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Linden MacIntyre, best known as broadcaster, wins Giller Prize
... of Russell Banks, the American novelist best known for his books Affliction, Continental Drift and The Sweet Hereafter; the celebrated Cape Breton writer Alistair MacLeod, author of No Great Mischief; and Victoria Glendinning, the British ... Comment?
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... the same concept that has been employed in a number of cities, states and schools since Russell Banks' "The Sweet Hereafter" was promoted by a librarian in Seattle as a book everyone in the city ought to read. Chicago followed suit, choosing "To ... Comment?
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Linden MacIntyre, best known as broadcaster, wins Giller Prize
... of Russell Banks, the American novelist best known for his books Affliction, Continental Drift and The Sweet Hereafter; the celebrated Cape Breton writer Alistair MacLeod, author of No Great Mischief; and Victoria Glendinning, the British ... Comment?
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Minumsa offers modern classic literature series
... Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer; "Kitchen" by Banana Yoshimoto; "Blood Meridian" by Cormac McCarthy; "The Sweet Hereafter" by Russell Banks; and "Orange Are Not the Only Fruit" by Jeanette Winterson. While globalization represents the series' ... Comment?
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Atom Egoyana s Adoration finds a familiar subject
... as a reinterpretation of individual identity. For a big chunk of the 1980s, the celebrated director of The Sweet Hereafter made movies that touched on these themes: the role of a therapista s videotape in the development of a young boya s self-image ... Comment?
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Linden MacIntyre wins Giller Prize
... of Russell Banks, the American novelist best known for his books Affliction, Continental Drift and The Sweet Hereafter; the celebrated Cape Breton writer Alistair MacLeod, author of No Great Mischief; and Victoria Glendinning, the British ... Comment?
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Russel Banks: Giller Juror, Honourary Canadian
... Russell Banks. Torontoist Books editor James Grainger sat down with Banks, author of such novels as The Sweet Hereafter , Affliction , and Cloudsplitter , at the Four Seasons bar last night and asked the author-turned-juror about making the trip ... Comment?
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... of such great films as THE ADJUSTER, GROSS MISCONDUCT, EXOTICA and 1997's Academy Award nominated THE SWEET HEREAFTER. Egoyan's latest is called ADORATION. This film is about a high school student who is coaxed by his French teacher to write a work ... Comment?
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In a Sparrow,a a homecoming that fails to fly
... powers, not always under her full control, which can be used for good or ill. Yes, it's "Carrie'' meets "The Sweet Hereafter'' (Russell Banks's novel - and Atom Egoyan's film - about a rural town devastated by just such a school bus disaster), with ... Comment?
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Jonathan Lethem Chronic City
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... vision, but they frustrated and tantalized the viewer until they found the film they knew how to make ( The Sweet Hereafter, say, or There Will Be Blood ). Chronic City (Doubleday, 480 pages, $27.95) should have been that book for Lethem, if for no ... Comment?
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Atom Egoyan to give David Lean Lecture
... writer/directors. With feature films including Speaking Parts, The Adjuster, Calendar, Exotica, The Sweet Hereafter, Feliciaa s Journey, Ararat, Where the Truth Lies and 2008a s Adoration , Egoyan has garnered countless prizes and nominations, led ... Comment?
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Atom Egoyan to direct Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson
... after her Oscar win for Dead Man Walking. Disillusioned and with his option about to expire on The Sweet Hereafter, Egoyan walked away from the studio deal to make his masterwork based on the Russell Banks novel. It brought him Oscar nominations for ... Comment?
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... deaths impacts a young man (Devon Bostick) in this drama from writer-producer-director Atom Egoyan ("The Sweet Hereafter"). He learns the tragedy may not have been accidental, then tries to conceal the apparent truth by claiming a story about a ... Comment?
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Atom Egoyan to receive Mannheim award
... Mannheim will also screen a retrospective of Egoyan's films -- including "Next of Kin," Oscar-nominated "The Sweet Hereafter" (1997), "Felicia's Journey" (1999), "Ararat" (2002) and "Adoration" (2008). The 58th Mannheim-Heidelberg festival runs Nov. ... Comment?
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Sarah Polley: almost famous after all
... Avonlea, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen) and star of edgy Canadian fare (Atom Egoyan's Exotica and The Sweet Hereafter; David Cronenberg's eXistenZ), Polley was in her early 20s at the time, and poised for stardom. She turned it down on purpose. ... Comment?
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Rookie director prepares for critics
... cast in "The Road to Avonlea," and emerged as Canada's biggest name actor in the wake of Atom Egoyan's "The Sweet Hereafter." Her performance as a young woman in a wheelchair awash in survival guilt caught the attention of agents and casting ... Comment?
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Beautiful fragments form quest for identity
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... pacing, Egoyan is a masterful director, and 'Adoration' is his best film since 1997's quietly haunting 'The Sweet Hereafter.' His films often play out like contemplative novels. This one also has the qualities of a complicated puzzle; points of ... Comment?
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Renown director's latest film not worthy of any 'Adoration'
... and intolerance have been known to dramatically clash. And in "Adoration" - a film by Atom Egoyan ("The Sweet Hereafter") - these three elements create the perfect story in this tale about one teenager's misguided attempt at facing his past. Simon, ... Comment?
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... latest offering by the Vernon Film Society is by critically-acclaimed Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan (The Sweet Hereafter, Ararat) who has won no less than four awards at the Cannes Film Festival. Simon's teacher reads an article to the class about ... Comment?
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Up next at BUFS is Adoration, the latest from provocative Canadian writer and director Atom Egoyan (The Sweet Hereafter, Ararat). You could call this a movie about terrorism, or the Internet, or troubled adolescence, but - not suprisingly, for an ... Comment?
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