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The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology

The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology (Director: Sophie Fiennes): It’s hard to believe it’s been six years since Sophie Fiennes put Slovenian philosopher and “cultural critic” Slavoj Zizek into a rowboat and filmed him in a facsimile of a scene from … Continue reading

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Blancanieves

Blancanieves (Director: Pablo Berger): Eight years in development, Pablo Berger’s sumptuous black and white silent retelling of the Snow White story was almost derailed when he heard about the release of Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist. Just a week away from … Continue reading

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TIFF 2012: My Schedule

For the 18th year, I’ll be attending the Toronto International Film Festival. In addition to my usual ten films, I’ve received five rush vouchers for press and industry screenings. I haven’t figured out all of those yet, but I’ll include … Continue reading

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Tower

Tower screens as part of the Discovery programme. Check the festival web site for screening times and locations. Tower (Director: Kazik Radwanski): As a fan of the director’s short films, I was curious to see whether his style could sustain … Continue reading

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Room 237

Room 237 screens as part of the Vanguard programme. Check the festival web site for screening times and locations. Room 237 (Director: Rodney Ascher): I’ll start with a confession. I hadn’t actually watched Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film The Shining until … Continue reading

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