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Tag: jim sturgess

reviews

CLOUD ATLAS

An audacious new film poses the theory that our lives are not our own: That we are bound to others – past and present. Can it make its case with grace? Or miss the mark from excess?

Posted on October 26, 2012November 30, 2014
festivals, reactions, TIFF

CLOUD ATLAS Plays TIFF 2012

The creators of RUN LOLA RUN and THE MATRIX have come together on a project that is amazingly venturesome.

Posted on September 16, 2012September 11, 2020
reactions, TIFF

TIFF Reaction – FIFTY DEAD MEN WALKING

Just before the lights dimmed, I wondered why a smaller film about the IRA struggles would choose a title so similar to a famously Oscar-nominated … Read More ›

Posted on September 11, 2008July 25, 2011
reviews

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE

Is there anybody going to listen to the story…all about the girl who came to stay?

Posted on September 21, 2007September 1, 2012

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