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hana dreaming: August 2014
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Thursday, August 28, 2014. 80 FILMS TO WATCH FOR AT TIFF14 (PART 2: M-Z). Mia Wasikowska in Sophie Barthes' Madame Bovary. This list is a continuation of the one begun in the post below. Every year I select eighty of what I find to be the most intriguing films of the coming festival. It is highly subjective, as all lists are, but does come with some thirty plus years of attending TIFF! Julianne Moore in David Cronenberg's. Maps to the Stars. Maps to the Stars. Kalki Koechlin in Shonali Bose's. To every r...
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hana dreaming: film art and the culture of celebrity
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Monday, May 18, 2015. Film art and the culture of celebrity. Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett after the Cannes premire of Carol. And how awful it must be to do all o f the above when, as happened with Gus van Sant's Sea of Trees. There has already been a universally declared disappointment. When press screenings precede the official openings in the digital age, the verdict is out within seconds of the movie's final frames and before the creators have had a chance to put on their opening night gowns. The im...
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hana dreaming: January 2013
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Tuesday, January 01, 2013. 12 Favourite Things in 2012 #12 #PrayforLydia. There can be no other story than this one, to end my journey through the culture of public experience in 2012. More than any other event in the last year (save two ordinations I was a part of), the recovery of Lydia Herrle, after having been hit by a recycling truck on May 17, and the blog maintained by her mother Michelle Herrle. Most Magazine profile of Michelle and Lydia Herrle:. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I am the true vine.
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hana dreaming: September 2011
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Saturday, September 24, 2011. TIFF wrap-up part 2: enduring images - in pairs. Even if they were not viewed that way. Sometimes the movie themes or realities leant obvious comparisons, like the 'house arrest' theme I wrote about for. This is Not a Film. Two films I have not yet written fully about have in some ways made the most progress in my thoughts - perhaps for that reason. John Shank's progressively dark. Vocational call is the thematic heart of. This Side of Resurrection. Le Père de mes Enfants.
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hana dreaming: September 2014
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Thursday, September 18, 2014. TIFF14: The Imitation Game's enigma. Keira Knightley, Benedict Cumberbatch,. Matthew Goode and Alan Leech offer strong. Ensemble work in The Imitation Game. Turing was arrogant and. Difficult but he was mostly very driven. Cumberbatch doesn't just play that,. My only fault with The Imitation Game. A scene from the 1950s era part of the storytelling. The intricate weaving of the three stories is. What gives the movie its depth. Even so, The Imitation Game. Writing. The re...
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hana dreaming: August 2012
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Saturday, August 25, 2012. TIFF12: Part 2: Movies M-Z. Here is Part 2 of my preview of the most interesting films of #TIFF12! Though he is most well known for master classics like The Last Emperor,. I have always preferred Bertolucci's smaller films, like the nuanced and moving Beseiged. This film is about a sister and brother who reconcile the damage of family and discover their own identities. Achipatpong Weerasethakul's Mekong Hotel. An iconic image from Seán Ó Cualáin's Men at Lunch. Noted in the fir...
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hana dreaming: August 2013
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Monday, August 26, 2013. 80 FILMS TO WATCH FOR AT TIFF13: PART 2. Here is the continuation (M - Z) of my annual preview of the eighty most interesting films of TIFF13! Check the post before this one to see my intro and the first half of the list (A - L). T. Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez's. As I wrote in another post, I am quite intrigued by Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez's. Is it my imagination? Perhaps because I live near Stratford, Ontario, where Schiller's Mary Stuart. Mary Queen of Scots. Is the o...
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hana dreaming: September 2012
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Saturday, September 15, 2012. TIFF12 Reviews: Films by Women, Part I: Watchtower, Hannah Arendt, Inch'Allah. Nilay Erdonmez in Pelin Esmer's Watchtower. After the wonderful Laurence Anyways. Though some of my most sought after titles were not available in the library (like Susanne Bier's latest film, Love is All You Need. Last Saturday afternoon, with a gap of time suddenly available, I was happy to settle for Watchtower,. I also enjoyed the mist-enshrouded tower of the guard, and its views over a smoky ...
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hana dreaming: September 2010
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Saturday, September 04, 2010. TIFF 10: My List. I will certainly not be able to see all of these! But this is my "short" list. Check back often, as it will likely change a number of times before the 9th, and even afterwards. Indicates Short Cuts Canada short. Indicates City to City (Istanbul) short. Not all titles in a shorts program are listed here, just the ones I am mostly attending for). This list also does not include the Future Projections installations. I know I said I wouldn't but I probably will.