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TIFF14: The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

TIFF14: The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

Essential viewing for Ghibli and Miyazaki fans.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnton BergstromSeptember 14, 2014animation, creativity, documentary, filmmaking, Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Studio Ghibli, The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness, The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, The Wind RisesComment

TIFF14: The Look of Silence

TIFF14: The Look of Silence

Documentary filmmaking has never seemed so essential.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 12, 2014Adi Rukun, documentary, genocide, Indonesia, Indonesian genocide, The Act of Killing, The Look of Silence, TIFF, TIFF14, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

TIFF14: Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2

TIFF14: Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2

A silly rom-com that doesn't disparage the genre.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 11, 2014Daniel Wu, Don't Go Breaking My Heart, Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2, Gao Yuanyuan, Johnnie To, Louis Koo, Miriam Yeung, romantic comedy, TIFF, TIFF14, Toronto International Film Festival, Vic ChouComment

TIFF14: The Riot Club

TIFF14: The Riot Club

Dark depiction of posh debauchery at Oxford.

TIFF14: Eden

TIFF14: Eden

A portrait of the idyllic experience of being caught up in the French house scene.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnders BergstromSeptember 11, 2014Daft Punk, drama, Félix De Givry, France, Greta Gerwig, house music, Mia Hansen-Løve, music, TIFF, TIFF14Comment

TIFF14: Manglehorn

TIFF14: Manglehorn

An odd character drama with a great Pacino performance.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 9, 2014Al Pacino, character piece, David Gordon Green, drama, Harmony Korine, Holly Hunter, Manglehorn, TIFF, TIFF14, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

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

The Death of the American Action Scene

The Death of the American Action Scene

Aren explores how the modern American action scene lacks imagination.

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

Remembering Robin Williams

Remembering Robin Williams

The brothers look back at what Robin Williams meant to them.

FeaturesAren BergstromAugust 16, 2014Aladdin, Awakenings, Dead Poets Society, Good Morning Vietnam, Good Will Hunting, Hook, Insomnia, Jumanji, Mrs- Doubtfire, One Hour Photo, Remembering Robin Williams, RIP Robin Williams, Robin Williams, The Fisher KingComment

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

Looking Back at Five of Robin Williams' Best Performances

Looking Back at Five of Robin Williams' Best Performances

Aren reflects on some of Robin Williams' best performances.

FeaturesAren BergstromAugust 12, 2014RIP, Robin WilliamsComment

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.

Thursday Rethink: Ridley Scott's Black Rain Is a Forgotten Film Worth Remembering

Thursday Rethink: Ridley Scott's Black Rain Is a Forgotten Film Worth Remembering

Anton offers a critical counter-reading of Ridley Scott's 1989 thriller.

Features, Thursday RethinkAnton BergstromJuly 31, 2014Andy Garcia, Black Rain, cops, dystopia, Japan, Kate Capshaw, Ken Takakura, Michael Douglas, Ridley Scott, thriller, Yakuza Comments

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

The Immigrant and the "Moral Occult"

The Immigrant and the "Moral Occult"

Anders explores James Gray's contribution to the long tradition of the melodrama in American film.

Essays, Movies TodayAnders BergstromJuly 25, 20141920s, art house, drama, James Gray, Jeremy Renner, Joaquin Phoenix, Marion Cotillard, melodrama, moral occult, period piece, The ImmigrantComment