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Review: The Spectacular Now (2013)

Review: The Spectacular Now (2013)

The high school of reality, not Hollywood, is on display here.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromOctober 9, 2013addiction, alcoholism, coming-of-age, drama, drunkeness, high school, James Ponsoldt, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kyle Chandler, Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, teenager, The Spectacular NowComment

Review: The Hunt (2013)

Review: The Hunt (2013)

A powerful exploration of groupthink and persecution.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromOctober 2, 2013accusation, Cannes, child abuse, Danish, dark, drama, Mads Mikkelsen, persecution, The Hunt, Thomas VinterbergComment

Review: Saturday Night Fever (1977)

Review: Saturday Night Fever (1977)

People remember the dance scenes because the rest is so brutally honest.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 26, 20131970s, Brooklyn, dance, disco, drama, John Badham, John Travolta, New York, Saturday Night Fever Comment

Review: Blue Jasmine (2013)

Review: Blue Jasmine (2013)

Intense and interesting and different than Allen's usual work.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 25, 2013Alec Baldwin, Andrew Dice Clay, Blue Jasmine, Bobby Cannavale, Cate Blanchett, Louis C- K-, Michael Stulhbarg, Peter Sarsgaard, Sally Hawkins, Woody AllenComment

TIFF13: A Story of Children and Film (2013)

TIFF13: A Story of Children and Film (2013)

A diverting, minor docu-essay from Mark Cousins (The Story of Film).

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 18, 2013A Story of Children and Film, documentary, essay, film scholarship, Mark Cousins, The Story of Film An Odyssey, TIFF, TIFF13, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

TIFF13: Unforgiven (2013)

TIFF13: Unforgiven (2013)

Lee Sang-il's film is a socially-complex remake of a classic western.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 17, 2013Clint Eastwood, Ken Watanabe, Lee Sang-il, remake, samurai, TIFF, TIFF13, Toronto International Film Festival, Unforgiven, westernComment

TIFF13: Burt's Buzz (2013)

TIFF13: Burt's Buzz (2013)

A shallow portrait of a strange man.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 15, 2013Burt Shavitz, Burt's Bee, Burt's Buzz, Canadian film, Clorox, documentary, Jody Shapiro, TIFF, TIFF13, Toronto International Film Festival Comment

TIFF13: Blind Detective (2013)

TIFF13: Blind Detective (2013)

A hilarious riff on the buddy cop genre from Johnnie To.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 14, 2013action, Andy Lau, Blind Detective, buddy cop, comedy, Hong Kong, Johnnie To, Sammi Cheng, TIFF, TIFF13, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

TIFF13: Moebius (2013)

TIFF13: Moebius (2013)

A sick, twisted black comedy from Kim Ki-duk.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 14, 2013black comedy, castration, Cho Jae-hyun, drama, incest, Kim Ki-duk, Korean, Lee Eun-woo, midnight movie, Moebius, Seo Young-ju, TIFF, TIFF13, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

TIFF13: Kill Your Darlings (2013)

TIFF13: Kill Your Darlings (2013)

A conflicted, inept look at the early years of Allen Ginsberg.

TIFF13: Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)

TIFF13: Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)

A hilarious and bizarre documentary about a great failed film.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 11, 2013Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chris Foss, Dan O'Bannon, documentary, Dune, Frank Herbert, Frank Pavich, H-R- Giger, Hollywood, Michel Seydoux, science fictionComment

TIFF13: Joe (2013)

TIFF13: Joe (2013)

A grim and gritty regional drama featuring a great Nicolas Cage.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 11, 2013David Gordon Green, drama, gritty, Joe, Mud, Nic Cage, Nicolas Cage, regionalism, TIFF, TIFF13, Toronto International Film Festival, Tye SheridanComment

TIFF13: Gravity (2013)

TIFF13: Gravity (2013)

A spectacular, gripping filmgoing experience.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 10, 20133D, Alfonso Cuaron, George Clooney, Gravity, Sandra Bullock, space, thriller, TIFF, TIFF13, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

TIFF13: The F Word (2013)

TIFF13: The F Word (2013)

A charming, funny, romantic rom-com. How rare!

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 9, 2013Adam Driver, Canadian film, comedy, Daniel Radcliffe, Elan Mastai, Michael Dowse, romantic comedy, The F Word, TIFF, TIFF13, Toronto, Toronto International Film Festival, Zoe KazanComment

TIFF13: Prisoners (2013)

TIFF13: Prisoners (2013)

A tense, deeply-felt thriller in the vein of The Silence of the Lambs.

TIFF13: The Past (2013)

TIFF13: The Past (2013)

An exquisitely rendered melodrama.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 6, 2013Ali Mosaffa, Asghar Farhadi, Bérénice Bejo, Cannes, divorce, drama, France, Iran, melodrama, Tahar Rahim, The Past, TIFF13, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

TIFF13: Roland (2013)

TIFF13: Roland (2013)

A confident exercise in tonal juxtaposition.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 6, 2013Canadian, comedy, Daniel Beirne, film festival, Richard Denison, Roland, Short Cuts Canada, short film, TIFF, TIFF13, Toronto International Film Festival, Trevor CornishComment

Review: Fruitvale Station (2013)

Review: Fruitvale Station (2013)

A devastating depiction of Oscar Grant's last day.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 4, 2013drama, Fruitvale Station, Melonie Diaz, Michael B- Jordan, Octavia Spencer, Oscar Grant, Ryan Coogler, Sundance, Trayvon Martin, true storyComment

Review: The Conjuring (2013)

Review: The Conjuring (2013)

James Wan's traditional horror film is spectacularly scary.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromAugust 19, 2013demon, demonologist, Ed and Lorraine Warren, horror, James Wan, Lili Taylor, paranormal, Patrick Wilson, Ron Livingston, supernatural, The Conjuring, Vera FarmigaComment

Review: Only God Forgives (2013)

Review: Only God Forgives (2013)

Refn's Drive follow-up is a nightmarish disappointment.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromAugust 15, 2013Bangkok, Cannes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Nicolas Winding Refn, Only God Forgives, revenge, Ryan Gosling, Thailand, thriller, vengeance, westernComment