ISSN 1717-9559
Film Reviews
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An idiosyncratic look at contemporary thought filtered through popular art, literature, film, and philosophy.
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Review essay of Guy Maddin's The Saddest Music in the World which concentrates on issues of National and cultural identity.
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A review essay of Maddin's most recent docu-short on Roberto Rossellini.
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A report on the 46th International Film Festival of Thessaloniki, Greece (TIFF, 18 – 27 November 2005).
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An 'ensemble' piece of film criticism using the unique culture of Louisiana and the Katrina hurricane that shattered Louisiana as a starting point. Films analyzed include: Be Cool, Guess Who, Elizabethtown, Loggerheads, 9 Songs, Cote D’Azur, 2046, Red Eye, Thumbsucker, and Proof.
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Report on the 19th Leeds International Film Festival,
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Writer Garrett looks at the human quotient across a series of recent films (including Yes, and In My Country, The Interpreter, Off the Map, The Upside of Anger, and Saraband).
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An appreciation of Pauline Kael through Ingmar Bergman.
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Dario Argento lives up to his often noted and inappropriate monicker, The Italian Hitchcock.
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Revisiting a classic of Quebec cinema, La Petite Aurore, L’enfant Martyre.
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Woody Allen, Melinda and Melinda, Eros, Wong Kar-wai, Michelangelo Antonioni, Crash
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Geopolitics meet sexual politics in Walk on Water
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A look back at one of Makhmalbaf's most important mid-career political films, Marriage of the Blessed.
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