The Little Book of Revenge (Guide de la Petite Vengeance) is a spectacularly funny, witty, French-Canadian masterpiece, by the brilliant director Jean-Francois Pouliot (Seducing Dr. Lewis, Emily of New Moon, Canada Vignettes) chronicling the subtle dramatic parody of a semi-pro heist of a jewelry store by Robert (Michel Muller) the estranged boss’s son, and Bernard […]
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VIFF Review: Guide de la Petite Vengeance
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Oct
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VIFF Review: Forbidden Lie$
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A documentary masterpiece, Forbidden Lie$ is a cunning display of the ease with which subject matter easily gets swarmed and caught up within the politics surrounding it. The film is a remarkable display of the attacks anyone is at personal risk of for sustaining an argument against a complex, powerful, political regime that will […]
Oct
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VIFF Review: Those Three
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VIFF’s Iranian entry by Director Naghi Nemati’s “Those Three” essentially encapsulates the story of three military recruits who, on a whim (seemingly spurred by the confiscation of their precious cigarettes — their last private pleasure revoked) desert their contingent amidst wastelands and a brewing snow-storm. They encounter a helpless pregnant woman cheated and abandoned by […]
