The first-weekend box office for Denys Arcand’s latest was decent, but reviews have been merciless. One box-office watcher thinks Days of Darkness could click — if only it can get a few kind words from Quebecers

MONTREAL: Following its hit action flick Nitro and its wildly popular family drama C.R.A.Z.Y., Cirrus Communications is bringing an auteur story of social unrest to the big screen in 2008. The $5.4-million Comme une flamme is inspired by the massive student strike that shut down Quebec’s colleges and universities for two months in 2005 and forced Premier Jean Charest to back down from his plans to cut the province’s bursary program.

When Christian Larouche interviews a prospective employee, he looks for one thing: the flame.

Antics of the animated Plasticine characters place third on the Nielsen home video chart, nipping at the heels of Hollywood heavies Transformers and Meet the Robinsons

Film and TV boss at provincial funder stepping down after six years for personal reasons, relocating to Paris

Twentieth edition of Image+nation returns with cannibalism, Middle East politics and immigration

Comme une flamme, a look back on student strikes that rocked Quebec in 2005, pairs on-a-roll producer Pierre Even with auteur-esque Sébastien Rose

After a highly publicized candidate search, the government has finally announced its pick: lawyer and former sports commentator Hubert T. Lacroix will fill what may be Canada’s most thankless high-level public-sector job, running CBC and Radio-Canada.

Radio-Canada will air the hit sitcom next spring, hoping its bighearted take on religious tolerance will find a place in a province beset with culture clash

The action movie with a heart has been picked up by distributors in Brazil, Thailand, Japan and the U.K. following a series of deals by H2O Motion

Barrister and occasional sportscaster Hubért Lacroix takes top job at CBC and SRC, ending controversial search process. Political record appears ‘clean,’ says watchdog

Canadian-made movies held a 4.1% share of the market last year, dropping below the Telefilm benchmark of 5% because of a weak year for the French, says report