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All posts by Tina Hassannia
Tower: A New Kind of Character Study
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A character study consisting virtually of close-up shots, Tower—the first feature-length film from Toronto director Kazik Radwanski and producer Dan Montgomery—is in one sense, a story about a classically Canadian anti-hero. However, Tower delivers its po...
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The Coen Brothers in Nayman’s Terms: The Necessary Means for a Higher Education
Adam Nayman is a well-known figure in the Toronto film community and a critic for The Grid TO and CinemaScope, among other publications. Toronto Correspondent Tina Hassannia had a chance to talk to him about his upcoming course on the Coen brothers, which star...
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Toronto Top 5 (Week of 02/22/13—02/28/13)
Toronto is a vibrant city for cinema, and as such there’s always lots to see. These weekly posts will cut through the mainstream releases to highlight the Top 5 cinematic events to check out each week.
1. Sansho the Bailiff (TIFF Lightbox)
Widely consi...
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The Invisible Cinema: Lonely Boy
The Invisible Cinema is a biweekly feature that examines the multifaceted, frequently overlooked canon of Canadian classic cinema.
Wolf Koenig and Roman Kroiter’s Lonely Boy—an ostensibly “behind-the-scenes” National Film Board (NFB) documentary short about...
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Toronto Top 5 (Week of 02/08/13-02/14/13)
Toronto is a vibrant city for cinema, and as such there’s always lots to see. These weekly posts will cut through the mainstream releases to highlight the Top 5 cinematic events to check out each week.
1. Tchoupitoulas (Bloor Cinema)
Tchoupitoulas is...
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Toronto Top 5 (Week of 01/25/13-02/01/13)
1. ... And God Created Woman (TIFF Lightbox)
The film that established Brigitte Bardot as a sex kitten and served as prototype for the French New Wave plays at Lightbox this Saturday as part of the A Man and a Woman: Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emannuell...
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Toronto Top 5 (Week of 1/11/13-1/17/13)
Toronto is a vibrant city for cinema, and as such there’s always lots to see. These weekly posts will cut through the mainstream releases to highlight the Top 5 cinematic events to check out each week.
1. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (TIFF Lightbox)
Con...
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