THE HERALD Wednesday 1IM Acclaimed Canadian movies to air on TV Four Canadian movies that have earned critical acclaim in Canada and abroad are being aired by CBCTV in a latesummer Cana feature film series The films Ive Heard The maids Singing Blind Trust Viewing and Life Classes will air on four consectuvie Thursday evenings starting Aug All four of this summer s movies received a great deal of in temational critical acclaim but they have rarely been seen outside of the major urban centres said the Susan Duligal co ordinator for the series Wed like to provide these films with the broad national audience they deserve Patricia Rozema I Heard The Mermaids Singing an award winner at the Cannes Film Festival stars Sheila McCarthy as a wide eyed amateur photographer whose job at an art gallery leads to an off beat voyage of selfdiscover McCarthys per earned her the 1968 Genie award for best actress The movie airs Aug 23 Yves Simoneaus Blind Trust is a suspense drama about an armored car rob bery in Montreal that leaves a wounded guard locked in the back of the hijacked armored car A Aon stop explosion of enticing col and sounds the is as stylish albeit in a steely cold fashion as it involving said Variety It airs Aug Atom Egoyan s Family Viewing Sept which his won awards at a number of international film festivals is a satire of family life and human relations in a world where television and video have taken centre stage William MacGiHivray Life Sept 13 chosen as the best feature film at Allan tic Film Festival is a character study of a young Cape Breton woman who struggles to raise her children on her own The Village Bob Spence Entertainment Voice called it a strange hilarious tale of a person whose life is transformed by art Winged Warefare Btlly Bishop 1918 tale of his life as Canada s top First World War flying ace and Winged Peace which Bishop wrote during the Second World War have been released by Hill In a new contemplative after ward to Winged Peace Bishops The Return of Little Feat By DIAHANN Herald Special August Little Feat returned to Kingswood for their second Toronto concert in twenty years The first was the blazing brilliant historic show of last summer Singerguitarist Paul Barrere promised they would make it an annual event from now on a pro mise Feat fans can only hope they II keep This Feat concert lacked the crazed anticipation of sum after all we only had to wait a vear instead of 20 but it was a terrific show nonetheless The group Paul Barrere Fred Tarkett Craig Fuller Bill Pane Richie Hayward Kenny Gradnej Sam Clayton opened with Hate to Lose Your Loving from the Let II Roll album the comeback album of two years and went on to perform a lot of material from their latest Representing the including the infectious hits Rat Gumbo and Texas Twister Older songs were well represented although there was less emphasis on the old material And while the new songs can rightfully take their place beside some of the vintage Feat one can help wanting to hear the old favorites did perform Atlanta Blues a Wolf cover and the dehciouslv Rocket in My Pocket and Old Folks Boogie you know you re over the hillwhen your mind makes pro mises your body can fill and Dixie Chicken Songs that were not played included the lovelv and All That You Dream two absolute Feat classics Nor did we hear Long Distance Dream or Feats Don Fail Me Now The band has such a large catalogue of material that they can possiblv do it all but one can help wishing Little Feat remains one of the best ensembles in rock sev en musicians who wonderfulh individually and together The four piece rhwhm them a distinctive sound a driving edge Nobod else sounds like Little Feat remain of the lew originals in rock That a lot to saj in these days of derivative sound alike pop The Feat are finding a bigger audience every year and no one deserves to go beyond cult status more than guys Bonnie Raitt finally came into her own this year and Little Feat may find some of the same 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