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TIFF0835 RHUMS

2008-09-05 21:58:00 by Maya in The Evening Class
 
For some it is difficult to retire the past, for others impossible, andin the case of a dead catfor at least one fellow its comically effortless. Claire Denis 35 Rhums (variously translated as 35 Rums and 35 Shots , and best conflated as 35 Shots of Rum ) is her melancholic ode to recompense and reconciliation in the face of irretrievable loss ...
 
Tags: lionel, lionel resists gabrielle, josephines incestuous enthrallment, night, josephine, familys past shape, josephine resists noe, past, sinuous night trains
 
 
 
 
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TIFF08LIVERPOOL

2008-09-04 19:12:00 by Maya in The Evening Class
 
And you want to keep moving / and you want to stay still / but lost in the moment some longing gets filled Joni Mitchell, Barangrill They say the cleanest line of nature is the horizon and whether one empties ones longing gazing from sea to land or land to sea, from the present to the past and back againshifting projections from one to the...
 
Tags: liverpool, informs alonsos liverpool, alonso settles, alonso, lisandro alonsos liverpool, alonso explains, mother tells, mother, horizon
 
 
 
 
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WOULD YOU MUSTARD MY HOLE WITH A GENIE, BABE?

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2008-09-01 08:24:00 by Maya in The Evening Class
 
Michael Hawley discovers a whole new subgenre of YouTube films: the purposeful mistranslation
 
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"COFFIN JOE" WHEN HE WAS YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL

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2008-08-31 09:02:00 by Maya in The Evening Class
Jose Mojica Marins latest film Embodiment of Evil ( Encarnação do Demônio ) played at the 65th Venice Film Festival and Twitch has some photos of Marin walking the red carpet in "Coffin Joe" attire. I prefer these earlier photos, however, before he gave up beauty for schtick. Courtesy of the Baron Missakian Collection
 
Tags: coffin joe, baron missakian collection, jose mojica marins, photos, film embodiment, red carpet, courtesy, beauty, evil
 
 
 
 
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MEDIA NON GRATA

2008-08-28 11:08:00 by Maya in The Evening Class
 
At 55, the human need to create false dichotomies and false hierarchies has become an inescapable fact of existence. As a form of critical judgment, rank-and-file is as important to choosing one tomato over another in Safeway's produce department as it isit seemsto ranking print press over online press. Some years back when I passed through the...
 
Tags: online, online journalisti, online report, report, online journaliststhey, online press, film, film andsadly, press
 
 
 
 
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TIFF08SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

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2008-08-26 23:16:00 by Maya in The Evening Class
...movies that celebrate spiritual values. At The Hollywood Reporter , Ray Bennett praises the film's intelligence and musicality and says it is "a haunting meditation on the nature of received wisdom and how it can warp individuals, damage families and even threaten society." At First Showing.Net , Marco Cerritos counters that Adoration is...
 
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TIFF08VISIONS

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2008-08-24 17:47:00 by Maya in The Evening Class
Birdsong ( El Cant dels Ocells ) Albert Serra, Spain. Stunningly shot using only natural light, El Cant dels Ocells is a contemplative reinterpretation of the Biblical journey of the Three Wise Men in search of the newborn Messiah. With a cast of non-professionals performing an improvised script, Albert Serra's second feature builds on his...
 
Tags: film, previous film, typical fighter-pilot film, film marks, short film expectations, north american premiere, film offers, perfect film, sensitive film takes
 
 
 
 
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TIFF08Rachel Getting Married

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2008-08-23 21:36:00 by Maya in The Evening Class
...movies left me caring very little about just when that might be. God bless 'em and all their tumultuous family reunions Cross-published at Twitch
 
Tags: demme, jonathan demme observes, jonathan demme proves, screenwriter jenny lumet, lumet, film, sister rachel, rachel, film meanders
 
 
 
 
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IMPACT FILM FESTIVALDemocratic National Convention Lineup

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2008-08-22 18:01:00 by Maya in The Evening Class
Cinemocracy In Action! A while back I announced the upcoming Impact Film Festival here on The Evening Class . Today I received the festival's official announcement of the confirmed panelists and moderators for its slate of films set to screen for lawmakers, candidates and delegates at the Democratic National Convention ("DNC"). Three U.S....
 
Tags: film, film arena, impact film festival, impact, online film, impact film fund, american film institute, august 25th 10am, august 25th
 
 
 
 
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TIFF08Anticipating KRABAT

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2008-08-22 16:22:00 by Maya in The Evening Class
There's good reason why I listen to my editor Todd Brown at Twitch . Though he understands that I have auteurist leanings when it comes to the films I catch at the Toronto International, he also understands that deep inside I am a teenager in love with the magic and spectacle of film. Thus, when he cautions that the Sprockets Family Zone should...
 
Tags: krabat, krabat witnesses tonda, magical world, world, imaginative world, 14-year-old krabat, barry, barry suddenly, mill