Blake Williams

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Blake Williams is an avant-garde filmmaker born in Houston, currently living and working in Toronto. He recently entered the PhD program at University of Toronto's Cinema Studies Institute, and has screened his video work at TIFF (2011 & '12), Tribeca (2013), Images Festival (2012), Jihlava (2012), and the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley. Blake has contributed to IONCINEMA.com's coverage for film festivals such as Cannes, TIFF, and Hot Docs. Top Films From Contemporary Film Auteurs: Almodóvar (Talk to Her), Coen Bros. (Fargo), Dardennes (Rosetta), Haneke (Code Unknown), Hsiao-Hsien (Flight of the Red Balloon), Kar-wai (Happy Together), Kiarostami (Where is the Friend's Home?), Lynch (INLAND EMPIRE), Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs), Van Sant (Last Days), Von Trier (The Idiots)

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Take this Waltz | Review

The sophomore effort from Canuck prodigy Sarah Polley takes two graceful steps in the wrong direction

Review: Keyhole

"Intentionally hypnotized - if not hypnotic - performances from his leads, including a winning Jason Patric, stamp the corners with a biting, absurdist humour that remains Maddin's purest talent. Looking sleek and professional in a crisp HD resolution, the Canadian seems to be progressing his style in baby steps, clinging tightly to his reputed signatures."

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Review: The Other Side of Sleep

It's impossible to really become complicit with the dramatic nature of her situation, though, among such a groggy and obtuse mise-en-scene and intentionally anti-psychological non-characterizations.

Review: Corpo Celeste

"Feeling like an airier - and less effective - Dardenne brothers picture, the loungey pacing and thin dramatic thrust put pressure on tiny details and simple pleasures, which only emerge intermittently. As a debut, though, it stakes the Italian helmer as one to definitely keep an eye on."

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