Blog — 3 Brothers Film

TIFF13: Hateship Loveship (2013) and Labor Day (2013)

One's understated and carefully awkward, the other's too sweet.

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: Can a Song Save Your Life? (2013)

A joyous and charming experience.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnders BergstromSeptember 9, 2013Can a Song Save Your LIfe?, John Carney, Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, music, musicalComment

TIFF13: Like Father, Like Son (2013)

A gently humourous yet piercing look at parent child relations.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnders BergstromSeptember 8, 2013children, drama, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan, Like Father Like Son, parent, TIFF13Comment

TIFF13: Prisoners (2013)

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

TIFF13: The Fifth Estate (2013)

An inconsistent and ungainly misfire of a film.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnders BergstromSeptember 8, 2013Benedict Cumberbatch, Bill Condon, Daniel Brühl, drama, Julian Assange, political, The Fifth Estate, TIFF13, WikileaksComment

TIFF13: Southcliffe (2013)

A weighty mini-series about grief in the face of tragedy.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnders BergstromSeptember 7, 2013drama, mini-series, Red Riding Trilogy, Sean Durkin, Sean Harris, Southcliffe, television, Tony Grisoni, United KingdomComment

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)

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)

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: Blue Jasmine (2013)

Blanchett's Jasmine is breaking down; clearly Allen isn't.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnton BergstromAugust 23, 2013Alec Baldwin, Andrew Dice Clay, Blue Jasmine, Bobby Cannavale, Cate Blanchett, class conflict, dark comedy, financial fraud, Louis C- K-, Michael Stuhlbarg, Peter Sarsgaard, Sally Hawkins, Woody AllenComment

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)

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

Table Talk: Elysium (2013)

Anton and Aren discuss Elysium, Neill Blomkamp's follow-up to District 9.

RoundtablesAren BergstromAugust 14, 2013allegory, blockbuster, District 9, Elysium, health care, immigration, Jodie Foster, Neill Blomkamp, science fiction, Sharlto Copley Comment

Review: The Wolverine (2013)

A satisfying return for Wolverine that falls short of its potential.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromAugust 2, 2013action, Hugh Jackman, Japan, science fiction, superhero, The Wolverine, X-Men Comment

Review: The Act of Killing (2013)

A remarkable documentary about the humanity of evil.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJuly 30, 2013Adi Zulkadry, Anwar Congo, documentary, Errol Morris, genocide, Indonesia, Joshua Oppenheimer, The Act of Killing, Werner HerzogComment

Review: Inescapable (2012)

Trim but largely inadequate Syrian-set thriller.

Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnton BergstromJuly 25, 2013Alexander Siddig, Cairo Time, Canada, Inescapable, Joshua Jackson, kidnapping, Marisa Tomei, Oded Fehr, Ruba Nadda, Syria, Taken, thrillerComment

Review: Frances Ha (2013)

A fleet comedy exploring contemporary twenty-somethings.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromJuly 20, 2013black and white, comedy, drama, Frances Ha, Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, New York, Noah Baumbach, twenty-somethingsComment

Review: The Way, Way Back (2013)

An authentic coming-of-age comedy made from familiar parts.

Review: Pacific Rim (2013)

Guillermo del Toro offers a sprawling, science fiction adventure with a human touch and a sense of fun.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromJuly 12, 2013adventure, Charlie Day, Charlie Hunnam, Guillermo del Toro, Idris Elba, monsters, Pacific Rim, Rinko Kikuchi, robots, Ron Perlman, science fictionComment