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Not Your Kind of People: Talking to People Who Aren’t Into Movies

Ever meet somebody new and have to refrain from asking things like “Seen the new Winding Refn?”

Posted on September 23, 2013December 23, 2013
reviews

PRISONERS

We like to think we know ourselves. We like to think we know what we’re capable of. Turns out, we often hold fast to the wrong

Posted on September 22, 2013September 26, 2013
the watchlist

Days of The Week (Films Watched Aug 31 – Sep 20)

Get comfy: This is going to take a minute.

Posted on September 21, 2013October 4, 2013
links

Everybody’s Talkin’ 9 – 20 (Chatter from Other Bloggers)

Mamo talks blogger stupidity, Kate likes the boys, and Jim hates poets.

Posted on September 20, 2013September 26, 2013
TIFF, Toronto

A Little Bit of Everything: Looking Back on TIFF 2013

One last look back at eleven amazing days of fun, friends, and film.

Posted on September 19, 2013September 21, 2013
festivals, reactions, TIFF

SUNSHINE ON LEITH plays TIFF 2013

Thought the book was written
Thought the game had ended
Thought the song was sung
…but then TIFF sung another

Posted on September 18, 2013September 21, 2013
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

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