Friday, July 11, 2014

Crash (2004): ...And Burn

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The Other Films (Revisited) Crash (2004) dir: Paul Haggis Original Review (Circa 2006) Originally Posted to Livejournal and IMDB I ...
Thursday, July 10, 2014

Tentacles (1977): Jaws vs Giant Octopus

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Tentacles (1977) dir: Ovidio G Assonitis Italy in the 1970s and 1980s were all about churning out cheap rip-offs of American blockbuste...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Snowpiercer (2014): The Faults in the System

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Snowpiercer (2014) dir: Bong Joon-Ho The capitalist system has faults. It's a fact. Every pure ideological system has faults in it,...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Stories We Tell (2012): Exorcising Demons on Screen (Documentary)

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Stories We Tell (2012) dir: Sarah Polley The process of making a documentary is frequently personal and intimate. You discover a top...
Monday, July 7, 2014

The Dance of Reality (2013): Exorcising Demons on Screen (Fiction)

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The Dance of Reality (2013) dir: Alejandro Jodorowsky Jodorowsky is constantly exorcising demons through film, but never has it been ...
Friday, July 4, 2014

Manuscripts Don't Burn (2014): Scathing on the Fly

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Manuscripts Don't Burn (2014) dir: Mohammad Rasoulof SIFF 2014 Film #29 In 2011, Mohammad Rasolulof, an already accomplished dire...
Thursday, July 3, 2014

La Mia Classe (2013): Going Meta-Overboard

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La Mia Classe (2013) (aka My Class) dir: Daniele Gaglianone One of my traditionally favorite formulas is the story by proxy formula. I...