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Category: TIFF

News, views, and thoughts from the circus that takes over my home town every September. Films discussed are never rated.

festivals, reactions, TIFF

ATTILA MARCEL plays TIFF 2013

Some people say it best when they say nothing at all.

Posted on September 18, 2013September 21, 2013
festivals, reactions, TIFF

LABOR DAY plays TIFF 2013

Jason Reitman returns to the spot of his greatest successes with his least “Jason Reitman Film” yet.

Posted on September 17, 2013September 21, 2013
festivals, reactions, TIFF

UNDER THE SKIN plays TIFF 2013

Science fiction has a tendency to be overly dense and inaccessible at times. This was one of those times.

Posted on September 17, 2013September 21, 2013
festivals, reactions, TIFF

THE SACRAMENT plays TIFF 2013

Ti West takes us down an isolated road to meet some true believers. The question is whether they believe in the right thing, or the right man.

Posted on September 16, 2013September 21, 2013
festivals, reactions, TIFF

THE AMAZING CATFISH plays TIFF 2013

We don’t get to choose our family, but sometimes a family is kind enough to reach out and choose us.

Posted on September 16, 2013September 21, 2013
festivals, reactions, TIFF

MOEBIUS plays TIFF 2013

Easily the craziest film I watched all week – one very messed up look at the sexual politics of the family dynamic.

Posted on September 16, 2013September 21, 2013
festivals, matineecast, podcasts, TIFF

Wicked Little Town – TIFF 2013 pt. iv

Talkin’ CAN A SONG SAVE YOUR LIFE? with Lindsay as TIFF 2013 coverage concludes.

Posted on September 16, 2013July 20, 2014
festivals, reactions, TIFF

THE STAG plays TIFF 2013

TIFF presents a comedy Hollywood writers wish they were clever enough to come up with.

Posted on September 15, 2013September 17, 2013
festivals, reactions, TIFF

THE WIND RISES plays TIFF 2013

“When the wind rises, you would have to attempt to live.”

Posted on September 15, 2013September 17, 2013
festivals, reactions, TIFF

CAN A SONG SAVE YOUR LIFE? plays TIFF 2013

Rock & Roll is my religion, and today TIFF took me to church.

Posted on September 14, 2013July 20, 2014
festivals, reactions, TIFF

R100 plays TIFF 2013

As The Bondage Club takes control of one man, Midnight Madness takes control of its audience.

Posted on September 14, 2013September 17, 2013
festivals, matineecast, podcasts, TIFF

Wicked Little Town – TIFF 2013 pt. iii

Talkin’ THE WIND RISES with Jake Cole as TIFF 2013 coverage continues.

Posted on September 14, 2013September 15, 2013

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