In the middle of term papers and final exams, I clung to one calming thought: in a few weeks I was going to be at Cannes. I closed my eyes and imagined the sweeping red carpets and the glimmering French…
Movie Review: ‘A Hologram for the King’
The new oddity by Tom Tykwer, A Hologram For The King, is a complete disaster. It meanders. It dodges. It’s so incoherent thematically, tonally and formally that in some instances it feels like Rock The Kasbah meets Inherent Vice. Or maybe…
Cannes 2016: Lineup Announcement
On the morning of April 14, the Cannes Film Festival unveiled the films competing for the Palme d’Or, screening in the Un Certain Regard section and playing out of competition. Some of these films will go onto win Oscars, others…
Movie Review: ‘Demolition’
You can disassemble a clock, split it up into its individual spindles and gears and understand all the mechanisms that make it tick. Deconstructing our lives, finding the faults that make us run deficiently, isn’t quite so simple. Jean-Marc Vallée’s…
Digital Futures #1 – Selma
With the rise of digital technology, there has been a nostalgic backlash from celluloid purists, who argue that in the process of the cinema’s shift between mediums formal possibilities are passing away along with some intangible aura. In attempts to…
Certain Feelings for ‘Certain Women,’ ‘Yoga Hosers’ and ‘As You Are’ at Sundance
Before leaving Park City and the new acquaintances I met, the films I loved, and the experiences that will slowly fade in my memory, I attended Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women (10/10). Like my other hands-down-favorite at Sundance, Manchester By The…
Sundance And Me: ‘Little Men,’ ‘Lo And Behold,’ ‘Dazed And Confused’
Before I get to know someone, I am awkward, distant, and some might say pretentious. I’m constantly concerned with what others think of me. I try to impress rather than connect. Before embarking on a 20-hour trek with another Vancouver…
