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Category: reactions

Brief thoughts and recaps on films seen in theatres – usually in a festival environment. While no ratings are assigned, these reactions are sometimes expanded into full reviews later.

reactions, TIFF

In Conversation with Matthew Weiner at TIFF 2015

The Mad Men creator has a lot of interesting things to say…just don’t get him started on O. Selznick

Posted on September 12, 2015September 15, 2015
festivals, reactions, TIFF

DEMOLITION plays TIFF 2015

Choose the music to destroy to…and then destroy the music

Posted on September 11, 2015September 15, 2015
festivals, reactions, TIFF

GREEN ROOM plays TIFF 2015

A festival kickoff that is violent, ugly and abrasive…but in the most beautiful ways.

Posted on September 11, 2015September 13, 2015
festivals, hot docs, reactions

FROM THIS DAY FORWARD plays Hot Docs 2015

One change that affects an entire family.

Posted on May 3, 2015May 11, 2015
festivals, hot docs, reactions

OUT TO WIN plays Hot Docs 2015

Sometimes a moment in history is so transcendent, it must be documented immediately.

Posted on May 3, 2015May 7, 2015
festivals, hot docs, reactions

GAYBY BABY plays Hot Docs 2015

Argue amongst youselves what is and isn’t moral. The bigger question is whether we can go to watch wrestling on Sunday night.

Posted on May 3, 2015May 7, 2015
festivals, hot docs, reactions

WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE? plays Hot Docs 2015

Every now and then, for better and for worse, the most talented among us must wonder how they got to where they are.

Posted on May 2, 2015May 7, 2015
festivals, hot docs, reactions

LIVE FROM NEW YORK plays Hot Docs 2015

Some things change, some stay the same. SNL has managed to do both through the years.

Posted on May 2, 2015May 4, 2015
festivals, hot docs, reactions

DREAMCATCHER plays Hot Docs 2015

The capacity for love that one woman has, and many lives that love affects.

Posted on May 1, 2015May 4, 2015
festivals, hot docs, reactions

LOVE BETWEEN THE COVERS

Fiction is hope, and sometimes hope springs for those who want to create fiction of their own.

Posted on April 30, 2015May 3, 2015
festivals, hot docs, reactions

FRACTURED LAND plays Hot Docs 2015

Witness the lengths one young man will go to be trustworthy and a strong representative for his people.

Posted on April 30, 2015May 3, 2015
festivals, hot docs, reactions

BEST OF ENEMIES plays Hot Docs 2015

“Argument is sugar and all of us are flies”

Posted on April 30, 2015May 2, 2015

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