C.J. Prince
378 articles written by C.J. Prince
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TIFF 2014: Horse Money
I’ve always admired Pedro Costa’s films more than I’ve loved them, a trend that continues with Horse Money. Costa’s first fiction feature since 2006’s Colossal Youth again focuses on the same setting and person. Ventura, Colossal Youth‘s central character, is now on...
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Episode of the Sea (TIFF Review)
Directors Lonnie van Brummelen & Siebren de Haan profile the small, unique town of Urk in Episode of the Sea, a playful documentary premiering in the Wavelengths programme at TIFF this year. Urk used to be an island in...
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TIFF 2014: It Follows
Poor Jay (Maika Monroe). She’s a young, attractive girl dating a guy she really likes, but once she has sex with him things go sour. Turns out her date (Jake Weary) only wanted to get in her pants so...
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Life in a Fishbowl (TIFF Review)
Iceland takes a stab at the multiple narrative structure with Life in a Fishbowl, a film that’s become a hit in its home country. The film follows three different people living in the same town, and as these stories usually...
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TIFF 2014: Force Majeure
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TIFF 2014: La Sapienza
Eugene Green’s films are an acquired taste, to say the least. The French-American director’s style tends to highlight artifice to an uncomfortable degree. Actors are deliberately coached to deliver their lines in a strange, droll tone, like they’re speaking...
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TIFF 2014: In The Crosswind
In 1941, tens of thousands of people in Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia were forced out of their homes on Joseph Stalin’s orders. Stalin deported these people to Siberia, an attempt to rid the Baltic nations of their own inhabitants....
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TIFF 2014: Alleluia
Inspired by the true story of Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, famously known as The Lonely Hearts Killers, Fabrice du Welz’s Alleluia delves straight into the psyche of a couple consumed by insane, murderous love. After single mom Gloria...
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Our Favorite Short Films Playing At TIFF 2014
It’s that time of year again. The Toronto International Film Festival is ready to start, and we’re ready to bring as much coverage as we can to our readers. And while people will be talking about the celebrities or...
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15 Most Anticipated Films of TIFF 2014
Yes, it’s that time of year again. As the summer begins to wind down, cinephiles begin to flock to Canada as the Toronto International Film Festival kicks off another year. With almost 300 feature-length films playing over 11 days...
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The Strange Little Cat
Want to know the definition of beguiling? Look no further than The Strange Little Cat. Ramon Zürcher’s debut feature definitely lives up to both of its title’s adjectives. At 69 minutes in length, it’s so brief it barely even qualifies...
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Senoritas
Lina Rodriguez’s Señoritas opens with a lengthy shot of Alejandra (María Serrano) looking out a car window as she goes around Bogotá. Rodriguez, a Canadian-based filmmaker from Colombia, went back home to shoot her debut feature in Bogotá, an...
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Lina Rodriguez speaks about her experimental film background and debut feature ‘Señoritas’
Opening this Friday at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto, Señoritas is the debut feature of filmmaker Lina Rodriguez. The film follows Alejandra, a young girl living in Bogotá, Colombia, spending most of her days partying and hanging out...
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Abuse of Weakness
In 2004, Catherine Breillat suffered a massive cerebral hemorrhage, triggering a stroke that paralyzed half of her body. She eventually recovered, and after getting back to filmmaking she met Christophe Rocancourt, a notorious con artist. Breillat wanted Rocancourt to...
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TIFF Adds Films by Thomas McCarthy, Lynn Shelton, Olivier Assayas & More
Another week, another slew of TIFF announcements. And while the full line-up is yet to be revealed (that’ll be next week), TIFF certainly brought out the big guns today. Thomas McCarthy (Win Win, The Station Agent) will premiere his...