Cinemania

Cinemania '10 Reviews: Jacques Rivette's 'Around A Small Mountain' & 'Lily Sometimes'

While it may not carry the prestige or the name recognition of some of the other festivals in Montreal such as Fantasia or the Festival Du Nouveau Cinema for this writer, "Cinemania" may be our favorite. Now in its 16th year, this festival focuses solely on francophone cinema, and while it does round up selections from the usual Berlin/Cannes/Venice/TIFF circuit it also offers up many French language films that don't end up on those runs either, allowing for plenty of surprises over the course of the festival's ten day run. The festival kicked off on November 4th and we'll be giving you periodic updates over the next week or so with what we'v...