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Review of Margot at the Wedding
This title is actually a clever pun about weddings, I guessAnother damned “I love it, wouldn’t change a thing review.” I’m sorry, but it’s Noah Baumbach’s fault. Baumbach’s film are a big part of my personal canon. I can watch his work many times and feel something different with each viewing as time passes and my life changes. I remember ... read morePosted on 09/18/2007 by Aaron 
Review of Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who
Average Cable Music Television JourneyWhen you see "produced by VH1" in the opening credits, you have a pretty good idea of what's coming. It's a competent documentary featuring a lot of great music and live footage, but a fairly pedestrian one. Most of the story is told through loads of recent first hand interviews ... read morePosted on 09/16/2007 by Aaron 
Review of I'm Not There
I'm Not There at TIFFThere have been a couple of documentaries about Bob Dylan that have become the gold standard for not only telling his story, but for music documentaries in general. Don’t Look Back and No Direction Home are both pretty well unassailable, so how do you make a narrative film that can ... read morePosted on 09/16/2007 by Aaron Important Notice for Festival CrowdsHey superfans, if you have the chance to ask a question during a post-screening Q and A session, do not go with, “What was it like to work with (x)?”. X can be an actor, a director, or (worst of all) a gauge of film or video. Those questions are ... read morePosted on 09/13/2007 by Aaron Savages/ Lonely/ MomsIf I had any doubt as to whether or not to recommend The Savages to my mom I had only to take one look around at the crowd lining up outside the theatre. The room was full of my moms. Ratio of my moms to me: 500 to 1. Mom ... read morePosted on 09/13/2007 by Aaron White Lies, Black Sheep at TIFFPrior to show time I witnessing a few too many cineastes gasping and wheezing as they climbed the stairs inside Scotiabank Theatre’s cinema number three. Some cursed their friends for choosing seats above the first few rows. Halfway through their tour of duty, this festival must really be taking a ... read morePosted on 09/12/2007 by Aaron XXY at TIFFA 9:30 AM screening on a Sunday morning during the Toronto Film Festival is a risky proposition. Luckily, XXY has already received so much positive word in the wake of Cannes screenings that very few seats were free come show time. I doubt a movie theatre has ever smelled so ... read morePosted on 09/10/2007 by Aaron |
