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Alois Nebel Review (TIFF 2011)

Tomás Lunák’s Alois Nebel was my final screening at TIFF 2011, a whole five days ago. I was maintaining a frantic pace of screening and reviewing, but it caught up with me in the end. I picked this film on a whim, because I am a fan of animation, especially foreign animation, and it lookedContinue reading “Alois Nebel Review (TIFF 2011)”

Kill List Review (TIFF 2011) – Where the hell am I?

Sitting down for The Raid, during the first night of Midnight Madness, the programmer, Colin Geddes, briefly went through the lineup with us. He told us about the action packed The Raid, the all-night game of cops and robbers in Sleepless Night, the crossbow wielding killers in You’re Next, etc. When he got to theContinue reading “Kill List Review (TIFF 2011) – Where the hell am I?”

The Sword Identity Review TIFF 2011 (Wo kou de zong ji)

The Sword Identity is the debut film from director Xu Haofeng. At first glance this film looked like a typical historical martial arts film, with plenty of action, but on closer inspection The Sword Identity seemed like it could be a very unique film. The multi-talented Xu has drawn on his knowledge of martial arts,Continue reading “The Sword Identity Review TIFF 2011 (Wo kou de zong ji)”

Smuggler Review TIFF 2011 (Sumagurâ: Omae no mirai o erabe)

Katsuhito Ishii’s Smuggler got off to a strange start at Midnight Madness. For one, the print of the film had not arrived by midnight and the rowdy MM audience got some extended burn with the beach ball that is normally bounced around the seats before the show. The film ended up starting at 1am, aContinue reading “Smuggler Review TIFF 2011 (Sumagurâ: Omae no mirai o erabe)”

TIFF Wrap-up

TIFF may be over, but luckily for readers I couldn’t keep up with frantically running around to screenings (most at midnight), eating, sleeping and reviewing. As a result there will be some delayed TIFF content over the next few days. Definitely some reviews, the best and worst of the festival (in terms of the filmsContinue reading “TIFF Wrap-up”