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....
Category: Film Festivals
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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.
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Burt’s Buzz (Shapiro, 2013)
The film strives so hard to model its subject that its practically not there.
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Manuscripts Don’t Burn (Rasoulof, 2013)
The setting of Manuscripts Don't Burn may be painstakingly specific, but its themes are broad, perhaps even universal. How much are we willing to risk, to sacrifice, for freedom of speech? Why does one act of violence seemingly begin a never ending chain?
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Film Fest DC — 2014
If 2014 is, as has been rumored, the final year of Film Fest DC, the selection of films proved a fitting microcosm of both why regional film festivals will continue to struggle and why this one will be missed.
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White Lies (Rotberg, 2013)
That's probably one reason why there are so few genuinely engaging movies about abortion. Most interesting dramas have at least a bit of internal conflict. But in melodramas about polarizing issues, if such internal conflicts are too heavy, the drama risks alienating those viewers who may perceive such misgivings as signaling uncertainty. If they are too light, it risks accusations of treating a grave matter too superficially. Rare is the film that seriously challenges its characters to feel reservations about their position, much less face them.
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We Don’t Need No Education…or Do We? — Full Frame Day 3
It's not surprising then that a trio of films from this year's festival look at universities. Documentaries are often about the act of self-examination. So why not documentary film festivals?
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Who Do You Say That I Am? — Full Frame Day 2
What do Pamela Smart and Viktor Bout have in common?
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Public Terrors, Private Heroes–Full Frame Day 1
A large part of what makes the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival so well curated is not just the quality of the films but the way they dialogue with one another.