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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Three Blind Mice
Three Blind Mice (Director: Matthew Newton): Three naval officers go on a 24-hour shore-leave in Sydney. Before they ship out for Iraq they plan to have a night on the town. There’s an uneasy tension in each of the officers … Continue reading
Two Weekend Fests
Sorry for the short notice, but there are two fine film festivals running this weekend, each featuring the cinema of one country. The 2nd annual Toronto Romanian Film Festival (romaniancinemaNOW) is taking place from tonight through Sunday with screenings at … Continue reading
Milking the Rhino
Editor’s Note: Doc Soup is a monthly documentary screening programme run by the good folks at Hot Docs. It gives audiences in Toronto (and now Calgary and Vancouver!) their regular doc fix each year from the fall through to the … Continue reading
Posted in Doc Soup, Documentaries, Film Festivals
Tagged africa, conservation, kenya, namibia
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Getting SXSW Coverage: 2009 Edition
Last year, I stole a good idea from some other Austin-bound bloggers and solicited filmmakers whose work had been accepted to screen at the South by Southwest film festival to send me their films ahead of time, thus improving the … Continue reading
Posted in Film Festivals, SXSW
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C’est pas moi, je le jure! (It’s Not Me, I Swear!)
C’est pas moi, je le jure! (It’s Not Me, I Swear!) (Director: Philippe Falardeau): Originally screened at TIFF in 2008, this bittersweet film from Québec returned as part of the Canada’s Top Ten screening series at Cinematheque Ontario this weekend, … Continue reading
Posted in Cinematheque, Film Festivals
Tagged adolescence, canada, childhood, coming-of-age, family, quebec
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