In celebration of the 40th anniversary of TIFF, I will be revisiting one film from each year I attended the festival. Please be aware that these discussions may include SPOILERS. I had a much easier time getting tickets for my second year of the festival, partially because this was the year TIFF introduced online ordering. However, that doesn’t […]
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In celebration of the 40th anniversary of TIFF, I will be revisiting one film from each year I attended the festival. Please be aware that these discussions may include SPOILERS.The Toronto International Film Festival is an event that I was well aware of growing up. I would either see festival coverage on the TV or
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Michael Dougherty’s Halloween-set anthology film Trick ‘r Treat has been yearly October viewing for me ever since the film was finally released in 2009, after previously being delayed for two years. I was one of the lucky few that got to see the film theatrically, since it played as part of the 2009 Toronto After
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It is time for the twelfth (and final) entry in my year-long series in which I revisit some of the most classic films to be released 30 years ago in the year 1982 (the year of my birth). My original plan was to discuss Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi, which was the 1982 film to win the
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It is time for the eleventh (and penultimate) entry in my year-long series in which I revisit some of the most classic films to be released 30 years ago in the year 1982 (the year of my birth). This month I will discussing the film that is probably the most ambitious film made by Jim
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It is time for the tenth entry in my year-long series in which I revisit some of the most classic films to be released 30 years ago in the year 1982 (the year of my birth). Just in time for Halloween, this month I will be talking about the classic Steven Spielberg-produced horror film Poltergeist.
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It is time for the ninth entry in my year-long series in which I revisit some of the most classic films to be released 30 years ago in the year 1982 (the year of my birth). In a last-minute change, I decided to switch from talking about Fast Times at Ridgemont High this month to
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It is time for the eighth entry in my year-long series in which I revisit some of the most classic films to be released 30 years ago in the year 1982 (the year of my birth). This month I will be discussing a film that was, at the time, revolutionary for its use of computer-generated
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It’s a very special revisiting post for you today. Ten years ago today, I finally saw Richard Kelly’s Donnie Darko for the first time after months of trying. The film was a victim somewhat of 9/11, in which it was essentially buried during its original theatrical release in October 2001. It wasn’t until it was
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It is time for the seventh entry in my year-long series in which I revisit some of the most classic films to be released 30 years ago in the year 1982 (the year of my birth). For the second month in a row, the film I will be discussing will be film I saw at the TIFF
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