Author Archives: Jason Chu

Jason’s 2007 TIFF picks

Here are the films that I am seeing this year, in screening order: 1. Friday, Sept 7, 7:15pm Le chansons d’amour (Love Songs) (France, Christophe Honoré) 2. Saturday, Sept 8, 9:00am Control (UK/USA, Anton Corbijn) 3. Sunday, Sept 9:15am Boy … Continue reading

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Heavy Metal in Baghdad

Heavy Metal in Baghdad (Director: Eddy Moretti and Suroosh Alvi, USA, 2007): Documenting the band Acrassicauda in Heavy Metal in Baghdad was a “risky, dangerous, and really fucking stupid” undertaking, according to journalist Suroosh Alvi, and those words are certainly … Continue reading

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Men At Work (Kargaran mashghoole karand)

Kargaran mashghoole karand (Men At Work) (Director: Mani Haghighi, Iran, 2006): Kargaran mashghoole karand (Men At Work) begins with four middle-aged men driving home to catch an important football match on television. Three of them are talking and joking around … Continue reading

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El Bola

El Bola (Pellet) (Director: Achero Mañas, Spain, 2000): Pablo’s nickname is Pellet, hence the title of this film. I didn’t know anything about this film before popping it in the DVD player, so I had no idea what kind of … Continue reading

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Red Road

Red Road (Director: Andrea Arnold, UK/Denmark, 2006): I saw Red Road back in September as part of TIFF, and it was definitely one of my favourites. The director was on hand to explain the concept behind “The Advance Party“, a … Continue reading

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