Leolo places third on Time’s top 10 list

The Jan. 3 issue of Time magazine has ranked Jean Claude Lauzon’s controversial coming-of-age film Leolo among the year’s 10 best movies. A Canada/France coproduction produced by Montreal’s Productions du Verseau, Leolo is ranked third behind Martin Scorsese’s The Age of Innocence and Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List. Of Leolo, the US publication says: ‘No film is bolder in fashioning domestic tragedy into art.’ The distinction confirms Los Angeles Times’ film critic Kevin Thomas’ assessment. He rated the Canadian film as the best of 1993.

Plant endorsed

by city fathers

The Toronto City Council has endorsed David Plant of the Toronto Film Liaison Office as its choice for Toronto’s new film commissioner.

The council has also recommended the Film Liaison Office be transferred from the economic development division to the mayor’s office.