Last Night

Don McKellar wrote and directed this comedy-drama about the last night of the world, part of the 12-film Arte series of movies about the Millennium. Set in Toronto, Patrick (McKellar) endures a faux Christmas celebration with his family while Sandra (Sandra Oh) tries to get across town to commit ...more

Without the testosterone-laden flag-waving and over-budgeted explosions of such Hollywood fare as Armageddon (1998), Last Night details the last six hours of the earth's existence with humor, irony, and pathos. With the unspecified apocalypse long since announced, the film's characters have gone beyond initial blinding panic and settled into an uneasy resignation about their imminent demise, which occurs at the stroke of midnight. Instead of looting and pillaging, most citizens celebrate their ...more