Naff Insights

TIFF Begins Line-Up Announcements

Toronto has released its initial slate of films (links to a .pdf) and it's an impressive list. Along with the normal slate of things us poor people couldn't see at Cannes, ...

 

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Congrats to NaFF Filmmakers

Macky Alston's Love Free or Die and Nelson Chang's The Magic Life (which had its world premiere here last April) were both selected for DocuWeeks and will get Academy qualifying runs in both New York and Los Angeles.

Also, Mai Iskander, who won the 2009 Reel ...

 

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Big Easy Express Tonight at Belcourt

If you missed it as the festival's closing night film, Grimey's and The Belcourt are doing a free screening of Big Easy Express tonight. Doors open at 10 PM and the show starts at 10:30 PM.

Enjoy!

 

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I’m Going to a Movie This Weekend

Today, I was initially excited to write my thoughts on the spectacular, if slightly flawed, conclusion to Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy. But the events in Aurora, Colorado have tempered all enthusiasm.

I'm still glad to say that Nolan has created a spectacular film, turning comic book into a form of Americanized Greek mythology - ...

 

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