Category Archives: TIFF

Toronto International Film Festival

Inside Job

Inside Job (Director: Charles Ferguson): Based on director Ferguson’s last film, the masterful No End in Sight (review), I expected Inside Job to be meticulously-researched and yet compelling enough to appeal to a mainstream audience. Having the film narrated by … Continue reading

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TIFF 2010: My Schedule

Here it is, readers. My schedule for the 35th annual Toronto International Film Festival. I’m actually not seeing as many films this year as I would like. My trip to Montréal last week made it impossible for me to attend … Continue reading

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Interview: Andrew James and Joshua Ligairi

Cleanflix has a number of festival screenings coming up in the coming months. Catch the film at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula, Montana, and at Cinequest in San Jose, California. My first film at the 2009 Toronto … Continue reading

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Air Doll (Kûki ningyô)

Air Doll (Kûki ningyô) (Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda): The premise of Air Doll seems silly at best, salacious at worst: an inflatable sex doll comes to life. In the hands of another director, the resulting film would probably have been a … Continue reading

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Police, Adjective

Police, Adjective (Director: Corneliu Porumboiu): Young police detective Cristi seems to have pulled a pretty boring assignment. Tail a group of hash-smoking teenagers until their dealer appears. He’s been on the case more than a week, compiling detailed but monotonous … Continue reading

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