What a crazy movie. If you know anything about Brazilian history, you will probably not feel quite as lost as I did.
Continue readingBlack God, White Devil (Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol)(1964)
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The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
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This is not The Man with the Golden Gun. I think in the back of my brain I thought that’s what I was booking, a James Bond film.
Continue readingFlies (Moscas) (2026)
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A good solid crowd pleasing film to start off my film festival journey for 2026. It came highly recommended by my MIFF buddy Kyle, which is not always a good thing as it raises your expectations.
Continue readingTrains (Pociagi)(2024)
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Model (1981)
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I’m a Wisemen fa-an (why do I hear Susan Sarandon in I Can Make You a Man when I say this line?). Okay I’ve only seen two but I loved Menus-Plaisirs so much that I think I would like anything Frederick Wiseman makes.
Continue readingHigh and Low (1963)
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Cinema Nova is showing restored Akira Kurosawa films and there are many that I haven’t seen. This one just happened to fit into my schedule and with a 9:15 pm screening in one of the small basement cinemas, I was kept company by a ragtag assortment of film nerds.
Continue readingThere’s Still Tomorrow (C’è Ancora Domani) (2023)
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I chose this Italian film festival film almost at random, based on the session time and the fact that it was black-and-white. It was absolutely delightful.
Continue readingThe Small Back Room (1949)
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I’m a bit of a fan of a good 1940s film, specially when it is restored and shown up on a big screen. This one was scheduled because there was a Powell and Pressburger documentary at the festival this year and it was a pleasant way to pass the last Sunday morning of MIFF 2024.
Continue readingLa Cocina (2024)
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Flathead (2024)
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If you like a documentary that is about giving the subjects agency in how their story is told, then Flathead is not for you.
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