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TIFF14: The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

TIFF14: The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

A beautiful and profoundly moving fairy tale.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 9, 2014animation, drama, fairy tale, Isao Takahata, Japan, Studio Ghibli, The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, TIFF, TIFF14, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

TIFF14: Clouds of Sils Maria

TIFF14: Clouds of Sils Maria

A tribute to a great actress and examination of the nature of performance.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnders BergstromSeptember 8, 2014Chloe Grace Moretz, Clouds of Sils Maria, drama, Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, meta, Olivier Assayas, TIFF, TIFF14Comment

TIFF14: Scarlet Innocence

TIFF14: Scarlet Innocence

An average South Korean thriller.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnton BergstromSeptember 8, 2014erotic thriller, Esom, fairy tale, Jung Woo-sung, psychological thriller, revenge thriller, romantic thriller, Scarlet Innocence, South Korea, The Tale of Princess Kaguya, thriller, TIFF14, Yim Pil-sungComment

Review: Magic in the Moonlight (2014)

Review: Magic in the Moonlight (2014)

Allen's viewpoint is looking increasingly narrow.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnton BergstromAugust 20, 2014Colin Firth, comedy, Eileen Atkins, Emma Stone, Hamish Linklater, Jacki Weaver, Magic in the Moonlight, Marcia Gay Harden, materialism, rationalism vs- belief, screwball comedy, Simon McBurney, spiritualism, Woody AllenComment

Review: Jumanji (1995)

Review: Jumanji (1995)

Robin Williams totally commits to this worthwhile entertainment.

Flash Back, ReviewsAnton BergstromAugust 15, 2014adventure, animals, board game, Bradley Pierce, CGI, children's movie, family, Joe Johnston, Jonathan Hyde, Jumanji, jungle adventure, Kirsten Dunst, Patricia Clarkson, Robin WilliamsComment

Review: Snowpiercer (2013)

Review: Snowpiercer (2013)

Bong's film is inventive and displays virtuoso filmmaking.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromAugust 14, 2014action, Bong Joon-ho, Chris Evans, Go Ah-sung, Jamie Bell, John Hurt, Korean, Le Transperceneige, Octavia Spencer, post-apocalyptic, science fiction, Snowpiercer, Song Kang-ho, Tilda SwintonComment

Review: Life Itself (2014)

Review: Life Itself (2014)

Anders reflects on Steve James documentary about film critic Roger Ebert.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromAugust 9, 2014documentary, film criticism, Life Itself, memoir, Roger Ebert, Steve JamesComment

Review: Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Review: Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Irreverent heroes abound in this fun sci-fi adventure.

Review: Palo Alto (2014)

Review: Palo Alto (2014)

A moody and perceptive teen drama.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJuly 28, 2014drama, Emma Roberts, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Gia Coppola, high school, Jack Kilmer, James Franco, Nat Wolff, Palo Alto, teenagers, teens, Zoe LevinComment

Review: 22 Jump Street (2014)

Review: 22 Jump Street (2014)

Ridiculous, hilarious, and irreverent, but in a nice way.

Review: Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)

Review: Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)

Clever, hilarious, and more than a little insane.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromJuly 3, 2014adventure, Chinese, Chinese film, comedy, Derek Kwok, Huang Bo, Journey to the West, Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons, legend, Shu Qi, Stephen Chow, Wen ZhangComment

Review: Tiger & Bunny: The Rising (2014)

Review: Tiger & Bunny: The Rising (2014)

Its colourful, offbeat heroics make up for the paint-by-numbers plot.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJune 25, 2014action, animation, anime, Barnaby Brooks Jr-, HeroTV, Japanese, Masafumi Nishida, superheroes, Tiger & Bunny, Tiger & Bunny: The Rising, Wild Tiger, Yoshitomo YonetaniComment

Review: Locke (2013)

Review: Locke (2013)

An exceptional performance in a successful gimmick.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJune 20, 2014Andrew Scott, confined filmmaking, drama, England, Locke, Olivia Colman, one-man show, Ruth Wilson, Steven Knight, Tom HardyComment

Review: Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

Review: Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

Cruise's time looper is an action spectacle success!

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnton BergstromJune 18, 2014action, alien invasion, Bill Paxton, Brendan Gleeson, Christopher McQuarrie, Doug Liman, Edge of Tomorrow, Emily Blunt, repetition, science fiction, time travel, Tom Cruise, video gameComment

Review: Chef (2014)

Review: Chef (2014)

Light, but exuberantly delightful.

Review: Enemy of the State (1998)

Review: Enemy of the State (1998)

90s paranoia is now the 2010s matter of fact.

Review: Blue Ruin (2013)

Review: Blue Ruin (2013)

A precise, clever revenge thriller.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJune 2, 2014action, Blue Ruin, Coen brothers, drama, Jeremy Saulnier, Macon Blair, No Country for Old Men, revenge thrillerComment

Review: Ida (2013)

Review: Ida (2013)

Opaque, dour, but beautiful.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMay 16, 20141960s, Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, drama, Ida, nuns, Pawel Pawlikowska, Poland, World War TwoComment

HotDocs14: The Beijing Ants

HotDocs14: The Beijing Ants

Home movie approach both necessary and frustrating.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnton BergstromMay 1, 2014apartments, Beijing, capitalism, China, home movie, Hot Docs, HotDocs14, moving, rent, Ryuji OtsukaComment

HotDocs14: Silenced

HotDocs14: Silenced

An accessible, gripping account of US government secrecy and surveillance.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnton BergstromApril 30, 2014documentary, government secrecy, government surveillance, Hot Docs, HotDocs14, injustice, intelligence world, James Spione, legal battle, Silenced, USA, whistleblowersComment