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2015-03-21T21:54:51-05:00

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Yogawoman (Clere & McIntyre, 2011)

Last updated on: March 21, 2015 at 9:54 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

The easiest defense of Yogawoman, if defense is needed, is that its leisurely pace and unstructured direction is emblematic of its subject matter. If you are restless or bored, perhaps you are out of alignment and should try yoga... Read more

2015-03-21T21:56:18-05:00

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Scenes From a Parish (Rutenbeck, 2009)

Last updated on: March 21, 2015 at 9:56 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

James Rutenbeck's Scenes from a Parish is the sort of documentary essay film that makes one pretty darn grateful for the 00.01% of the the federal budget that is granted to PBS. Read more

2015-03-21T21:59:07-05:00

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Simon & The Oaks (Ohlin, 2012)

Last updated on: March 21, 2015 at 9:59 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

There have now been enough films about--or set in and around-- the Holocaust that it is almost possible to group these films into subgenres. Read more

2014-07-26T11:03:21-05:00

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Thanks for Sharing (Blumberg, 2012)

Last updated on: July 26, 2014 at 11:03 am By Kenneth R. Morefield

Long before the soundtrack rhapsodizes about "tender comrades" in the film's final scene, Thanks for Sharing has made its central (and somewhat strange) thesis abundantly clear: addiction, however unpleasant it might be, is a small price to pay for the acquisition of the types of steadfast, loyal, and lifelong friends one acquires in support groups. Read more

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Toronto International Film Festival 2012

2014-07-26T20:47:56-05:00

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Room 237 (Ascher, 2012)

Last updated on: July 26, 2014 at 8:47 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

In the picture above do you see: a) a scene from Stanley Kubrick's The Shining?; b) a sly clue that the director of the film helped fake the Apollo moon landings?; c) an abstract phallic symbol denoting the mechanization of even man's most organic actions?; d) a preoccupation with the genocide of the American Indian?; or e) Hitler--the answer is always Hitler. Read more

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Toronto International Film Festival 2012

2014-07-26T20:09:19-05:00

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Artifact (Cubbins, 2012)

Last updated on: July 26, 2014 at 8:09 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

Given the target audience's love for Jared Leto and Thirty Seconds to Mars, the built in animosity towards record (or any) executives, and the universal love of David versus Goliath stories, Artifact ought to have been a slam dunk. Read more

Film Festivals

Toronto International Film Festival 2012

Artifact

Bartholomew Cubbins

Jared Leto

Thirty Seconds to Mars

2015-03-05T19:44:36-05:00

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Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang (Cantet, 2012)

Last updated on: March 5, 2015 at 7:44 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

If you had asked me to pick a director best suited to adapt an Oates work to cinema, you would have waited a long time before I came up with the name of Laurence Cantet, best known as a Palme d'Or winner in 2008 for The Class. In retrospect it is a perfect pairing. Read more

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Toronto International Film Festival 2012

Foxfire

Joyce Carol Oates

Laurent Cantet

2015-03-05T19:52:12-05:00

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Great Expectations (Newell, 2012)

Last updated on: March 5, 2015 at 7:52 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

A surprisingly emotionally engaging film, Mike Newell's Great Expectations is easily the best Dickens adaptation I've ever seen. (Yes, I've seen the David Lean version...more than once.) Read more

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Toronto International Film Festival 2012

2015-03-05T19:53:46-05:00

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To the Wonder (Malick, 2012)

Last updated on: March 5, 2015 at 7:53 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

I didn't hate To The Wonder. I didn't much like it, but for me and Terence Malick, that's progress. Read more

Film Festivals

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Toronto International Film Festival 2012

Ben Affleck

Rachel McAdams

Terence Malick

2015-03-05T19:55:42-05:00

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Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (Gibney, 2012)

Last updated on: March 5, 2015 at 7:55 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

During a Q&A at the Toronto International Film Festival, Alex Gibney opined that the inference behind that exchange--she continually asking if he is a Catholic, he insisting that he is talking about molestation not religion--is that she is telling the man he should "take one for the team." Read more

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Toronto International Film Festival 2012

Alex Gibney

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

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