Top Twenty Films of 2014: Part I
These films mean so very much to me. The best thing an end-of-the-year list can do is entice readers to seek out movies they might have otherwise overlooked, and that […]
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Draco Forever: The Case Against Typecasting
Amma Asante’s “Belle” is a beautifully shot, beautifully acted, beautifully palatable piece of work. It’s the sort of film bound to be embraced by audiences who found Steve McQueen’s infinitely […]
CIFF Exclusive: “12 Years a Slave”
American cinema has never shied away from depicting human atrocity through a historical prism, though the history is rarely that of its own country. Nearly 150 years after the abolition […]
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