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I was able to sample a cross section of new cinema from Asia the last few days here in Montreal. Lazy Hazy Crazy-d. Jody Luk Yee-Sun (HK 2015) The debut film from director Yee-sun ,Lazy Hazy Crazy is a coming of age story about three young girls nearing their 18th
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hey folks, it is a beautiful sunny day here in Montreal, QC. I am just registered and settled into the festival here in the downtown core. I have a couple showings to check out later today, and I had time to see a few screeners. Two of the films: Embers
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Hey folks, hope all is well. I am just on route to Montreal to take in the 2016 Fantasia International Film Festival. The festival kicked off a few days ago and they have already screened 2 of my favourite features from the 2016 EFM Berlinale: A Conspiracy of Faith (Denmark
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Hey folks, hope everyone is having a great summer. I've been busy hosting my film music show at CFMU ,and catching a few interesting films when I can. Things should be getting a bit busy sooner screening wise,as I'm going back to the Fantasia Film
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Disorder- I checked out this cool new French film called Disorder(2015) at the Princess Cinema in Waterloo on the weekend. It's a new offering from director Alice Winocour (Augustine), that stars Matthias Schoenaerts as Vincent, an ex-soldier picking up some work doing security at a posh Riviera
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Well it is nearing the end of my European journey,as I fly home in a few days via Iceland. I have squeezed in a few more screenings in the last week, but I am limited to watching English language films here in the Netherlands as any film subtitling is
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Hey folks, hope you are all well. I survived the Berlinale , and the Ennio Morricone concert in Koln, and have been slowly working my way around Europe for a holiday. And I have been squeezing in a few films as well. I know that is a big surprise :) I ended
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Ok I hope all is well with everyone. I wrapped up screenings at EFM-Berlinale on Wednesday, and I am just heading back to Berlin on route to Wroclaw,Poland. I had a whirlwind trip to Cologne to catch Ennio Morricone's 60 years of music tour. I was able
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It is a beautiful sunny day here in Berlin, as I wrap up my visit. I am taking a break from screenings today for the most part. Checking out a few sights in their stead. There was a wonderful exhibit by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who recently wrapped the exterior
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Ok,hello again from Germany. I took a night off from updating the blog, but I do have a few films to mention. And they seem to be scattered from among the Nordic countries: Denmark, Iceland, and Sweden. Yesterday started off with a cool new Noirdic Noir called: A Conspiracy
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Endorphine (Canada-2015-Drama) d. Andre Turpin This is new film out of Quebec from director Andre Turpin , whose previous feature: In Crab Dans La Tete , was Canada's submission to the Academy Awards for Best Forgein Language Film at the 75th Academy Awards. As a cinematographer, he is a two-time
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OK, well it is another beautiful sunny day here in Berlin and I am stripped down to a hoodie to venture outside. Funny, as when I was here in 2013, the sun peeked its head out of the clouds on very rare occasions in the 15 days I was in