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FANTASIA: All The Boys Love Mandy Lane Review

by Andrew Mack, July 18, 2008 12:18 AM

Free! Free at last! Free from the shackles of employment I braved a surprisingly chilly night to catch my first screening of TIFF. I met up with the boys as we settled down for the third Midnight Madness screening... More >>

Guy Maddin comes to the Criterion Collection

by Kurt Halfyard, May 20, 2008 11:45 PM

Well, I'm in heaven. Guy Maddin's fabulous Brand Upon The Brain! is coming to the Criterion Collection (not in Blu Ray, but I don't think that is too critical here). Touring festivals with a live narrator accompaniment before playing in...

RENAISSANCE Review

by Canfield, July 28, 2007 4:11 AM

If someone lined up all the great concepts turned into mediocre stories….sigh. And movies have as bad or worse a track record as any other storytelling medium. Falling squarely into this list would be Renaissance which offers absolutely stunning...

Cashback Review

by Kurt Halfyard, July 22, 2007 4:42 AM

[With the DVD release of Cashback hitting Canada on July 24th now seems a good time to revisit the film. What follow is Kurt's review of the film from when it played at the Toronto International Film Festival with... More >>

Fantasia Report: Exiled Review

by Todd Brown, July 17, 2007 10:48 PM

[Fantasia info page here.] While I hesitate to label Johnnie To's Exiled -- available on DVD here -- a masterpiece I do so only because it is playing in this festival opposite his Election films, films which surpass this... More >>

Fantasia Report: Big Bang Love, Juvenile A Review

by Todd Brown, July 15, 2007 11:02 PM

[Fantasia info page here.] Japanese cult director Takashi Miike continues to amaze with his restless ability to continually re-invent himself. Though very different in terms of setting and degree of violence Big Bang Love, Juvenile A plays almost as... More >>

Fantasia Report: Jade Warrior Review

by Todd Brown, July 13, 2007 9:41 PM

[Fantasia info page here.] The temptation when writing about Jade Warrior -- available on DVD here -- is to make a big deal about how this is both young Finnish director AJ Annila's first feature out of film school... More >>

Fantasia Report: The Banquet Review

by Todd Brown, July 12, 2007 9:00 PM

[Fantasia info page here.] Forget everything you know about Feng Xiaogang. While Zhang Yimou, one of China's most revered arthouse directors, used the wuxia epic to make a move towards mainstream success director Feng, one of China's most successful... More >>

Fantasia Report: Time Review

by Todd Brown, July 11, 2007 11:53 PM

[Fantasia info page here.] It's back to the bad old days for director Kim Ki-Duk. After a string of much loved films that broke with the harsh, ranting polemics of his older work in favor of gentler meditations on... More >>

Cashback Trailer

by Kurt Halfyard, June 7, 2007 7:00 AM

Cashback was a stylish and pleasant surprise at last years Toronto International Film Festival. Finding a tone somewhere between Amelie, Trainspotting and Clerks, it is a simply a fine piece of entertainment. The good fellows over at Movies For...

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