Past Films
PEARL JAM TWENTY (TIFF 2011)
Description from TIFF 2011 catalog by Thom Powers:
How do you explain Pearl Jam’s twenty-year run? In 1991, the band’s first album, Ten, struck a zeitgeist chord with its guitar anthems and dark themes. Songs like “Alive” and “Even Flow” helped ...
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PARADISE LOST 3: PURGATORY (TIFF 2011)
Description from TIFF 2011 catalog by Thom Powers:
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory opens a new chapter in an eighteen-year-old murder case that has become an iconic example of a legal witch hunt. In 1993, three teenagers were accused of killing three ...
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NEIL YOUNG JOURNEYS (TIFF 2011)
Description from TIFF 2011 catalog by Thom Powers:
This past May, Neil Young brought his solo tour to Toronto’s Massey Hall, an iconic venue in the city of his birth. Jonathan Demme was on hand to capture the two nights, which highlighted new ...
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THE LOVE WE MAKE (TIFF 2011)
Description from TIFF 2011 catalog by Thom Powers:
On the morning of September 11, 2001, Paul McCartney was in New York City on an airport runway waiting to fly to Britain. As he absorbed the news of the unfolding tragedy, he wondered, “What can ...
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THE LAST GLADIATORS (TIFF 2011)
Description from TIFF 2011 catalog by Thom Powers:
Chris “Knuckles” Nilan can chart his hockey career by his scars. He earned those stripes as one the NHL’s fiercest enforcers, throwing punches to defend his teammates. While playing for the ...
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LAST CALL AT THE OASIS (TIFF 2011)
Description from TIFF 2011 catalog by Thom Powers:
When was the last time you worried about getting a glass of fresh water? In some parts of the world, it’s a daily anxiety. But for most people in developed countries, it never registers as a ...
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THE ISLAND PRESIDENT (TIFF 2011)
Description from TIFF 2011 catalog by Thom Powers:
President Mohamed Nasheed governs the small territory of the Maldives, but he’s capable of wielding a large influence over anyone who watches The Island President. Unlike most politicians, Nasheed ...
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INTO THE ABYSS (TIFF 2011)
Description from TIFF 2011 catalog by Thom Powers:
Crime stories can often fall into a predictable pattern of whodunit, but trust Werner Herzog to bring his own unique approach to the genre. He focuses on a triple homicide case in Conroe, Texas, ...
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I’M CAROLYN PARKER: THE GOOD, THE MAD, AND THE BEAUTIFUL (TIFF 2011)
Description from TIFF 2011 catalog by Thom Powers:
Carolyn Parker is a proud resident of New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward. Despite living on modest means, Parker — a retired hotel chef with disabilities — makes the most of what she has, combining a ...
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GIRL MODEL (TIFF 2011)
Description from TIFF 2011 catalog by Thom Powers:
Girl Model shows a rarely seen side of the fashion industry. The film brings a novelist’s eye for emotional and psychological complexity to its portrait of two women. Ashley, an American former ...
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SONY PICTURES CLASSICS 20TH ANNIVERSARY: MICHAEL BARKER & TOM BERNARD (TIFF 2011)
Description from TIFF 2011 catalog by Thom Powers:
When you see the name Sony Pictures Classics, you can expect a quality film. That’s no small feat in a business that often panders to the lowest common denominator. Founders Michael Barker and Tom ...
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CRAZY HORSE (TIFF 2011)
Description from TIFF 2011 catalog by Thom Powers:
Ah, Paris and its cultural splendours. Master documentarian Frederick Wiseman has already taken us behind the scenes of the city’s renowned institutions in films like La Comédie-Française ou ...
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COMIC CON: EPISODE IV - A FAN’S HOPE (TIFF 2011)
Description from TIFF 2011 catalog by Thom Powers:
The elaborate title Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope gives a wink to Star Wars fans and anyone else who follows the sequel-prone world of comics and fantasy films. But don’t be fooled: this ...
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THE BOY WHO WAS A KING (TIFF 2011)
Description from TIFF 2011 catalog by Thom Powers:
Quick, name three things that Bulgaria is famous for.
Feeling stumped? Let’s face it: Bulgaria keeps a low profile, whether as a current NATO member or former Eastern bloc state. Bulgarian ...
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CINEMA KOMUNISTO (FALL 2011)
Q&A with special guest David W. Leitner
FALL SEASON CLOSING NIGHT STF was proud to co-present the Tribeca Film Festival screening of CINEMA KOMUNISTO this past spring, and now we are extra delighted to bring it directly to STFers. Description from Tribeca Film Festival: For 32 years, ...More info »
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Upcoming Screenings
Feb 7: UNFINISHED SPACES
by Alysa Nahmias and Benjamin Murray“Cuba will count as having the most beautiful academy of arts in the world.” —Fidel Castro (1961) Cuba’s ambitious National Art Schools project, designed by three young artists in the wake of ...
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Feb 14: ZELIG
by Woody Allen”[Allen’s] new, remarkably self-assured comedy is to his career what… Berlin Alexanderplatz is to Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s and… Fanny and Alexander is to Ingmar Bergman’s ... Zelig is not only ...
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Feb 21: TOOTIE’S LAST SUIT
by Lisa Katzman“Tootie represented a kind of soulfulness in the community, and a certain type of style, and everybody loved him.” – Wynton Marsalis TOOTIE’S LAST SUIT explores the complex relationships, rituals, ...
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Feb 28: THE PROMISE: THE MAKING OF DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
by Thom ZimnyDescription from TIFF 2010 catalog by Thom Powers: The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town takes us into the studio with Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band for the recording of ...
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Mar 6: SMASH HIS CAMERA
by Leon Gast“Famously and successfully sued by Jackie Onassis, and slugged just as famously and successfully by Marlon Brando, denounced from the pulpits of punditry for decades, Galella has been a man easy to ...
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Mar 13: THE MAN NOBODY KNEW: IN SEARCH OF MY FATHER, CIA SPYMASTER WILLIAM COLBY
by Carl ColbyA son’s riveting look at a father whose life seemed straight out of a spy thriller, THE MAN NOBODY KNEW: IN SEARCH OF MY FATHER, CIA SPYMASTER WILLIAM COLBY uncovers the secret world of a legendary ...
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Mar 20: GIRL MODEL
by Ashley Sabin and David Redmon Description from TIFF 2011 catalog by Thom Powers: Girl Model shows a rarely seen side of the fashion industry. The film brings a novelist’s eye for emotional and psychological complexity to its ...
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