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Finnish reindeer herders attempt to restrain the horror that is Santa Claus in Rare Exports • photo courtesy FS Film
Sinister Santa
Rare Exports brings a B-movie approach to holiday classics H.G. Watson LANCE REPORTER are Exports (2010), a Finnish horror film about murdering Santa Clauses, is by far the strangest Christmas film you will ever watch. It’s not good, but in a cult, B-movie kind of way, it certainly is enjoyable....
Gary Oldman plays a veteran MI6 agent on the hunt for a Soviet mole • photo courtesy StudioCanal
Close to home, far from Bond
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy a harsh, realistic take on the Cold War-era espionage flick H.G. Watson LANCE REPORTER inker Tailor Soldier Spy, the latest from Swedish director Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In) is a rare spy film that makes its bones on the intelligence of its characters and...
Michael Fassbender (left) as Carl Jung and Viggo Mortensen as Sigmund Freud in A Dangerous Method • photo courtesy Sony Pictures Classics
Treading lightly
Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method fails to take advantage of dramatic opportunities H.G. Watson LANCE REPORTER t boggles the mind that a film about sex could be so passionless, but A Dangerous Method, the latest from Canadian film maker David Cronenberg, proves that even the most salacious subject can be flat...
Labour of love
Can filmmakers move past working for free and make a living in the Rose City? Josh Kolm ARTS EDITOR With a dedicated university program, a handful of festivals and scores of people ready and willing to work, filmmaking has become more of a labour of love than a career in...
Kirsten Dunst is a depressed bride in Melancholia • photo courtesy Nordisk Film
Stunning sadness, harsh distance
Lars Von Tier’s Melancholia beautifully shot and performed, but lacks a personal touch H.G Watson LANCE REPORTER elancholia, the latest film from controversy generator Lars Von Trier, is about destruction, be it as intricate as the heartbreak of witnessing the deteriorating mental health of a loved one, or as overwhelming...
Seth Rogen and Michelle Williams in Sarah Polley's Take This Waltz
Take a WIFF of these films
Windsor International Film Festival presents films from around the globe H.G. Watson LANCE REPORTER indsor International Film Festival, now in its 11th year, has once again brought a sizeable mix of new art house favourites, cult classics and potential award contenders to Windsor. The Lance previews a small selection of...
Nev Shulman goes on a search for the “truth” about a new friend in Catfish • photo courtesy Alliance Films
The unbelievable truth
Catfish raises questions about what to believe, on screen and behind the scenes H.G. Watson LANCE REPORTER good documentary takes a viewer to a place that’s outside their comfort zone, but how far is too far? Where does the line between documentary and fiction lie? Watching Catfish, a 2010 documentary...
A gang of inner-city kids prepare to save the world in Attack the Block • photo courtesy screen gems
Thrills and chills
New and international films a unique source for Halloween scares H.G. Watson LANCE REPORTER ollywood horror and the same old classics are not the only sources for your traditional Halloween movie night. There are newer and lesser-known films from around the world that provide all the scares, laughs and action...
Kurt Russell (left) and Richard Masur plan action against the unknown in The Thing • photo courtesy Universal Pictures
No help on the way
Loneliness is the key to terror in the original version of The Thing H.G. Watson LANCE REPORTER eep in the Antarctic a monster hides. It can be in anyone, be anywhere and there is no one who can help you. In John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982), an Antarctic research team...
Ghostbusters
Ghosts of the past
Something strange is back in the neighbourhood H.G. Waston LANCE REPORTER here are movies that are beloved not because they’re great, but be- cause they hold a special place in audience’s hearts. They saw them when we were little and were taken in by the story or the special effects....
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