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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

Breaking Bad Finale was a Fitting End for Walter White

Breaking Bad Finale was a Fitting End for Walter White

Aren discusses the finale of AMC's Breaking Bad.

TV CornerAren BergstromOctober 4, 2013Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston, Jesse Plemons, Vince Gilligan, Walter WhiteComment

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: A Field in England (2013)

TIFF13: A Field in England (2013)

This madcap trip will really appeal to some, but not all.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnton BergstromSeptember 16, 2013A Field in England, Amy Jump, Ben Wheatley, English Civil War, historical drama, horror, Julian Barratt, Michael Smiley, Peter Ferdinando, psychedelic, Reece Shearsmith, Richard Glover, Ryan Pope, Seventeenth Century, supernaturalComment

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: The Wind Rises (2013)

TIFF13: The Wind Rises (2013)

Three impressions of a master's last work.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnton BergstromSeptember 12, 2013Hayao Miyazaki, Japan, Jiro Horikoshi, Studio Ghibli, The Wind Rises, TIFF, TIFF13, Toronto International Film Festival, Zero FighterComment

TIFF13: Kill Your Darlings (2013)

TIFF13: Kill Your Darlings (2013)

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

TIFF13: The Unknown Known (2013)

TIFF13: The Unknown Known (2013)

A probing and thoughtful documentary.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnders BergstromSeptember 11, 2013documentary, Donald Rumsfeld, Errol Morris, political, TIFF13, warComment

TIFF13: Under the Skin (2013)

TIFF13: Under the Skin (2013)

This atmospheric mood piece sticks with you.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnders BergstromSeptember 11, 2013atmospheric, experimental, Jonathan Glazer, Scarlett Johansson, TIFF13, Under the SkinComment

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: Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)

TIFF13: Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)

An engaging historical drama from recent Nigerian history.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnders BergstromSeptember 10, 2013Anika Noni Rose, Biyi Bandele, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, drama, Half of a Yellow Sun, John Boyega, Thandie Newton Comments

TIFF 13: The Armstrong Lie (2013)

TIFF 13: The Armstrong Lie (2013)

A fascinating, incisive anatomy of a lie.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnton BergstromSeptember 10, 2013Alex Gibney, cycling, documentary, doping, Lance Armstrong, sports, The Armstrong LieComment

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