The Classical Hollywood Cinema was a period that lasted over 40 years, roughly spanning from the late 1920’s to the early 1960’s. Many, now legendary, names were first introduced to the movie-going public during this time. These actors captivated generations and their work lives on even decades after their passing. Some are famous purely for […]
Day: September 23, 2015
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15 Movies That Looked Great At The Toronto International Film Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival, a well respected festival with a history of giving the world its first taste of the award winning films of the year. It’s the initial start of award season. Notable films to have had their world or North American premiere at Toronto include The King’s Speech, Moneyball, Silver Linings Playbook, […]
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The 30 Best Movies About Doubles And Doppelgangers
Doppelgängers, doubles, and evil twins. Such notions have been a feint of storytelling for centuries. Shakespeare explored it in “The Comedy of Errors”, as did Alexandre Dumas in “The Man in the Iron Mask”, and both Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities” and Poe’s “William Wilson” exploited the idea just ahead of Dostoevsky’s famed and […]
Aaaaaaaah! – VIFF 2015 Review
Aaaaaaaah! is adventurous and bombastic postmodern cinema, full stop. Puritans, the easily offended, the mild-mannered and the populist filmgoer need not apply. And this, trust me, is a very good thing. Steve Oram, best known as the co-writer/co-star of Ben Wheatley’s unruly serial killer comedy Sightseers as well as a string of lacerating comedic shorts, […]
Ninth Floor – VIFF 2015 Review
Previously held in celebrated esteem as an indie filmmaker of fiction, Mina Shum (Double Happiness) makes a fearless ascent into non-fiction with the tender and deep-toned Ninth Floor. Shum’s sentient gaze makes for tout de suite intelligence as she smoothly sweeps up the viewer from the outset, revisiting a scandalous episode of institutionalized racism, the […]
Le Dep – VIFF 2015 Review
Quebec filmmaker Sonia Bonspille Boileau’s debut, Le Dep, is an intentionally intimate and small-scale affair with worry on its mind and an upset heart that, sadly, strains to get the necessary birr to really resonate with the audience. That’s not to say it’s a lacklustre affair, it’s got more than a few stirring minutes and […]