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imagiNATIVE: The Tundra Book Review (Paolo Kagaoan)

imagiNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival 2012 The Tundra Book Directed by Aleksei Vahkrushev In choosing to organize his movie within chapters, director Alexei Vahkrushev’s The Tundra Book reminds me of Dogville, but without a sinister turn of events affecting a young stranger, obviously. Instead of that plot, we see a few Chukchi families rideContinue reading “imagiNATIVE: The Tundra Book Review (Paolo Kagaoan)”

imagiNATIVE: Where We Were Not Review (Paolo Kagaoan)

imagiNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival 2012 Where We Were Not, Part 1: Alexus’ Story Directed by Alexus Young Alexus recounts what we assume is a typical snowy night in Saskatoon. There’s a doodley quality to this animation. Its colours, instead of a block with careful gradations of shade, seem penciled in, but it stillContinue reading “imagiNATIVE: Where We Were Not Review (Paolo Kagaoan)”

Smashed Review (Paolo Kagaoan)

Smashed (2012) Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Octavia Spencer and Mary Kay Place Directed by James Ponsoldt We the audience watch Kate (Winstead) and Charlie Hannah (Paul) hurriedly waking up to a frazzled version of a morning routine. She already knows that she’ll be arriving at work late, but there’sContinue reading “Smashed Review (Paolo Kagaoan)”

PIF: Dead Ducks and Keep on Rolling Reviews (Paolo Kagaoan)

Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival 2012 Dead Ducks (2012) Directed by Brenda Longfellow I caught a screening for the Planet in Focus film festival, beginning with a short called Dead Ducks, which is less self-explanatory than I assumed. It begins with x-rays that only shows the skeletal structure of the ducks. However, a narratorContinue reading “PIF: Dead Ducks and Keep on Rolling Reviews (Paolo Kagaoan)”

The Perks of Being a Wallflower Review (Paolo Kagaoan)

The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) Starring Logan Lerman, Nina Dobrev, Kate Walsh, Dylan McDermott, Melanie Lynskey, Emma Watson, Mae Whitman, Ezra Miller, Paul Rudd, Joan Cusack and Johnny Simmons Directed by Stephen Chbosky I read Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being A Wallflower, the source material to the movie of the same nameContinue reading “The Perks of Being a Wallflower Review (Paolo Kagaoan)”