SXSW 2015 — Unfriended
A group of cyber friends are terrorized by an anonymous user who may be the ghost of a young woman who committed suicide after they bullied her.
Category: Film Festivals
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DamNation (Knight and Rummel, 2014)
At first the film looks like it might turn into a standard taking sides/issue film, with proponents of dams touting the wonders of hydroelectric power and critics lamenting their effect on wildlife.
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Still the Water (Kawase, 2014)
In a film filled with contrasts, finding quiet by traveling into the eye of the storm is a central paradox.
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TIFF 2014 — Love & Mercy
I love art, including music. My life has been enriched by it. But I will never, ever, think of a song or a novel or a film, however brilliant, as a fair trade for someone else's suffering.
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Video: TIFF 2014 — The Imitation Game
The Imitation Game can't decide if it wants to be about Alan Turing's life or his work, so it does a little of both, neither particularly well.
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Video: TIFF 2014 Reviews — Backcountry
A video review of Backcountry, which premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.
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TIFF 2014: The Sound and the Fury
Nearly everything in the lead up to The Sound and the Fury's (★★★) North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival screamed to me to run the other way.
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Video: TIFF 2014 Reviews — Gemma Bovery
An entertaining update on Madame Bovary, adapted from Posy Simmonds's graphic novel.
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Video: Five Films to Look for from the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival starts later this week. Here are five films we're looking forward to reviewing....
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Cannibal (Cuenca, 2013)
Much as with George Sluizer's The Vanishing--another horrific film that I can't quite understand why anyone esteems--I find that Cannibal's stylish beauty doubles rather than mitigates the repulsion I feel at the film's lack of humanity. If you aren't going to tell me anything true, at least don't try to trick me into thinking it's not ugly.