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Monthly Archives: April 2007
The Puffy Chair
The Puffy Chair (Director: Jay Duplass, USA, 2005): The Puffy Chair was the recipient of significant buzz after it won the Audience Award at the South by Southwest film festival in 2005, and the fact that a film made for … Continue reading
Tell Them Who You Are
Tell Them Who You Are (Director: Mark Wexler, USA, 2004): Oscar-winning cinematographer and director Haskell Wexler is a man who is invariably praised as brilliant, but he has just as often called “a pain the ass to work with.” This … Continue reading
Island of Lost Souls
Island of Lost Souls (Director: Nikolaj Arcel, Denmark, 2007): Essentially a Harry Potter clone, but a very good one, Island of Lost Souls (or the more evocative Danish title De Fortabte Sjæles Ø) features Lulu, a 14-year old girl in … Continue reading
Posted in Film Festivals, Sprockets, TIFF
Tagged children, denmark
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Brave Story
Brave Story (Director: Kôichi Chigira, Japan, 2006): Wataru is a normal eleven-year-old boy. When Ashikawa, the new kid at school, tells him about a doorway to a magical world where wishes are granted, he’s curious. Then his father tells him … Continue reading
Sprockets 2007
Its full name is Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for Children, but around here we just call it Sprockets (or “Shprockets” if we’re feeling a bit Teutonic). Now entering its tenth year, this family-focused festival is screening 98 films from … Continue reading