INSIDE OUT 2012 (Toronto) – Festival Wrap-Up (Paolo Kagaoan)

INSIDE OUT 2012 (Toronto) The 2012 Inside Out Film Festival revealed their award winners during Sunday night at the closing gala party and posting those winners online the Monday morning after. Among them are audience awards, like the Best Documentary Film or Video going to Vito and the Best Short Film or Video to Baldguy. OtherContinue reading “INSIDE OUT 2012 (Toronto) – Festival Wrap-Up (Paolo Kagaoan)”

INSIDE OUT 2012 (Toronto) – Capsule Reviews (Paolo Kagaoan)

INSIDE OUT 2012 (Toronto) Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean Directed by Matthew Mishory A shorter word count is probably better for a movie like Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean, portraying the star pre-fame. A longer format would just indulge me in making James Dean jokes, specifically targeting James Preston.Continue reading “INSIDE OUT 2012 (Toronto) – Capsule Reviews (Paolo Kagaoan)”

INSIDE OUT 2012 (Toronto) – Vito Review (Paolo Kagaoan)

INSIDE OUT 2012 (Toronto) Vito (2011) Directed by Jeffrey Schwarz Being a part of a younger generation I did not know who the subject of the award-winning documentary Vito was, although I am familiar with his work, having seen glimpses of The Celluloid Closet when I still had TCM. The documentary is generous towards neophytes,Continue reading “INSIDE OUT 2012 (Toronto) – Vito Review (Paolo Kagaoan)”

INSIDE OUT 2012 (Toronto) – Jobriath A.D. Review (Paolo Kagaoan)

INSIDE OUT 2012 (Toronto) Jobriath A.D. (2011) Directed by Kieran Turner First of all, it’s pronounced Joh-BRAI-ath. What separates Jobriath A.D., about the first gay non-rock star Jobriath, from most documentaries is the animation used within it. Being created by four different animators, they all have a coherently colourful aesthetic. And unlike animation in otherContinue reading “INSIDE OUT 2012 (Toronto) – Jobriath A.D. Review (Paolo Kagaoan)”

INSIDE OUT 2012 (Toronto) – You are Not Alone (Du Er Ikke Alene) Review (Paolo Kagaoan)

INSIDE OUT 2012 (Toronto) You are Not Alone (1978) Directed by Lasse Neilsen and Ernst Johansen There were two schools of thought within the handful who saw the Danish classic movie You Are Not Alone, made in the 1970’s and portraying adolescent males in a boarding school. There was a group of people who likedContinue reading “INSIDE OUT 2012 (Toronto) – You are Not Alone (Du Er Ikke Alene) Review (Paolo Kagaoan)”