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reactions, TIFF

TIFF Reaction: EVERY LITTLE STEP

A funny thing happened on the way to EVERY LITTLE STEP, the doc about the revival of the 1970’s Broadway hit A Chorus Line. As … Read More ›

Posted on September 13, 2008July 25, 2011
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TIFF Reaction: PRIDE AND GLORY

Films selected as TIFF Galas are becoming an increasingly puzzling phenomenon. One would think that those twenty presentations at Roy Thompson Hall would be held … Read More ›

Posted on September 13, 2008July 25, 2011
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TIFF Reaction: CHE

One of the things I love about film festivals is the cinematic experiences that are unlikely to be repeated. It could be the selection of … Read More ›

Posted on September 13, 2008
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TIFF Reaction: ME AND ORSON WELLES

Quite honestly – I chose this film based on the previous work of director Richard Linklater. The man responsible for DAZED & CONFUSED and WAKING … Read More ›

Posted on September 13, 2008August 7, 2013
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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
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TIFF Reaction – WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU

My ticket wallet feels a whole lot thinner, and the pile of ticket stubs on my desk is growing by the minute. Must mean we’re … Read More ›

Posted on September 11, 2008July 25, 2011
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TIFF Reaction: COOPER’S CAMERA

Yesterday I wrote about not believing the hype. This afternoon, my theme could be don’t believe the trash. Of all the movies I picked to … Read More ›

Posted on September 10, 2008July 25, 2011
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TIFF Reaction: SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK

First things first: it’s pronounced sin-ECK-DA-key. Now that I have that out of the way, I’ll try to talk about this amazingly odd movie from … Read More ›

Posted on September 10, 2008
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TIFF Reaction: THE WRESTLER

I approached my screening of THE WRESTLER with a lot of hope and expectations. It seems as though with every week that goes by, another … Read More ›

Posted on September 9, 2008
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TIFF Reaction: TEARS FOR SALE (ČARLSTON za OGNJENKU)

I came amazingly close to ditching out on my Monday night screening, but looking back I’m glad I went. TEARS FOR SALE won’t go down … Read More ›

Posted on September 9, 2008
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TIFF Reaction – APRON STRINGS

After three whole days of home runs, I found myself watching what was more of a single to the opposite field. This, of course is … Read More ›

Posted on September 9, 2008July 25, 2011
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TIFF Reaction – BLINDNESS

Perhaps it’s fitting that as I sit down to write about a movie that features an epidemic of unexplainable blindness, that my own eyes are … Read More ›

Posted on September 9, 2008

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