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TIFF 2012: Artifact Review (Paolo Kagaoan)

Artifact (2012) Starring Jared Leto, Shannon Leto, Flood and Tomo Milecevic Directed by Bartholomew Cubbins Who is this bearded man who looks like he’s wearing $50 pairs of pyjamas that he dares to wear outside his expensive white-walled Hollywood home? Why is he stroking his cat – not a euphemism – before packing a carry-onContinue reading “TIFF 2012: Artifact Review (Paolo Kagaoan)”

TIFF 2012: Fly With the Crane Review (Paolo Kagaoan)

Fly with the Crane (2012) Directed by Li Ruijun A burst of vibrant red instantaneously flies across the screen, then a hand paints some white over it in the shape of a crane. Thank you, Li Ruijun, for giving us a movie with an aura that we the audience can love from the beginning. Anyway,Continue reading “TIFF 2012: Fly With the Crane Review (Paolo Kagaoan)”

TIFF 2012: Big in Vietnam and Mekong Hotel Reviews (Paolo Kagaoan)

Big in Vietnam (2011) Directed by Mati Diop In this short, a director is working on her soft core-y adaptation of The Dangerous Liaisons in a beach city in France. But she, on a whim, walks out of her movie, thus triggering two separate story lines. There’s the director’s, as she wanders on the streetsContinue reading “TIFF 2012: Big in Vietnam and Mekong Hotel Reviews (Paolo Kagaoan)”

TIFF 2012 – Jayne Mansfield’s Car Review (Paolo Kagaoan)

Jayne Mansfield’s Car (2012) Starring Robert Duvall, Kevin Bacon, John Hurt, Billy Bob Thornton, Robert Patrick, Ray Stevenson, Frances O’Connor and Katherine LaNasa Directed by Billy Bob Thornton From the opening shot I already felt like Jayne Mansfield’s Car was a miscalculation. The mustard colour scheme, the slow motion, the deep bass-based soundtrack, like aContinue reading “TIFF 2012 – Jayne Mansfield’s Car Review (Paolo Kagaoan)”

TIFF 2012 – Bwakaw Review (Paolo Kagaoan)

Bwakaw (2012) Starring Eddie Garcia and Rez Cortez Directed by Jon Robles Luna Bwakaw’s bleached cinematography perfectly reflects its protagonist Rene’s (Garcia) crotchety world view – that of an old man who can’t just wait to die. Through and with him we see the unvarnished wood of his pre-colonial wooden house, the white strands ofContinue reading “TIFF 2012 – Bwakaw Review (Paolo Kagaoan)”