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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.

festivals, hot docs, reactions

THE BOXING GIRLS OF KABUL plays Hot Docs

In Afghanistan, a new class of young women are stepping on to a place of former bloodshed and fighting for their freedom. Literally.

Posted on April 30, 2012December 24, 2012
festivals, hot docs, reactions

ABOUT FACE: THE SUPERMODELS, THEN AND NOW plays Hot Docs

Fashion has always been about the women, the men were besides the fact. Get ready to listen to some of the most iconic women of them all.

Posted on April 29, 2012December 24, 2012
festivals, hot docs, reactions

INOCENTE plays Hot Docs

If only we could see the world the way this talented artist sees it, things might be a lot better for all of us.

Posted on April 28, 2012December 24, 2012
festivals, hot docs, reactions

McCULLIN plays Hot Docs

To find true beauty in such human ugliness is a rare gift.

Posted on April 28, 2012December 24, 2012
festivals, hot docs, reactions

PLANET OF SNAIL plays Hot Docs

Sometimes you see a couple so perfect for one another, you can’t help but feel moved…and perhaps a bit jealous.

Posted on April 27, 2012December 24, 2012
festivals, hot docs, reactions

BEWARE OF MR. BAKER plays Hot Docs

The saying goes that the bark is worse than the bite. Where Ginger Baker is concerned, I wouldn’t dare test the theory.

Posted on April 27, 2012December 24, 2012
festivals, hot docs, reactions

BEAUTY IS EMBARRASSING plays Hot Docs

Thy say that Wayne White has touched people in ways they don’t even know. Get ready for Wayne to touch you.

Posted on April 26, 2012December 24, 2012
festivals, reactions, toronto silent film festival

THE ITALIAN STRAW HAT

A rare cinematic treat brings the curtain down on my 2012 Toronto Silent Film Festival.

Posted on April 3, 2012April 8, 2012
reactions, toronto silent film festival

1,000 LAFFS: “Playmates”

As the old song says, “Make ’em Laugh”

Posted on April 2, 2012April 7, 2012
festivals, reactions, toronto silent film festival

BLOOD AND SAND

The melodramatic tale of a matador gets things going for me at The Toronto Silent Film Festival, and not without its hiccups.

Posted on April 1, 2012April 5, 2012
festivals, reactions, Toronto After Dark

Nowhere Fast (A LONELY PLACE TO DIE Plays Toronto After Dark)

Keep Breathing…Don’t Look Down…and Hold On. Tight.

Posted on October 25, 2011October 29, 2011
festivals, reactions, Toronto After Dark

Space Oddity (LOVE Plays Toronto After Dark)

This Year’s Slate at After Dark Might Be Littered with Vampires and Zombies, but For Me It Was a Journey to The Heavens That Was The Biggest Lure.

Posted on October 24, 2011October 29, 2011

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