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Tag: foreign

ikiru, kanji watanabe, takashi shimura
blind spot series

Blindsided by IKIRU

We begin a new round of essentials with a bummer.
An sublimely, achingly, beautiful bummer.

Posted on January 29, 2013June 30, 2015
trailers

Danger Zone – I’M SO EXCITED Trailer

2013 isn’t just going to be about Katniss, Clark Kent, and Gatsby. It’s also the year of new Almodovar.

Posted on January 9, 2013January 24, 2013
festivals, reactions, TIFF

SUICIDE SHOP (LE MAGASIN DE SUICIDES) Plays TIFF 2012

A plucky animated selection was just what the doctor ordered on a Sunday afternoon at TIFF. But make no mistake, this ain’t no Pixar flick.

Posted on September 16, 2012September 20, 2012
festivals, reactions, TIFF

AMOUR Plays TIFF 2012

When they ask if you take this person for better or for worse, they should emphasize the “worse”.

Posted on September 16, 2012September 19, 2012
festivals, reactions, TIFF

GHOST GRADUATION (PROMOCIÓN FANTASMA) Plays TIFF 2012

What might have happened if the gang from THE BREAKFAST CLUB had died in that library but never been allowed to exit this earth?

Posted on September 13, 2012September 11, 2020
festivals, reactions, TIFF

PAINLESS (INSENSIBLES) Plays TIFF 2012

Back to Spain to realize the dangers that come when one feels no pain.

Posted on September 10, 2012September 12, 2012
reactions, screenings, TIFF

FIN Plays TIFF 2012

Who should we grieve: Those who fall victim, or those left to carry on?

Posted on September 10, 2012September 12, 2012
festivals, reactions, TIFF

RUST AND BONE (De Rouille et D’Os) Plays TIFF 2012

Marion Cotillard is stellar in the new offering from Jacques Audiard. The question to be asked is what to make of everything else that happens around her?

Posted on September 8, 2012September 10, 2012
trailers

Black Wave/Bad Vibrations – THE IMPOSSIBLE Trailer

I’m developing a wicked taste for Spanish cinema, which always comes into play at TIFF time.

Posted on August 22, 2012August 27, 2012
reviews

WHERE DO WE GO NOW? (ET MAINTENANT ON VA OÙ?)

When you’ve managed to build a delicate religious harmony, you sometimes have to get creative in how you protect it.

Posted on May 27, 2012May 31, 2012
festivals, hot docs, reactions

PLANET OF SNAIL plays Hot Docs

Sometimes you see a couple so perfect for one another, you can’t help but feel moved…and perhaps a bit jealous.

Posted on April 27, 2012December 24, 2012
reviews

A SEPARATION

Believe it or not, the separation is just the start of the troubles in this intimate story from Iran.

Posted on January 26, 2012January 30, 2012

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