Tom Charity
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Watching, thinking about, writing about movies. Programmer at VIFF Centre, Vancouver.
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TRAIN DREAMS is out in limited theatrical release today. It will be on Netflix in a couple of weeks, but here's the thing: If you are at all able to, you really should see it on a big screen. You will not regret it.
www.vulture.com/article/sund...
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Train Dreams Is a Staggering Work of Art
Netflix is releasing one of the best films of the year but please, for the love of God, donât watch this masterpiece on your phone.
https://www.vulture.com/article/sundance-review-train-dreams-is-a-staggering-work-of-art.html
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Ray Pride
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âJared Kushnerâs Firm Is Said to Be Part of $50 Billion Buyout of Electronic Arts Mr. Kushnerâs private equity firm, Affinity Partners, is said to be in talks with the Saudi sovereign wealth fund and Silver Lake to buy out the video game giant.â
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maximinalist
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"happening now: Israeli army raiding the house of oscar winner Basel Adra after Israeli settlers attacked his village earlier and beat up his family member. Soldiers could try to abduct Basel into one of Israel's prisons which are effectively torture sites" -Yuval Abraham
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Jonathan Pie
6 months ago
Iâm currently being told by people on X who have never watched my stuff that I must be happy a man has been charged for burning a Koran. A good time to revisit this, which I recorded last year.
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Joshua Rothkopf
8 months ago
There are still surprises to be had at the movies and this is one of them. Donât pass on seeing MISERICORDIA.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Review: A provocative stranger returns home in 'Misericordia,' a murder mystery free of convention
Alain Guiraudie, the French writer-director, shapes his penchant for queer subject matter into something that owes much to the cool mysteries of Claude Chabrol.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2025-03-21/misericordia-review-alain-guiraudie-lgbt-france
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Vancouver Writers Fest
9 months ago
Barry Sonnenfeldâthe director of Men in Black, The Addams Family, and moreâis coming to Books & Ideas with a hilarious new memoir. Hear the icon in conversation with year-round VIFF programmer
@tcha-cha-cha.bsky.social
April 4, presented with
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writersfest.bc.ca/event/barry-...
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Books & Ideas: Barry Sonnenfeld in Conversation | Vancouver Writers Fest
One-of-a-kind filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld tells stories only he can tell. In this hilarious and enlightening new memoir, he provides an inside glimpse into how Hollywood really works (or doesnât), from...
https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/barry-sonnenfeld
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Peter Baker
9 months ago
Total USAID annual spending to provide food, medicine, shelter and other services to impoverished countries around the world: $38 billion Total increase in Elon Musk's personal net worth since the November election: $156 billion
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MidCenturyCinema
10 months ago
BOTD Seymour Cassel!! Cassavetes affiliate (Faces, Minnie/Mosk, Chinese Bookie, Love Streams, ++), but note > 200 roles More:
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Genuinely surprised that President Trump paid tribute to the passing of David Lynch in his inaugural address today. Gives one hope.
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Full house for opening night of our Bong Joon-ho retro. (Mind you, we also sold out the hummingbird doc this afternoon.)
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david ehrlich
10 months ago
THE 25 BEST FILMS OF 2024 A video countdown
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Itâs a White Dawn Xmas
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Dave Itzkoff
11 months ago
Remember on this day that, canonically, George Baileyâs re-discovery of the value of his life takes place at the same time as the failed hit attempt on Vito Corleone.
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Tom Reaganâs Hat
11 months ago
A brief thread on teaser trailers that have footage only shot for them & not used in the actual films.
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) - Teaser Trailer
YouTube video by logofreak98
https://youtu.be/2HdCmf91q_A?si=ljSMwt8RxFuWYN5H
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Great read
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Strands #282 âSomething to seeâ đ”đ”đ”đ” đ”đ”đĄđ” Well that was an easy one
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still thinking about yesterdayâs truly fascinating Q&A with Brigitte Berman, talking about her film Artie Shaw: Time Is All Youâve Got. A trove of insight into the man
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Sheila OâMalley
11 months ago
For John Cassavetes' bday: I wrote this piece for my column at
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that had been percolating for far too long: on my simultaneous discovery of Cassavetes' Opening Night and Tennessee Williams' Two-Character Play, aka Outcry. It's personal:
libertiesjournal.com/online-artic...
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John Cassavetes, Tennessee Williams, and Intelligent Insanity
You can trust my characters. Whatever else they are â and theyâre not always nice â at least theyâre upfront. They donât hide anything. They scream, laugh, cry, jump around and get drunk. But our soci...
https://libertiesjournal.com/online-articles/j-cassavetes-t-williams-and-beautiful-insanity/
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Hmmm. Strange list and my own votes in the polls section appear to be from a year ago. (This year I voted for Anora and All We Imagine, for example.)
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Sheila OâMalley
11 months ago
Itâs so good.
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Tim Grierson
11 months ago
THE END was among the most divisive films shown during fall festival season. I think it's terrific. Here's my review from Toronto. The post-apocalypse musical opens Friday.
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âThe Endâ: Toronto Review
Joshua Oppenheimer's first drama is a singular musical which details how one family passes through the end of the world
https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-end-toronto-review/5196969.article
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Now itâs the other way around. Not much for grownups
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Our annual ten best series is now up. Oscar watchers need not apply.
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Best of 2024 | Vancouver International Film Festival
Enjoy great movies at the luxurious VIFF Centre, one of the best cinemas in Vancouver and home to the Vancouver International Film Festival.
https://viff.org/series/best-of-2024/
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Would I prefer to show the colorized version of Itâs A Wonderful Life? HmmmâŠ
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I havenât found my
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Bright Wall/Dark Room
12 months ago
Since they capped our first one at 150, and many more film people have joined Bluesky the past few weeks, we created a second Starter Pack for everybody! This one includes movie-centric illustrators + podcasts too - plus a few film directors who've recently joined!
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Screening this at VIFF Centre December 8. All proceeds go to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank
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Brent Toderian
12 months ago
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing. They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays. The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
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Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.
Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.
https://www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic-income-reduces-homelessness-food-insecurity-housing-ubi-gbi-2024-6
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12 months ago
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www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture...
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Lost John Ford film found in Chile after 100 years | The National
The Scarlet Drop, a western starring actor Harry Carey, was found in a Santiago warehouse a day before it was set to be demolished
https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film-tv/2024/11/25/lost-john-ford-film-the-scarlet-drop-chile/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3jyR4aHoLTLaMX5VglBT0CTfF-XfT32bXwKbmAFDXsCNuu3IGLHqmInJs_aem_7cAyRU1RqWglEH6WVtjcrw
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Brandon Wint: Someone asked Brandon Wint what is the job of a poet? He replied: âI think a poet's job is to communicate truth with such sublime nuance as to create more empathy in the world.â
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Drew Barrymore sent me flowers after I profiled her for Bad Girls in Time Out. I also treasure the note of thanks from John Boorman for a capsule review of Point Blank.
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Santa Claus came to Vancouver tonight. Springsteen still delivering 3 hours plus at 75.
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Believe it! Last time we showed this I comped in a couple of land defenders who had been fighting the good fight up north. Floods of tears. This film should be essential viewing for every kid.
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Seen Battle of Algiers many times before but todayâs sold out show - and especially the talkback - was intense. Passionate, critical, and sometimes frankly hostile discussion. Iâm here for it.
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Feven Kidane composed a suite inspired by the movie Soundtrack to a Coup dâEtat. Special night at VIFF Centre
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