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Monthly Archives: September 2007
CBC Newsworld Update
If you live in Canada and aren’t aware that CBC Newsworld runs a lot of great documentaries, then you’re missing out. Here are just a few bits of exciting news about their upcoming schedule. This Sunday night, September 23rd, at … Continue reading
Posted in Documentaries, Television
Tagged Documentaries, Television
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Le Voyage du Ballon Rouge (The Voyage of the Red Balloon)
Le Voyage du Ballon Rouge (Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien): I have to admit that as much as I’m familiar with Hou Hsiao-hsien’s name, I hadn’t seen any of his previous films (Three Times (2005) and Café Lumiere (2003) being the most … Continue reading
All The President’s Men
All The President’s Men (Director: Alan J. Pakula): I was seven years old when the Watergate scandal broke in 1972, and I learned about it mostly from reading Mad magazine, believe it or not. Still, 35 years later, I’m not … Continue reading
Chaotic Ana (Caótica Ana)
Chaotic Ana (Caótica Ana) (Director: Julio Medem): Chaotic is one way to put it. Train wreck might be more accurate. Annoying, artificial, absurd, and by the end, simply appalling. This was a real disappointment. I had been warned earlier in … Continue reading
Posted in Film Festivals, TIFF
Tagged #tiff07, spain, TIFF
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A Gentle Breeze in the Village (Tennen kokekkô)
A Gentle Breeze in the Village (Tennen kokekkô) (Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita): Director Nobuhiro Yamashita clearly loved school. His last film, Linda Linda Linda, was set in a high school, and this film is his ode to the rural schools, where … Continue reading