Xavier Dolan Retrospective
ACMI are giving you a crash course is this wunderkind's film magic with a nine-hour marathon.
Overview
There's nothing like the success of others to throw your own meagre accomplishments into perspective. Case in point: Xavier Dolan, the wunderkind of contemporary world cinema. At the age of just 25, this French Canadian triple-threat has already directed five critically acclaimed films, shared a Cannes Jury Prize with Jean-Luc Godard, and generally made the rest of us look like a bunch of untalented bludgers.
As if we weren't all feeling inadequate enough, ACMI has gone and poured salt in the wound by announcing a full-blown Dolan retrospective. Screening every evening from now until October 5, his 2013 psychosexual thriller Tom at the Farm provides the backbone of the program, which will also showcase his first three films — the acerbic, semi-autobiographical I Killed My Mother, the sumptuous romantic farce Heartbeats, and his epic-length transgender love story Laurence Anyways. Each film will screen once this week, and then for an additional time during a nine-hour, four-movie marathon on Saturday, October 4.
It's also worth pointing out that Dolan's most recent masterpiece, Mommy, is conspicuously missing from the lineup. A highlight at both the Sydney and Melbourne Film Festivals, hopefully its absence points towards more substantial theatrical release in 2015.
Image: Laurence Anyways.
Information
- Melbourne's Best Dog-Friendly Parks and Beaches for the Ultimate Pup Time
- Fifteen of the Most Unique Stays You Can Book Around New Zealand
- The Best Dog-Friendly Hotels, B&Bs and Self-Contained Getaways in Victoria
- The Mightiest Tiny Houses You Can Book Around NSW
- The 27 Best Private Dining Rooms in Melbourne
- The 40 Best Restaurants for Group Bookings in Melbourne