Aftershock (2012) Starring Eli Roth, Andrea Osvart, Ariel Levy, Nicolás Martínez, Lorenza Izzo, and Natasha Yarovenko Directed by Nicolás López After some sub-standard fair for a few nights at Midnight Madness (MM), the Toronto International Film Festival’s midnight programme, I was in dire need of a fun screening. The latest from Eli Roth, this time in the leadContinue reading “TIFF 2012 – Aftershock Review (Matt Hodgson)”
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TIFF 2012: Ernest and Celestine Review (Paolo Kagaoan)
Ernest and Celestine (2012) Directed by Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier Starring Lambert Wilson The opening credits has it all, drawing out simple lines to introduce this animated movie’s titular characters Ernest, a bear, and Celestine, a young mouse. The movie’s animators and directors Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier show theirContinue reading “TIFF 2012: Ernest and Celestine Review (Paolo Kagaoan)”
TIFF 2012 – Painless (Insensibles) Review (Matt Hodgson)
Painless (2012) Starring Tomas Lemarquis, Alex Brendemühl, Derek De Lint, Juan Diego, and Silvia Bel Directed by Juan Carlos Medina MINOR SPOILERS David (Brendemühl) is a brilliant neurosurgeon, a man obsessed with his job. His wife implores him to spend less time at work, after all they have a baby on the way. But familyContinue reading “TIFF 2012 – Painless (Insensibles) Review (Matt Hodgson)”
TIFF 2012: differently, Molussia Review (Paolo Kagaoan)
differently, Molussia (2012) Starring Peter Hoffman Directed by Nicholas Rey Nicholas Rey – pronounced nicoLAH – is a French filmmaker whose newest offering is an unconventional adaptation of Gunther Anders’ posthumously published novel called The Molussian Catacomb. The director has chosen to adapt the novel despite not having read it because it has no FrenchContinue reading “TIFF 2012: differently, Molussia Review (Paolo Kagaoan)”
TIFF 2012 – Out in the Dark and Like Someone in Love Reviews (Paolo Kagaoan)
Out in the Dark (2012) Starring Nicholas Jacob and Michael Aloni Directed by Michael Meyer A gay Palestinian walks into a gay bar and finds his friends as well as someone new to the bar, a gay Israeli lawyer. There is no punch line. This will end well. Out in the Dark is one ofContinue reading “TIFF 2012 – Out in the Dark and Like Someone in Love Reviews (Paolo Kagaoan)”
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