Monthly Archives: August 2007

TIFF 2007: Preliminaries, Part 2

Son of Rambow (Director: Garth Jennings): This premiered at Sundance this year and I’ve been hoping it would make it to TIFF. Set in the 80s, the film tells the story of a boy raised in a strict religious home … Continue reading

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TIFF 2007: Preliminaries, Part 1

The lineup announcements for this year’s Toronto International Film Festival are coming fast and furious these days, with the full list of films to be announced on August 28th. I’m already having a hard time limiting myself to just ten … Continue reading

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80 Years of Women in Film

Check out this incredible video collage that morphs the faces of some of the great screen goddesses of the past 80 years. It’s eerie how it feels like we’re looking at just one woman.

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Men At Work (Kargaran mashghoole karand)

Kargaran mashghoole karand (Men At Work) (Director: Mani Haghighi, Iran, 2006): Kargaran mashghoole karand (Men At Work) begins with four middle-aged men driving home to catch an important football match on television. Three of them are talking and joking around … Continue reading

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