Earlier this year, we posted a trailer for Guy Moshe's Bunraku, only to be asked by the producers to take it down when it turned out that the video we'd shown was not the official trailer. We promised then that we'd re-post when the producer-approved version surfaced, and now here it is. The super-stylized samurai/Western/noir…
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UDPATE: Because this isn't an official trailer, the producers of the film have been trying to get it removed from YouTube. At their request, we've pulled it and will re-post something when an official version is available. Bunraku looks like one hell of a weird beast. The film stars Josh Hartnett, Woody Harrelson, Demi Moore,…
Read MoreI started out my 30-day film festival trip with some awesome movie selections -- Over the last week, I've screened some of the best movies of the year. Sooner or later I expected to come across some average to subpar films. It was bound to happen. That time is now. At film festivals, I try…
Read MoreClint Eastwood's new film Hereafter is one of the most talked about films going into this year's festival. When the schedule for the festival was announced, it featured one sole performance, and no press screenings. Industry bloggers threw a fuss and Warner Bros responded that they planned to have a press screening sometime on the…
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Last night we got a brief preview of some of the films that will appear in the always-entertaining Midnight Madness lineup at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. Now we've got the full nine, which in addition to the three announced last night (Super, Bunraku and The Butcher, The Chef and the Swordsman) include John…
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So many of my favorite movie experiences are the result of seeing films during the Midnight Madness program at the Toronto International Film Festival. The program perches like a beast ready to devour the more 'respectable' films at TIFF. While seeing films at the fest is great, period, there's nothing quite like catching the world…
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