Shinsedai Film Festival 2012 (Toronto) Zero Man vs. the Half-Virgin Starring Chihiro Itakura, Miho Hoshino, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Hideo Tsubota, Don Brown and Sakichi Sato Written and Directed by Sakichi Sato Preceeded by Dark on Dark Directed by Makato Ohtake Sakichi Sato is a master of oddball cinema. The mastermind behind the scripts for Takeshi Miike’sContinue reading “Shinsedai Cinema Festival – Zero Man vs. the Half-Virgin Review (Kirk Haviland)”
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Fantasia 2012 – Festival Preview (Matt Hodgson)
Fantasia 2012 Website and Tickets As I write this I’m sitting in the home of a good friend who has been kind enough to let me sleep on his couch in Montreal. He’s a few years younger than I am and I imagine he is still accustomed to the life of a young bachelor. HeContinue reading “Fantasia 2012 – Festival Preview (Matt Hodgson)”
TKFF 2012 – Oldboy Review (Kirk Haviland)
Toronto Korean Film Festival 2012 Oldboy (2003) Starring – Choi Min-sik, Yu Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jeong, Ji Dae-han and Kim Byeong-ok Written by Hwang Jo-hyun, Lim Chun-hyeong, Lim Joon-hyung and Park Chan-wook (based on the Manga by Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi) Directed by Park Chan-wook Now the undeniable creative leader of the Korean film movementContinue reading “TKFF 2012 – Oldboy Review (Kirk Haviland)”
TAD Summer Screenings 2012 – Detention Review (Paolo Kagaoan)
Toronto After Dark Summer Screenings 2012 Detention Starring Josh Hutcherson, Shanley Caswell, and Spencer Locke Directed by Joseph Kahn Joseph Kahn’s Detention was in distribution hell, but it’s better late than never. It begins with a smaller space – the bedroom of a popular high school cheerleader, emanating the pastel aesthetic of contemporary adolescent suburbia.Continue reading “TAD Summer Screenings 2012 – Detention Review (Paolo Kagaoan)”
TKFF 2012 Festival Wrap-Up (Kirk Haviland)
TKFF 2012 Kirk The first ever Toronto Korean Film Festival wrapped on July 1st after a nine-day run in its first year. The highlights of the festival were the films of course, closing with the latter two entries of the famed Vengeance Trilogy from Park Chan-wook, Oldboy and Symapthy for Lady Vengeance on 35mm filmContinue reading “TKFF 2012 Festival Wrap-Up (Kirk Haviland)”
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