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Le secret Rivette
Included in Jean-Luc Godard’s palimpsest Le livre d’image are photographs of Jacques Rivette and the title of one of his ultimate interviews “Le secret et la loi”. Though it’s an elusive allusion, it’s...
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Fighting for Toronto
It’s a good time for young Toronto filmmakers. They’re making interesting work and it’s getting nicely distributed within the city. At Yonge and Dundas – of all places! – you can go out and see Jasmin...
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Cinéma québécois, féminin singulier
After Nuit #1 in 2011, between 2015 and 2019 in the span of five years, the now 37 year old québécois director Anne Émond has released three new films: Our Loved Ones (2015), Nelly (2016) and her...
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The Spirit of Toronto
In a Variety article on Atom Egoyan’s Guest of Honour they describe it as being about the relationship, “between a father and his 20-something year old daughter who wants to remain in jail for a sexual...
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The Story Of Florrie by Ilir Pristine
I asked Ilir Pristine to share a few words about his first feature Florrie that we’ll be showing at the TFR Presents screening along with some local short films on Wednesday, November 6th at The...
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Weekend at RIDM
A weekend in Montreal for RIDM is a real cinephile pleasure. The city’s documentary festival leans more towards the avant-garde so, unlike more pedestrian doc fests, they tend to spotlight auteurs of...
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David Davidson Top Films- Le livre d’image (Jean-Luc Godard)- Horse Money (Pedro Costa)- P’tit Quinquin (Bruno Dumont)- Twin Peaks: The Return (David Lynch)- Zama (Lucrecia Martel)- Toni Erdmann (Maren...
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Top Ten Films of 2019
David Davidson1. Black Conflux (Nicole Dorsey)2. Ripe (Conor Casey, Rebeccah Love) and Measure (Karen Chapman)3. Jeune Juliette (Anne Émond)4. The Souvenir (Joanna Hogg) and I Was at Home, But......
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Carnet de voyage (Berlinale 2020)
4. Berlin Bound Thursday, February 20 I got to Orly in Paris without any problems, which is the first stop on...
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The Last Two Delorme Issues: “La poésie doit être un peu bête”
There’s Buster Keaton, bored, at a graduation ceremony, in a full academic robe and square cap, as his peers brightly look towards the future. How to interpret his recognizable blank expression? While...
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Top Ten Films of 2020
David Davidson1. Parlour Palm and Short Pieces (Rebeccah Love)2. First Cow (Kelly Reichardt)3. The Woman Who Ran (Hong Sang-soo)4. Tommaso / Siberia / Sportin’ Life / The Projectionist (Abel Ferrara)...
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Film Review : Parlour Palm by Rebeccah Love
I'm happy to share my friend's Mitch Greenberg's review of Rebeccah Love's newest short film, Parlour Palm, currently streamable via CBC Gem as part of the Future of Film Showcase. - D.D. ***Parlour...
View ArticleSteel Town, Steel Town Gamin ! (Episode 7)
I'm happy to share Nathan Powell's new episode of his great Hamilton gonzo web-series Steel Town Gaming and an introduction by him where he explains his process. I highly recommend it ! - D.D.***Hello...
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In memory of Jean-Marc Vallée… David Davidson- Matt and Bird Break Loose (Matt Johnson) and The Beatles: Get Back (Peter Jackson)- Memoria (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)- Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy and...
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Film Review: Eve Parade by Rebeccah Love
Once again, I’m happy to share Mitch Greenberg’s review of Rebeccah Love’s newest short-film, Eve Parade, which will be premiering on April 16th at the Paradise Theatre. – D.D. I once attended a...
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David Davidson- À vendredi, Robinson (Mitra Farahadi, Jean-Luc Godard)- Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg)- Geographies of Solitude (Jacquelyn Mills)- Queens of Qing Dynasty (Ashley McKenzie)-...
View ArticleEntretien Critique : Michel Ciment (février 2020) [FR, EN]
En hommage à celui qui a dirigé Positif pour plus longtemps que j’étais vivant, voici un entretien que j’ai fait avec lui au festival de Berlin en 2020 (quelque mois avant la pandémie) : une trentaine...
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David Davidson1. Attila (Stephen Hosier)2. BlackBerry (Matt Johnson)3. Mademoiselle Kenopsia (Denis Côté)- The Boy and the Heron (Hayao Miyazaki)- Close Your Eyes (Víctor Erice)- The Holdovers...
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Hommage : Jean-Pierre Oudart (1944-2009)
On apprend aujourd’hui la nouvelle, grâce à Louis Skorecki, que Jean-Pierre Oudart est mort, confirmé, le 13 février, 2009 à Antony (Hauts-de-Seine). On pense à lui, et à les deux, et je mets ici mes...
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Saint Monica At The Playhouse (July 18, 7PM)
If folks are free Thursday evening at 7PM in Hamilton, I’ll be moderating a Q&A with Terrance Odette after a screening of his 2002 film Saint Monica at The Playhouse.If you don’t know Odette, he’s...
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Fortescue
One of the biggest cinephile pleasures of living in Toronto these past ten years was to follow the oeuvre of local filmmaker Rebeccah Love. From Drawing Duncan Palmer (2016) all of the way through...
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David Davidson- Fortescue (Rebeccah Love)- Exposé du film annonce du film “Scénario” (Jean-Luc Godard, Fabrice Aragno, Jean-Paul Battaggia)- 2024 Summer Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony (Thomas Jolly)-...
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Best Canadian Cinema (Rebeccah Love)
As a Canadian cinephile, there are only three great directors that best showcase the originality and novelty of Canadian cinema: Jean-Marc Vallée, Matt Johnson and Rebeccah Love.Perhaps, they are not...
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Jean-Marc Vallée at Centre PHI
If you’re in Montreal this summer and you’re a movie buff, there is a great multimedia exhibit and sound-journey to check out at the Centre PHI in Old Montreal on Jean-Marc Vallée (extended until July...
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