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TIFF’08 – Four final mini film reviews – bambambambam
1. Dungeon Masters An attempt at eye-level documentary of three still-operating Dungeon Masters. One is an active American Reservist who has a wife one would assume to sway the army from examining his obvious need to come out. Another is a part-time apartment manager living in Torrance with a wife and kid who just can’t…
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TIFF’08 – Exploitation Movies, Over-packed Ska shows and Ecstasy- ho!
Sunday night was all about celebrating blood, boobs and bombs as the Midnight Madness pirates stormed the bastilles, er, whatevs, and we were introduced to Mark Hartley’s self-proclaimed “rockumentary” Not Quite Hollywood – about Ozploitation cinema – that is to say – the non-existent Australian film industry doing whatever it could, back in the late…
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TIFF’08 – Saturday Night at the Festival + Hunger and Deadgirl’s world premiere
We headed through the heavy Queen St. traffic for Film Lounge to jump in and see our friends at the pre-party for Deadgirl. Turns out they meant the other Film Lounge on Dupont, and not the one across from the AGO. Maneuvering past the R.I.D.E. cops (Saturday night spot-checks) towards the Scotiabank theater (wtf happened?…
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TIFF’08 – Review – Detroit Metal City
Detroit Metal City was a devoutly-cherished and hard-to-get Manga that built a legion of devout followers in Japan. The story of a farm-boy who moves to the big city (Tokyo) to live out his dream of being a “trendy” musician – he inadvertently ends up as the lead singer of the most ferocious, bile-spewing death…
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TIFF’08 – Soul Power – another reason 1974 was an extraordinary year
1974 was a one of those strange years that drew infamy, intensity and just plain strangeness with which certain years, be it due to a nexus of precipitating events, or coincidence, become saddled. I am particularly cognizant of the curiosities of that particular year because it is the year I was born. May 14th. Exactly…
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TIFF’08 – Where a party is more than just a party
In festival speak a “party” means a select number of people and their significant others, agents, producers, assistants, best friend from high school and the dude they just met taking a piss in the alley outside the Gala screening are the only ones who get into a room. Sometimes the room is beautifully decorated, at…
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