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Halloween Horror: You're Next (2011)

Halloween Horror: You're Next (2011)

This supposedly clever film is no deeper than a Scooby-Doo! episode.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At Home, Halloween Horror IIIAren BergstromOctober 3, 2014A- J- Bowen, Adam Wingard, Halloween Horror, home invasion, horror, Joe Swanberg, Nicholas Tucci, Sharni Vinson, Simon Barrett, thriller, Wendy Glenn, You're NextComment

Review: The Trip to Italy (2014)

Review: The Trip to Italy (2014)

Delightful and even a bit profound.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnton BergstromOctober 2, 2014comedy, dining, food, impersonations, improvisation, Italy, Michael Winterbottom, Rob Brydon, Romantic poetry, sequel, Steve Coogan, The Trip, The Trip to ItalyComment

Halloween Horror: The Keep (1983)

Halloween Horror: The Keep (1983)

A Michael Mann supernatural thriller… what?

Flash Back, Reviews, Halloween Horror IIIAnton BergstromOctober 1, 2014Alberta Watson, Gabriel Byrne, Halloween Horror, Ian McKellen, Jürgen Prochnow, Michael Mann, Nazis, Robert Prosky, Scott Glenn, supernatural thriller, The Keep Comments

Review: A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)

Review: A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)

An exceptional crime mystery that'll prove to be a minor classic.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 27, 2014A Walk Among the Tombstones, Brian "Astro" Bradley, crime, Dan Stevens, detective, hard boiled, Lawrence Block, Liam Neeson, Matt Scudder, noir, Scott FrankComment

Roundtable: TIFF 14 Post-Festival: Reflections on Five Years at TIFF

Roundtable: TIFF 14 Post-Festival: Reflections on Five Years at TIFF

Is the world's biggest film festival in the process of losing what makes it special?

The Festival Circuit, RoundtablesAnders BergstromSeptember 23, 2014Benedict Cumberbatch, celebrity culture, film festival, Hayao Miyazaki, roundtable, The Look of Silence, TIFF, TIFF14Comment

Review: The Trip (2010)

Review: The Trip (2010)

With the sequel in theatres, Anton applauds the hilarious first trip.

Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnton BergstromSeptember 17, 2014comedy, dining, food, improvisation, Michael Caine, Michael Winterbottom, Northern England, Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan, The TripComment

Review: Frank (2014)

Review: Frank (2014)

Clever and strange and more than a little profound.

The Current: In Theatres, Reviews, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 17, 2014Frank, Lenny Abrahamson, Jon Ronson, Peter Straughan, Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scoot McNairy, Carla Azar, Francois Civil, Michael FassbenderComment

TIFF14: Two Days, One Night

TIFF14: Two Days, One Night

Precise and emotional: what we've come to expect from the Dardennes.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 16, 2014drama, Fabrizio Rongione, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Marion Cotillard, naturalism, The Dardenne Brothers, TIFF, TIFF14, Toronto International Film Festival, Two Days One NightComment

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