"The Intouchables" to recieve the Dana Reeve HOPE Award In a pleasant coincidence, "The Intouchables" re-opened in Sacramento on Friday at the Crest Theatre and, on the same day, it was announced that the film is being honored by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. Excerpts from the Foundation's press release: THE INTOUCHABLES is the First Film Ever to Be Honored by the Organization. The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, the nation's leading nonprofit providing care to those living with paralysis and advancing research into treatments and cures for spinal cord injury, will honor international box office record breaking film THE INTOUCHABLES at its annual star-studded A Magical

With just two weeks before the opening of the always excellent Sacramento French Film Festival (SFFF), francophiles and quality film fans have two opportunities to warm up their love of French language cinema. Plus more pretty crap at the multiplex. Opening today at the Crest Theatre, “Monsieur Lazhar” (which is co-presented by the SFFF) is a French-Canadian film that was Canada’s entry and nominee in the Best Foreign Language category at this year’s Academy Awards. With a quick glance at the poster, it’s easy to think it’s another one of those “inspiring teacher” movies but it’s actually quite different. The film opens as Martine, a troubled schoolteacher to a class of 11 and 12 year old