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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.

award talk, reactions

The Contenders: A STAR IS BORN

We’re far from the shallow now…a little too far.

Posted on February 20, 2019February 25, 2019
award talk, reactions

The Contenders: VICE

Adam McKay cast a shiny lure out into the waters, and Oscar voters bit down hard.

Posted on February 19, 2019February 25, 2019
award talk, reactions

The Contenders: BLACK PANTHER

The argument can end – a genre now has a Best Picture nomination. That nomination goes to a film that sets itself apart.

Posted on February 18, 2019September 12, 2020
award talk, reactions

The Contenders: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

This is the real life. That was the fantasy.

Posted on February 7, 2019February 20, 2019
award talk, reactions

The Contenders: THE FAVOURITE

That time Yorgos turned up and served the story.

Posted on February 5, 2019February 19, 2019
award talk, reactions

The Contenders: THE WIFE

A frontrunner for Best Actress does so very much with so little.

Posted on February 4, 2019February 19, 2019
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

DESTROYER plays TIFF 2018

Karyn Kusama returns with the next great Los Angeles cop story.

Posted on September 16, 2018November 15, 2018
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY plays TIFF 2018

Trust yourself and your opponent, and keep getting up off that mat.

Posted on September 16, 2018October 25, 2018
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

TOO LATE TO DIE YOUNG plays TIFF 2018

Director Dominga Sotomayor shows us a few old photos of ourselves – back when we were more passionate, and burned so much brighter.

Posted on September 15, 2018October 10, 2018
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

THE WEEKEND plays TIFF 2018

Stella Meghie takes us away for a few days to talk about the ups and downs of modern romance.

Posted on September 14, 2018September 12, 2020
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

THE WIND plays TIFF 2018

A neo-western about why men need to listen more to the women around them, and just how haunted the land we inhabit truly is.

Posted on September 13, 2018September 16, 2018
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

PHOENIX plays TIFF 2018

A tragic Swedish poem on addiction, honesty, coping, and clarity.

Posted on September 10, 2018September 15, 2018

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