Category: EDITOR’S BLOG

On Being Pleased

On Being Pleased

December 25, 2011 | By

Flower power, or is the simple enjoyment of something white, purple, and green enough to cut through holiday and day-to-day bullshit (if just for a precious while)? Seasonal editorial blather, with actual profanity!

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Soundtrack News & Reviews

Soundtrack News & Reviews

December 17, 2011 | By | Add a Comment

News of the special features to appear on Twilight Time’s upcoming Picnic and The Roots of Heaven Blu-rays, plus CD reviews of Bear McCreary’s The Cape and Alfred Newman’s A Certain Smile La-La Land), and Ludovic Bource’s The Artist and the compilation album for The Descendants (Sony Classical).

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‘All Hail to the God of Carnage’

‘All Hail to the God of Carnage’

December 15, 2011 | By | Add a Comment

Film review of Roman Polanski’s Carnage, which finds the veteran director back in form directing a tale of disintegrating civility. The film’s release is also being preceded by the screening of related vintage films from Polanski’s Polish, British, and American canon at the TIFF Bell Lightbox this month (although sadly, fans will still have to wait for a celebration of Pirates. Yeah…)

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Soundtrack News & Reviews

Soundtrack News & Reviews

December 14, 2011 | By | Add a Comment

Reviews of Henry Jackman’s Puss in Boots (Sony Classical), and from La-La Land Records Elmer Bernstein’s Trading PLaces, and Jerry Goldsmith’s Forever Young and Sleeping with the Enemy, plus the latest limited and non-limited releases from Varese Sarabande and Intrada.

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Canada’s Top Ten & Packaged Goods series

Canada’s Top Ten & Packaged Goods series

December 8, 2011 | By | Add a Comment

Details of TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten winners in feature and short film categories, with links to online clips and home video availability, plus a review of the upcoming Packaged Goods series playing next week at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, featuring hand-picked ads, music videos, and a great Spike Jonze animated short.

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