TIFF 2009 Summary: Chalk
No pretentious film critic ever made himself look smarter than everyone else (or ahead of the curve) by walking out of a major film festival shouting, “Campion! Hornby! Kore-eda!” or “me too!”
Category: Elsewhere
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Leslie, My Name is Evil (Harkema, 2009)
Helter Skelter + Saved! + South Park with a dash of Rocky Horror Picture Show thrown in. Now write a review for a Christian audience. My try is at CT Movies.
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Agora (Amenábar, 2009)
Kenneth R. Morefield reviews Agora at 1More Film Blog.
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Bright Star (Campion, 2009)
Jane Campion's Bright Star is a heartfelt, carefully drawn, masterpiece of a love story, It contains all the fire and penetration one would expect from a Campion film, but there is also a surprising--and welcome--tenderness as well.
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Vision (von Trotta, 2009)
Films that depict communal religious life with nuance and sympathy are rare, and those that probe without cliché the relationships, communal and familial, between women are rarer still. So why… Continue reading "Vision (von Trotta, 2009)"
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Equiano in Africa (Young, 2008)
It is an eleven minute short film with Equiano's text read over images of contemporary life in Benin
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Lake of Fire (Kaye, 2006)
To call Lake of Fire uncompromisingly sober is to call a roundhouse kick to the kidney bracing.
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer
The main reason I'm posting about the show, however, is that noted scholar and Buffy enthusiast Elizabeth Rambo has begun a blog project rewatching the show and blogging individual episodes at The Painful Nowning Process. Dr. Rambo is one of the co-editors of Buffy Goes Dark, and she brings a broad foundation of literary knowledge and cultural insight into her writing. If you've ever wanted to try out the show or think more deeply about quality television, consider this a master class with an individual tutor and--here's the best part--no tuition!
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Persepolis (Paronnaud, 2007)
A lot of films can break your heart--a precious few can enlarge and renovate it.
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Bride & Prejudice (Chadha, 2004)
Where to start? Well, I finally understand those singing puppets in the Fandango commercials.