Category: FILM REVIEWS

Yilmaz Güney, Part II: The Poor Ones (1975)

Yilmaz Güney, Part II: The Poor Ones (1975)

January 31, 2012 | By

In Part II, I review The Poor Ones / Zavallilar (1975), recently screened at the TIFF Bell Lightbox as part of their series The Way Home: The Films of Turkish Master Yilmaz Güney.

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Ti West’s The Innkeepers

Ti West’s The Innkeepers

January 28, 2012 | By

Reviews of Ti West’s latest shocker, The Innkeepers, and Jeff Grace’s soundtrack album (Screamworks / MovieScore Media), plus some opinionated blather regarded big stupid actor heads.

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Festivals-a-Go-Go — Cold War Sci-Fi on the Big Screen

Festivals-a-Go-Go — Cold War Sci-Fi on the Big Screen

January 20, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

This week the TIFF Bell Lightbox launches its 2-month series Attack the Bloc: Cold War Science Fiction from Behind the Iron Curtain, and I’ve added a list of what’s screening, what’s on DVD, and why these films matter.

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Yilmaz Güney, Part I – Yol (1982)

Yilmaz Güney, Part I – Yol (1982)

January 16, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

Review of Yilmaz Güney’s Cannes-decorated Yol (1982), part of the TIFF Bell Lightbox’s tribute to one of Turkey’s most important directors, beginning this week.

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Jan Kadar does CanCon – Lies My Father Told Me (1975)

Jan Kadar does CanCon – Lies My Father Told Me (1975)

January 15, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

Review of Ergo Media’s new DVD of Lies My Father Told Me(1975), Jan Kadar’s film version of Ted Allan’s semi-autobiographical tale of 1920s Jewish Montreal.

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