Émile Proulx-Cloutier, Cinémania, Coup de coeur francophone… There are many ideas for going out this weekend. Here are some suggestions from our journalists.
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Émile Proulx-Cloutier in additional
Singer-songwriter Émile Proulx-Cloutier presents his show With bare hands in addition to the Gesù on November 3, 4 and 5, at 8 p.m., as part of a Quebec tour that will return to Montreal in December. “It’s a whole show to which it is difficult not to adhere, which sometimes descends into the depths, but which above all draws towards a welcome light, which calls for community, mutual aid, a truce”, wrote Josée Lapointe last March.
Flood of French-language films at Cinemania
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Close by Lukas Dhont, winner of the Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix
No less than 112 French-language films, including many premieres, will be presented as part of the 28e Cinemania festival. Until November 13, screenings will be available at four Montreal cinemas (Cinéma Impérial, Cinéma du Musée, Cinéma du Parc and Cinémathèque québécoise), including Close, winner of the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. Cédric Klapisch (who will co-chair the jury with Pascale Bussières), writer Philippe Besson and conductor Zahia Ziouani will be among the guests. Twenty films from Luxembourg – the country of honor this year – will be on the programme.
Laila Maalouf, The Press
Music for all at Coup de coeur de francophone
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Vincent Peake and Martin Dupuis of Groovy Aardvark
From this Thursday until November 13, Quebec, Franco-Canadian and European artists will come together for the 36e edition of the Coup de coeur de francophone festival. Richard Séguin kicks off the festival Thursday and Friday at Théâtre Outremont. Folk, rap, metal, rock, electro, trad… The program is varied and will appeal to fans of Groovy Aardvark (November 5) as much as Patrick Norman (November 11). Launches are planned – including those of Narcisse, Anatole and Saints Martyrs. We can also see on stage, among many others, Catherine Major, La Bronze, Anachnid and Saratoga.
Laila Maalouf, The Press
Basquiat the music lover at the MMFA
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View of the exhibition Full Volume: Basquiat and Music at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is offering a major exhibition on New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, who died tragically in 1988 at the age of only 27. His angle: exploring the abundant links that exist between music and his visual work. The route includes around a hundred works by the artist, who was also a DJ, a member of the experimental music group Gray and who spawned with artists from the Big Apple music scene.
Jean Siag, The Press
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Image taken from the video TimeTravellerby Skawennati.
The Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal presents, free of charge, until November 13 in its temporary premises in Place Ville Marie, the videographic work TimeTraveller by Mohawk visual artist Skawennati. A rereading in nine episodes (76 min) of the history of Native Americans through science fiction. Stripper.
Eric Clement, The Press
At the movie theater : The Banshees of Inisherin, The 12 Labors of Imelda and aftersun
Visually splendid, The Banshees of Inisherin, whose title refers to a female creature from Irish folklore, also stands out, of course, thanks to Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson. The two actors obviously share a very real complicity. It feels.
Marc-Andre Lussier, The Press
One of the great assets of this film is based on the quality of acting of its performers. Martin Villeneuve has achieved a feat by surrounding himself with excellent actors (Robert Lepage, Michel Barrette, Ginette Reno, Yves Jacques, etc.). A film that completes a cycle of almost 10 years for the director, who pays his grandmother an ultimate tribute to his image: both funny and dramatic, and completely disconcerting.
Jean Siag, The Press
The chemistry between Frankie Corio and Paul Mescal can be explained by the disarmingly natural play of the two actors in front of the camera. This is a first film for the girl while Mescal was revealed by the series Normal People. There are movies that bother us when they end with a lot of mystery. This is not the case with aftersun. What is not known of Sophie’s adult life without her father preserves the emotion of the memories that the film tells.
Emilie Cote, The Press