At age 21, filmmaker Xavier Dolan has drawn “next-big-thing” reviews from the New York Times and Roger Ebert. Dolan's new film, Heartbeats , lives up to these high expectations recalling the lyrical camera work of Wong Kar-wai, the bitchy scripts of Jean Luc Godard, and the city beat of Michelangelo Antonioni.

Heartbeats centers on a young Montreal love triangle. Emotions simmer and mope while Dolan, who also stars, frames the turbulence with hyper-stylized images of obsession. Dolan understands the way we torment ourselves when we're in love—and the result is a passionate film made for fans of both the French New Wave and watching pretty people kiss.

7:00pm, March 21, Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Avenue, $9


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