Author Jonathan Franzen at home in New York City. Emptying the Skies is based on an essay by the bestselling novelist, who exposed the horrible story of poachers who are hunting the songbirds of southern Europe for fun and profit in open defiance of the law.Michael Falco/The Globe and Mail
Emptying the Skies
Ripped from the pages of The New Yorker, Emptying the Skies is based on an essay by bestselling novelist Jonathan Franzen, who exposed the horrible story of poachers who are hunting the songbirds of southern Europe for fun and profit in open defiance of the law. In reaction, bird-lovers are more than just ruffling feathers – they're putting themselves at risk by disrupting the black market. PG (Bloor Hot Docs)
One Chance
This British comic drama tells the inspirational story of Paul Potts, the portly Nessun Dorma-singing underdog who overcame heavy odds to win the Britain's Got Talent television talent contest in 2007. The average Joe opera buff, after a series of accidents and medical mishaps, defied the doubters and inspired a world. It's not over, then, until the Potts man sings. PG (Carlton Cinema)
Brad Wheeler