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Tag: swedish

festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

PHOENIX plays TIFF 2018

A tragic Swedish poem on addiction, honesty, coping, and clarity.

Posted on September 10, 2018September 15, 2018
festivals, reactions, TIFF

Little Things: F**K YOU plays TIFF 2018

With her short film at TIFF 2018, Anette Sidor asks us what we should be doing with “that”?

Posted on September 9, 2018September 21, 2018
blind spot series

Blindsided by SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE

“People told us and told us; marriage is hard work…”

Posted on December 27, 2016January 7, 2017
blind spot series

Blindsided by THE SEVENTH SEAL

As the year comes to a close, Ingmar Bergman has us reflecting on death.

Posted on December 29, 2015January 6, 2016
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

GIRLS LOST plays TIFF 2015

Girls who are boys
Who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they’re girls
Who do girls like they’re boys

Posted on September 20, 2015September 25, 2015
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
blind spot series

Blindsided by PERSONA

Look at film long enough, eventually it looks back.

Posted on October 29, 2013June 30, 2015
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, hot docs, reactions, Toronto

Hot Docs Review: OLA SVENSSON SUPERSTAR

Rock & roll can be absurd. Thousands upon thousands will gather, stand around for hours on end in sun, rain, cold, or in dank cement … Read More ›

Posted on May 4, 2011December 24, 2012
reviews

THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS’ NEST

Lisbeth Salander’s Descent Into Hell Mercifully Ends…Perhaps Underwhelmingly So.

Posted on November 3, 2010June 2, 2012
trailers

Good Girl Gone Bad (THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST Trailer)

Permit me to apologize in advance fellow bloggers – I haven’t been reading your posts as much as I’d like. Real life is a tad … Read More ›

Posted on October 20, 2010August 13, 2011
reactions, TIFF

TIFF Review: BAD FAITH (OND TRO)

A Look at Evil…From a Distance.

Posted on September 11, 2010August 14, 2011

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