Atom Egoyan Articles

Maxim Gaudette in Polytechnique (top); Jim Sturgess in Fifty Dead Men Walking (middle); Madeline Piujuq Ivalu, Paul-Dylan Ivalu in Before Tomorrow (bottom) The top Genie 2010 nominees were announced by Away from Her star Gordon Pinsent and Sundance 2010 Special Jury Prize winner Tatiana Maslany. They are Denis Villeneuve’s Polytechnique (11 nominations), Charles Officer’s Nurse.Fighter.Boy (ten nominations), Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Piujuq Ivalu’s Before Tomorrow [...]

Actresses Amanda Seyfried and Julianne Moore pose with director Atom Egoyan and producer (and oftentimes director) Ivan Reitman as they attend the Chloe photocall during the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival at the Mayfair Hotel on October 22. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images) Amanda Seyfried, Julianne Moore (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images) Julianne Moore (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images)

Liam Neeson, 56, whose wife Natasha Richardson died last March 18, is set to begin work on a remake of Clash of the Titans. Neeson will play Zeus, the ancient Greeks’ top god (Zeus is akin to the Latin Deus, God), a role played by Laurence Olivier in the 1981 film. Louis Leterrier, of The Incredible Hulk, is set to direct the new version, which [...]

Top Ten Canadian Feature Films of 2008 (in alphabetical order, including future release dates) Adoration (above) – Atom Egoyan (Entertainment One/Seville Pictures, May 2009) Before Tomorrow – Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Piujuq Ivalu (Alliance Films, February 2009) Ce qu’il faut pour vivre (The Necessities of Life) – Benoit Pilon (Entertainment One/Seville Pictures) C’est pas moi, je le jure! (It’s Not Me, I Swear!) – Philippe [...]