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Tag: foreign

festivals, reactions, TIFF

SHREW’S NEST (MUSARAÑOS) plays TIFF 2014

My TIFF adventure begins with a grisly bedtime story from a country that is fast becoming the best at telling grisly bedtime stories.

Posted on September 5, 2014September 7, 2014
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

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, reactions, TIFF

WE ARE THE BEST! (Vi är Bäst!) plays TIFF 2013

Bad nights cause’n teenage blues
Get down ladies you’ve got nothing to lose…

Posted on September 13, 2013September 11, 2020
festivals, reactions, TIFF

THE GREAT BEAUTY (LA GRANDE BALLEZZA) plays TIFF 2013

The team behind IL DIVO deliver a splendid look at life, love, passion, and regret.

Posted on September 12, 2013September 15, 2013
festivals, reactions, TIFF

THE WONDERS plays TIFF 2013

We take a trip to Wonderland, and find ourselves face-to-face with Harry Lime.

Posted on September 10, 2013September 12, 2013
festivals, podcasts, TIFF

LIKE FATHER LIKE SON plays TIFF 2013

A beautiful Japanese tale is told at TIFF; one that wonders just what it is that ties a family together.

Posted on September 8, 2013September 10, 2013
festivals, reactions, TIFF

THE PAST (LE PASSÉ) plays TIFF 2013

As TIFF 2013 kicks off, an award-winning director wonders when we will learn from our mistakes?

Posted on September 6, 2013September 8, 2013
TIFF, trailers

Down from Above: THE WIND RISES Trailer

One last offering from a master of animation.

Posted on September 3, 2013September 7, 2013
reviews

BLANCANIEVES

There are no mirrors or huntsmen to be found in this latest adaptation of a familiar tale, and it very well may be the fairest of them all.

Posted on June 5, 2013June 10, 2013
blind spot series

Blindsided by THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC

This month, the blind spot series sends me back to Sunday School. Who needs a film with recorded dialogue when you have the expressive face of Maria Falconetti to express such a range of emotion?

Posted on February 26, 2013June 30, 2015
trailers

Le Temps de L’Amour: MOOD INDIGO Trailer

Will 2013 go down as The Year St. Michel Returned?

Posted on February 6, 2013February 10, 2013

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