo coming out of a sauna in the buff - luckily this was'77), Giller Prize nominated writer John Gould and Doug And The Slugs musician (and the filmmaker's bro) Simon Kendall. Also Bill Weaver's LIVING THEIR ART more And NFB's Blackfly. Monday 8 Aug 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Horses in Winter A feature film about Summer life in Ontario1s cottage country circa 1952. Sunny days by the lake, the slow dog days of August, a near-death experience ... moms and kids, and the dads driving up from the city on weekends. Our protagonist is an impressionable 7 year old and then looks back as a father at 35. A fond reminiscence presented by Victoria filmmaker and Movie Monday fave Rick Raxlen. Monday 15 Aug 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Manic and paintings Manic is a dramatized case study about the devastating illness known as manic depression and the chaos it can visit upon the lives of all those touched by it. Co-written by psychiatrist Dr. David Dawson, and superbly acted, the trauma of manic depression comes movingly to life. With Dr. David Dawson. Monday 22 Aug 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Far From Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog and Nails "Set against the backdrop of the Canadian wilderness, a young boy and his dog forge a special bond that neither time nor distance can break directed by Phillip Borsos. When their boat capsizes in turbulant waters off the Pacific Northwest, John McCormick (Bruce Davison) is rescued, but his 14-year old son Angus (Jesse Bradford), and recently adopted stray Golden Labrador, are washed ashore. Resourceful and courageous, Angus and his faithful dog fight to survive in the rugged wilderness. Though his terrified mother (Mimi Rogers) and father never give up hope he will be found alive, Angus begins to fear he and Yellow will not last on their own much longer. Praised from its remarkable realism, wisdom and suspense, this winning family adventure story with its irresistible four-legged star is ideal". Made by Philip Borsos, the director of The Silver Fox and some terrific short films like Spar Tree and Nails. With NAILS and early, classic Borsos doc. Monday 29 Aug 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list 28 Days Sandra Bullock anchors this engaging film that tackles some difficult territory. It's a sobering thought that alcohol is still our most serious substance abuse problem -- there were 12 deaths associated with methamphetamines in 2003 and 1789 associated with alcohol. "After getting into a car accident while drunk on the day of her sister's wedding, Gwen Cummings is given a choice between prison or a rehab center. She chooses rehab, but is extremely resistant to taking part in any of the treatment programs they have to offer, refusing to admit that she has an alcohol addiction. Getting to know some of the other patients, Gwen gradually begins to re-examine her life and see that she does, in fact, have a serious problem. The path to recovery will not be easy, and success will not be guaranteed or even likely, but she is now willing to give it a try." What's rehab really like? Gordon Harper, a Victoria man who's seen the system from all perspectives, and other special guests will fill you in. Monday 12 Sep 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list A Problem With Fear This anxiety-exploring 2003 film carries on in the tradition of WAYDOWNTOWN in it's smart exploration of Calgary's unhealthy urban office/mall environment. This time the focus is on the pervading culture of fear and those who are its victims in our society. Media is reporting a "fear storm" and a large corporation is exploiting it with devices that promise personal safety. What's a boy to do who's already ultra sensitive to the scary things out there?? Gary Burns creates a deliciously plausible sci-fi scenario. Great acting and cinematography contribute to this Canadian gem that most of us missed. Monday 19 Sep 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Never Ending Thermal With Victoria director Sean White. Never Ending Thermal is the celebration of the paragliding lifestyle as experienced by Sean and two expert Venezuelan buddies. Follow them on a journey of a lifetime flying with top pilots at spectacular locations around the world. Monday 26 Sep 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Wilby Wonderful With writer/director/actor Daniel MacIvor Just a day or so in the life of Wilby, a little Canadian town. Nothing much happens - just small town stuff like selling real estate, lust, growing up, life and death. 14A adult language and situations Daniel MacIvor is a hero of mine for making the series TWITCH CITY and a Canadian jewel, the 2002 feature film, MARION BRIDGE. You must rent and watch Marion Bridge before you join us for the telephone question and answer session we'll have with Daniel after we watch WILBY WONDERFUL. He's another of our hard working men of many hats; actor, writer, director on Canadian stage and screen. Monday 3 Oct 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Lightning In A Bottle A one night, one time only concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York City in which some of the greatest performers in the history of Blues music, including BB King, Bonnie Raitt, Steven Tyler and Macy Gray performed together. Captures the emotional spontaneity that only live performances of the Blues can. Monday 10 Oct 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Outrageous A 1977 classic Canadian film, newly reissued on DVD. Craig Russell, the great drag impersonator, does fabulous routines as Ethel Merman, Liza Minnelli, Barbara Streisand, Carol Channing, Mae West, but the film holds together with a sweet unusual love story between him and a young woman who has schizophrenia who moves in with him after escaping a psych hospital. Turns out it was not just a sweet plot to showcase Russell's act but based on a short story written by such a young woman who Russell put up for a year! Monday 17 Oct 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list The Take In the wake of Argentina’s spectacular economic collapse in 2001, Latin America’s most prosperous middle class finds itself in a ghost town of abandoned factories and mass unemployment. In suburban Buenos Aires, thirty unemployed auto-parts workers walk into their idle factory, roll out sleeping mats and refuse to leave. All they want is to re-start the silent machines. But this simple act - The Take - has the power to turn the globalization debate on its head. Monday 24 Oct 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list My Cousin Vinny A clumsy and amateurish New York lawyer takes on the case of his young cousin and a friend who have been charged with murder in a small Southern town. Monday 31 Oct 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Young Frankenstein From Yo Video's spanking new DVD, the perfect flick to celebrate this evening. Carved pumpkin display, bring yours! Costumes and Jack o' Lanterns encouraged! Monday 7 Nov 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Jupiter's Wife Ten years following its theatrical debut, this astonishing real-life mystery continues to haunt audiences around the world. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and widely hailed by critics, JUPITER'S WIFE tells the story of Maggie, a beguiling homeless woman living in New York City's Central Park. In her forties, Maggie's vibrant personality and unconventional persona attract the attention of acclaimed filmmaker Michel Negroponte, who accompanies Maggie as she wanders the park with her pack of dogs and an enormous backpack. A captivating jumble of cryptic stories, Maggie's conversation is laced with intrigue and startling claims; among them, she claims to be the daughter of the Hollywood movie star Robert Ryan and married to the Roman god Jupiter. Fascinated, Negroponte and his camera follow Maggie for the next two years, as clue by clue, her enigma is deciphered and an astonishing story is revealed. Our special guest, Bill MacPhee, has schizophrenia and is using his experience to help others. He has established a very successful magazine, Schizophrenia Digest, now in international circulation, and gives. Monday 14 Nov 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Walmart Movie WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price takes the viewer on a deeply personal journey into the everyday lives of families struggling to fight goliath. From a family business owner in the Midwest to a preacher in California, from workers in Florida to a poet in Mexico, dozens of film crews on three continents bring the intensely personal stories of an assault on families and American values. Monday 21 Nov 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Last Waltz "Martin Scorsese's documentary of the 1976 final performance of the legendary Sixties rock group The Band is at once a show featuring some of the greatest rock performers of their generation and a bittersweet look back at an era that was just beginning to fade. As Scorsese guides the group through interview segments discussing their 15 years together, these relatively young men sound like battle-weary survivors. But The Band were in splendid form for this show, and their multiple guest stars pulled out all the stops, especially Muddy Waters, whose "Mannish Boy" is so powerful it nearly burns a hole in the screen; Van Morrison, with a rousing performance of "Caravan;" and Bob Dylan, whose "Baby Let Me Follow You Down" displays the brilliant cockiness of his barnstorming days with this band. The all-star camera crew and superb stereo sound mix create what is considered to be of the best-looking and sounding rock films ever (as the opening credit says, play this movie loud!*), and two studio-shot sequences with Emmylou Harris and The Staple Singers stand on their own." Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Monday 28 Nov 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Rory O'shea Was Here The winner of the Audience Award at the 2004 Edinburgh International Film Festival, Rory O'Shea Was Here is an extraordinary story of determination that fuses highly emotional drama with bracingly boisterous humor. Inspired by the experiences of real people, the film follows two young men with physical disabilities as they band together and seize an opportunity to savor life on their own terms. Monday 5 Dec 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Beethoven's Hair Based on Russell Martin's bestselling book, "Beethoven's Hair" follows a lock of hair on a 200-year journey that begins when it is cut from the composer's head at the time of his death. Auctioned at Sotheby's, transported to America and subjected to forensic tests, the hair reveals many secrets of Beethoven's life and death. This docu-drama, like another Rhombus Media production, The Red Violin, brings the history and music alive as the precious memento passes through many lives and to several continents! PG Director Larry Weinstein will join us for a Q&A after the film! A partner at Rhombus Media since 1979, Larry Weinstein has become Canada's pre-eminent director of films on musical subjects. Many of his productions document the lives and musical creation of 20th century composers, among them Ravel; The Radical Romantic: John Weinzweig; My War Years: Arnold Schoenberg; and The War Symphonies: Shostakovich against Stalin. He was a memorable guest by phone at MM Sept/04 with his Stormy Weather: the Music of Harlold Arlan. Monday 12 Dec 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list It's All Gone Pete Tong A wild and original look at the extraordinary life of Frankie Wilde, the legendary DJ who ruled the Ibiza club scene, tragically went deaf, then disappeared. Everything about Frankie's life was over the top: the clubs, the parties, the women and the drugs. But the years of pounding music and heavy toxins took their toll, eventually leaving Frankie stone deaf. His fans, record deal, manager, wife and stepson soon disappeared. The good times gone, Frankie isolated himself in his villa for a year under a pile of self-pity and a mountain of drugs. - not a great recovery strategy. Will he make it? R for language and a rough but surprisingly satisfying ride. Surprisingly Canadian! Monday 19 Dec 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list Animation Special including The Moody Brood A documentary unlike any other, The Moody Brood explodes the myth of the idealized, normal family‹a popular and pervasive post-WWII notion. The film examines issues universal to all families: the effects of community and religion, the influence of siblings, and the moral standards imposed by parents. Award-winning filmmaker Lulu Keating traces the lives of her 10 siblings from their childhood in the 1940s to present day, from a small Catholic community to the world stage. Along the way, she asks some difficult questions: Can we, as adults, shed past experiences? Or do they shape our whole lives? In this innovative production, Keating conducts interviews using a small tape recorder, rather than a film crew, to allow her siblings to respond more candidly. Her kaleidoscope of old family photographs on painted backgrounds are brought to sparking life by animator Helen Hills. Combining old and new technology‹16mm film, computer manipulation, and a whimsical soundscape by Helen Bredin and composer Sandy Moore Keating creates an offbeat look at the forces that shape family. Monday 26 Dec 2005 alphabetical list  chronological list March Of The Penguins After a long summer of feasting, their bodies stately and plump, the emperor penguins of Antarctica begin to feel, toward autumn, a need to march inland to the breeding grounds "where each and every one of them was born." They are all of a mind about this, and walk in single file, thousands of them, in a column miles long. They all know where they are going, even those making the march for the first time, and when they get there, these countless creatures, who all look more or less the same to us, begin to look more or less desirable to one another. Carefully, they choose their mates.