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[MIFF ’11] Tomboy

Tomboy Céline Sciamma follows up her fantastic debut feature Water Lilies, with Tomboy, another coming of age film dealing with girls. While Water Lilies dealt with High School and sexuality, Tomboy follows a different path with its main focus a 10-year-old girl. As this film starts off however we do not know that Laure (Zoé … Continue reading →

The Movie Exchange Club Podcast #01

Download HERE Welcome to the first edition of The Movie Exchange Club Podcast. So what exactly is this podcast you might be asking yourself? The concept is that the guests for the podcast each recommend a film for each other (one that person has not seen), so we each go out and watch the films … Continue reading →

[MIFF ’11] Submarine

Submarine Submarine is a coming of age story, set in an unspecified time in a nameless Welsh village. Our main character Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts) is a 15 year old boy, who narrates his story and often does so as if he were the star in his own film. His goals in life, to lose … Continue reading →

[MIFF ’11] Armadillo (2010)

[MIFF ’11] Armadillo (2010)

I have seen a lot of films about war, but nothing quite compares to Armadillo. Most films of the sort seem to have some kind of agenda, and don’t quite show all the sides to what is going on. Armadillo is a documentary, its only agenda is to give you a first hand look at … Continue reading →

DVD review: Barney’s Version [M15+]

Dir: Richard J Lewis Starring: Paul Giamatti, Dustin Hoffman, Rosamund Pike, Minnie Driver, Bruce Greenwood, Scott Speedman and Rachelle Lefevre The Film As you might have guessed from the title, Barney’s Version tells the story of a man named Barney (Paul Giamatti). We first meet him as an older man, he works in television production and … Continue reading →

DVD review: Phasma Ex Machina [M15+]

Dir: Matt Osterman Starring: Sasha Andreev, Michelle Bergh, Max Hauser and Matthew Feeney The Film Phasma Ex Machina or Ghost From The Machine is an independent sci-fi/paranormal film, and I am happy to report it is actually a rather good one. Time and again a film comes along, that on the surface appears to be one thing and … Continue reading →

[MIFF ’11] Cold Fish

Cold Fish Cold Fish can certainly lay claim to being one of the most unique and completely off beat serial killer films I have ever seen. This was my first venture into the works of director Sion Sono (who also wrote the screenplay with Yoshiki Takahashi), having heard positive things about his previous films, I … Continue reading →

[MIFF ’11] Hobo With A Shotgun

Hobo With A Shotgun “You and me are goin’ on a car-ride to hell… and you’re riding shotgun!” Hobo With A Shotgun was a modern version of the exploitation films from the 70’s and early 80’s, it is the second film to be made from the Grindhouse faux trailers (the first being Machete). So can … Continue reading →

The Beaver

The Beaver is at its core a film about mental illness, which includes a puppet. It does not sound terribly exciting when you put it that way, nor does it sound much fun. The film is rather interesting in some ways, yet it manages to be quite dark (in humour also) and verges on deeply … Continue reading →