I remember the first time I saw Joel Schumacher’s colour-drenched Flatliners. I walked out of the theatres committed to the idea of flatlining. If it could be done in a controlled environment, I thought, sign me up! Some thirty years on, I’m still all for it. I think it would be an incredible exploration of…
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The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica: Book Two – The Search For The Red Dragon (2008) – James A. Owen
It’s 1926. Nine years after the first adventure, and we rejoin John, Jack and Charles as the return to the Archipelago with an adventure that is steeped, once again in imagination and literary references, this time running the gambit from the Golden Fleece to Barrie’s Peter Pan to Dante’s Inferno. Because of events in the…
The White Ribbon (2009) – Micheal Haneke
I’m finishing up the main body of DK Canada’s exceptional The Movie Book, and Haneke’s The White Ribbon is a fantastic film to wrap up the main section of the book. Set a few short years before the First World War, this Golden Globe winning film is a somber, thoughtful affair on sins, youth, tradition,…
TAD 2018: I’ll Take Your Dead (2018) – Chad Archibald
The second feature of Toronto After Dark’s opening night is the Toronto premiere of the Canadian film, I’ll Take Your Dead. The film stars Ava Preston, Aidan Devine, Jess Salgueiro, Brandon McKnight and Ari Millen. A crime thriller with supernatural overtones, the film has some gorgeous production, and features a fantastic turn by the film’s…
The 400 Blows (1959) – Francois Truffaut
The next big title in DK Canada’s The Movie Book may be my new favourite Truffaut film, and his first full length feature. The story, partially created by Truffaut, follows young Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Leaud) a boy living in Paris, where his parents are having problems, and they all feel trapped in their tiny apartment….
The Mind Reels 