Blake Ginithan
76 articles written by Blake Ginithan
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Kidnapped
Very rarely does a film start with so much promise and then go on to waste it all with just a few misguided steps. The new Spanish thriller from director Miguel Angel Vivas, Kidnapped, is that rare film. This...
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The Grey
Joe Carnahan’s The Grey is an exhausting film. I mean that in a good way. This film involves characters going from one dire scene to another for 2 hours. The film doesn’t cheat its audience on how bleak situations...
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Sleepless Night
When I was 11 or 12 the local YMCA started hosting these overnight “lock-ins” where kids could go and do all kinds of things like swimming, and watching cartoons on a giant screen set up in one of the...
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Haywire
Haywire is the new icy cold globe-trotting film from veteran director Steven Soderbergh. It’s a lean and mean thriller that starts in Upstate New York and works its way all over the world. From Barcelona to Dublin to the...
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The Innkeepers
Ti West’s The Innkeepers is one hell of a slow burner. The film moves at a snail’s pace but is none-the-less fascinating at how it achieves a grand atmosphere. All the credit goes to West, a young director who...
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Livide
I’ve spent a lot of time trying to figure out if the new French film Livide is worth the time. I’ve seen the film twice now and my mind is still not made up. The first time I caught...
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The Cabin in the Woods
I will probably make this the shortest review I ever write. It’s not that there isn’t much to say about The Cabin in the Woods, it’s that there isn’t much I want to say about it. The hype...
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This Must Be the Place
Paolo Sorrentino’s This Must Be the Place is a film I love so much I cannot even begin to put into words why. If someone were to ask me to make a list of films that are the reason...
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Drive
Nicholas Winding Refn’s Drive is a gloriously brutal love letter to action movies of the 70’s, featuring a lead character that doesn’t even have a name, a fantastic synth pop score and soundtrack and very well stage action set...
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TIFF 2011: Day 5
My last day at the Toronto International Film Festival I see the documentary Samsara, Steve McQueen's Shame and the film Dustin Jansick was most excited about at the festival ALPS. Here are my first impressions and mini reviews of...
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TIFF 2011: Day 4
Day 4 of the Toronto International Film Festival I see Rampart which stars Woody Harrelson in a familiar role and the film I was most excited for at TIFF, the Mexican thriller Miss Bala. Here are my first impressions...
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TIFF 2011: Day 3
Day 3 of the Toronto International Film Festival I see The Descendants, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Extraterrestrial and the documentary Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory. Here are my first impressions and mini reviews of the films.
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TIFF 2011: Day 2
Day 2 of the Toronto International Film Festival I see The Artist which seems to be getting a lot of buzz right now. I also saw The Hunter starring Willem Dafoe, the North American Premiere of Melancholia which Kirsten...
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TIFF 2011: Day 1
Day 1 of the Toronto International Film Festival I see Keyhole and 360 by two highly acclaimed directors (Guy Maddin and Fernando Meirelles). Here are my first impressions and mini reviews of the films.
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Way Too Indie’s TIFF 2011 Schedule
The 2011 Toronto International Film Festival is about to begin and I will representing Way Too Indie there. We previously posted the films we are most excited for but here is the list of films I will be seeing...