[dropcap size=big]P[/dropcap]otential big blockbusters, sequels (Pirates of the Carribean 5, Power Rangers, John Wick 2) and festival favorites (Evolution, Jackie, Die Beautfiul) headline this week’s release of trailers. Big budget, foreign, indie or local, movie trailers give us a glimpse of what we can expect; excitement, disappointment or wanting more,
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Here’s our review coverage of the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2016 kicked off last September 8th and ran for 11 days thru the 18th. The largest film festival in North America hosted more than 1,200 screenings of the 296 films and attracted over hundred thousands of audiences in the busy festival village. It was an
TIFF REVIEW: ‘Demolition’, ‘Son of Saul’
Toronto is on full blast on the Day 1 of Toronto International Film Festival 2015 with world premieres, guest appearances, promotions, advertising as tourists and film aficionados flock from the different parts of the globe. Two very good films happened to be screened: one brought humor to the audience and the
Must-Reads of the Week: August 30 – September 6
It is time for essential readings again and let us give you the highlights on cinema for first week of September. … High Life’s Noel Vera defines the meaning of science fiction movies through his list: Real science fiction involves (quoting Brian Aldiss, who attempts to describe the literature): “the
Must-Reads of the Week: August 23 – August 29
It is time for essential readings again and let us give you the highlights on cinema for the last week of August. … AV Club’s B.G. Henne writes on the cinematic technique of breaking the fourth wall in a film: Fourth-wall breaking changes in film, as the dramatic experience is
Must-Reads of the Week: August 16 – August 22
Alfred Hitchcock, Audrey Hepburn, Asghar Farhadi and more at this week’s essential reads! … AV Club’s Christopher Curley explores science fiction’s glorious hallways: Science fiction films, especially lower-budget ones, only have a few tools at their disposal to sell the otherworldliness of their future fictions. One is the matte painting,
Must-Reads of the Week: August 9 – August 15
Cinemalaya, Locarno and several tributes on this weeks’ essential reads in World Cinema! … The Guardian’s Ashley Clark looks back about the film ‘Dangerous Minds’ after 20 years from its release: Reviews were generally poor (“stereotypical, predictable and simplified to the point of meaninglessness”, complained the Los Angeles Times; “sentimental and
MUST-READS OF THE WEEK: AUGUST 2 – AUGUST 8
Let us fill your 1st week of August with some essential reads in World Cinema! … No Film School’s Joe Marine illustrates how casting can change a movie: This just shows (two videos shown) how many different interpretations one can have for a particular piece. Not only would different casting
Must-Reads of the Week: July 26 – August 1
Now that August has just arrived, it’s time to reveal the essential reads for this week! … The Guardian’s Pamela Hutchinson stand on why a Nosferatu remake is unnecessary: Nosferatu’s influence over cinema is so significant that something as reductive as a remake seems utterly unnecessary. The 1922 film was
Venice Int’l Film Festival 2015 lineup announced
The 72nd Venice International Film Festival, which will run from September 2 to 12, 2015 just revealed a hot steaming full list of the Competition and Out of Competition films which did not pose a huge surprise at all since TIFF already gave a hint a day before when it
Toronto Int’l Film Festival 2015 first round lineup announced
Toronto International Film Festival will run September 10-20, 2015.
Must-reads of the week: July 19 – July 25
It’s Sunday, time to check out this week’s film highlights on World Cinema! … The Guardian’s Ruby Lott-Lavigna points out that cinematic portrayals of lesbians need to be more real: The predatory-conversion trope is simply offensive to lesbian women; at its least-worst, is just a realisation of how difficult it
Must-reads of the week: July 12 – July 18
‘Clueless’, ‘Wild Tales’, Joshua Oppenheimer and more in this week’s film highlights! … Indiewire’s Carlos Aguilar and his 7 reasons on Roy Andersson’s latest film is a philosophical wonder: Candid and irreverent, Andersson’s philosophical contemplations come from mundane situations and daily tragedies. What’s usually humdrum becomes unexpectedly profound under the
MUST-READS OF THE WEEK: JULY 5 – JULY 11
It’s the first week of July, let us walk you through some of the film highlights this week. … The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw on looking back at Omar Sharif’s as a legend of Old Hollywood: Sharif’s career is that of an extremely intelligent and capable actor who had built up
Chappie
Chappie, although visually alluring is a reluctant and incoherent film that suffers from deliberately not knowing what it is trying to achieve as a story.
Predestination
The facade of every time travel movie is that they force our minds into the pseudo-problem of the free will. It is always man’s biggest query to solve the very reason of our existence, whether we have full autonomy of our actions or some things are just inevitable since they are
The Last Five Years
In the case of The Last Five Years, innovation and passion are the keys for its own salvation. Broadway buffs and fans will unanimously praise the film to the high heavens for its charming characters and well-written lyricisms but filmgoers who have never seen the original piece might constantly struggle
Before Sunrise
In our finite existence which is being challenged by both the ideas of determinism and randomness, the profound sense of connection between earthly beings are often in the most ephemeral encounters. Before Sunrise creates two memorable vivid characters in the romantic setting of Vienna conversing about some pseudo-intellectual ideas about
Force Majeure
It was American physiologist Walter Cannon who first described that the human mind is capable of an acute response to prepare our body in either leaving or confronting a threat and it is only after several minutes when our condition finally comes back to its original state. This is one
The Year in World Cinema: 20 Best Movies of 2014
2014 is a pretty interesting year for world cinema! We saw numerous low budget and yet intelligent science fiction movies that resonated to both audiences and critics alike; biblical films continue to preach and fail; summer blockbusters tanked and thank God, we have a comic book adaptation as the saving grace!
