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Tag: foreign film

festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

CEMETERY OF SPLENDOUR plays TIFF 2015

There’s a feeling we all experience as we slip in and out of sleep, one that’s both calming and frightening. This film is about that feeling.

Posted on September 18, 2015September 20, 2015
festivals, reactions, TIFF

DHEEPAN plays TIFF 2015

The creator of RUST AND BONE wants us to ask ourselves just how fragile “a good man” really is?

Posted on September 12, 2015September 15, 2015
blind spot series

Blindsided by BELLE ET LA BÊTE

Wait a moment: Why isn’t that teacup singing?

Posted on August 25, 2015September 10, 2015
reviews

KUMIKO THE TREASURE HUNTER

What does it take to evoke the spirit of The Coen Brothers without specifically becoming “Coen-esque”?

Posted on April 12, 2015April 19, 2015
reviews

GIRLHOOD

Turns out theres a lot going on in between those selfies and snickers.

Posted on March 8, 2015September 11, 2020
reviews

A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT

We portray a certain side of ourselves to the world at large…and sometimes that person just invites bad things.

Posted on February 1, 2015September 11, 2020
blind spot series

Blindsided by TROIS COULEURS

Blindspotting for 2014 ends not with a whimper, but with a great, big, three-course bang.

Posted on December 29, 2014June 30, 2015
blind spot series

Blindsided by CLOSE-UP

What is fact, what is truth, and when does it even matter?

Posted on September 30, 2014June 30, 2015
festivals, reactions, TIFF

HAEMOO plays TIFF 2014

We don’t all have it in us to be morally compromised.

Posted on September 15, 2014September 19, 2014
festivals, reactions, TIFF

A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE plays TIFF 2014

So.
Very.
Swedish.

Now let me explain…

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

OVER YOUR DEAD BODY plays TIFF 2014

A new Mikke film wants to cut into the very nature of betrayal, but this time it feels like his knife is a little blunt.

Posted on September 13, 2014September 15, 2014
festivals, reactions, TIFF

THREE HEARTS (3 Coeurs) plays TIFF 2014

So, you’ve fallen in love with two sisters…

Posted on September 13, 2014September 15, 2014

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