Vicky Cristina Barcelona set with Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson, and Woody Allen. I saw Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona at its Canadian premiere at the 32nd Montreal World Film Festival to a sold-out crowd in the beautiful Italian Renaissance-styled Imperial Theatre. The audience –…
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Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood Woody Allen’s return to NYC has resulted in one of his best comedies in years. Of course, he hasn’t been making comedic films of late, but whatever. “Hello, I Must Be Going” by Groucho Marx plays during the opening credits…
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Baghead, the newest release by the brothers Jay and Mark Duplass, played at Montreal’s Just For Laughs Film Festival to a packed audience. Baghead has been advertised as a creepy movie about young people in a cabin in the woods, who are stalked and hunted.…
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Pineapple Express with James Franco, Danny McBride, and Seth Rogen. I saw the newest Apatovian effort, Pineapple Express, at a Just for Laughs Film Festival press screening in Montreal. Directed by David Gordon Green, with a screenplay by Seth Rogen and his close friend Evan…
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When I sat down to watch Ivan O’Mahoney and Laura Winter’s Baghdad High – The Boys of Baghdad High in the United Kingdom, where it was initially shown – I didn’t know what to expect. Baghdad High is a documentary about four Baghdad male youths…
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Darren Lynn Bousman and Alexa Vega. On July 18, the day of the world premiere of Repo! The Genetic Opera, I was fortunate enough to be able to interview the film’s director, Darren Lynn Bousman, best known for his Saw films, and star, Alexa Vega,…
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The world premiere of Repo! The Genetic Opera took place at Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival on Friday, July 18. When I approached the theatre (over an hour early) there were hundreds of dedicated fans – who knew about the film through the original play, snippets…
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Repo! The Genetic Opera by Darren Lynn Bousman. Bill Moseley & Terrance Zdunich Interview: ‘Repo: The Genetic Opera’ Discussed On Friday, July 18, I got to sit with horror-film acting legend Bill Moseley (photo, on the left) – Moseley was Chop Top from The Texas…
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La Antena. Esteban Sapir’s silent, surrealist Argentinean production La Antena / The Aerial had its Canadian premiere to a very appreciative audience at the Fantasia Film Festival (website) on July 4. From beginning to end, La Antena dazzled the eyes and stirred the emotions. As…
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What We Do Is Secret with Shane West: The Germs & Darby Crash. I caught What We Do Is Secret as part of the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal on July 6. It was packed – most of the audience had been waiting many, many…
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The life of Darby Crash and the Germs was based around a five-year plan. Director Rodger Grossman would spend triple that amount of time making a film version of the events surrounding those five years. What We Do Is Secret is a biopic of Crash…
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The 12th edition of the Fantasia Film Festival, North America’s premier genre film festival, began on July 3 and continues until July 23 in Montreal. This year, the Fantasia Film Festival has been showcasing films from Japan, Spain, South Korea, Italy, Hong Kong, Germany, Thailand,…
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