Author Archives: Robert Bell

Loose Cannons (Mine vaganti)

Loose Cannons (Mine vaganti) (Director: Ferzan Ozpetek): Routinely making ensemble pieces with a homosexual component, Turkish director Ferzan Ozpetek again reiterates his auteur statement – suggesting that family is what you make for yourself rather than something dictated by blood … Continue reading

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Black Field (Mavro livadi)

Black Field plays as part of Inside Out on Saturday May 28 at 7:15pm at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. Black Field (Mavro livadi) (Director: Vardis Marinakis): Continuing the recent trend in Greek cinema of presenting identity and sexuality as monstrosities … Continue reading

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The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister screens as Inside Out’s Closing Gala on Sunday May 30 at 7:30pm at the Bloor Cinema. Buy tickets here. The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (Director: James Kent): I think my favourite … Continue reading

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Family Tree (L’arbre et la forêt)

Family Tree (L’arbre et la forêt) screens on Friday May 28 at 7:15pm at the ROM Theatre. Buy tickets here. Family Tree (L’arbre et la forêt) (Directors: Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau): Tackling issues of generational manifestations of repressed identity … Continue reading

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Plan B

Plan B (Director: Marco Berger): If ever there were an award given for most inappropriate lingering shots of snugly covered genitalia, it would surely go to Plan B, a movie that boasts multiple exchanges with little more than stationary close-ups … Continue reading

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