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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The Captive | 2014 Cannes Review

Ego-Yawn: Kiddie Porn Ring thriller less than Captivating While, in many respects, The Captive represents a return to form for the Toronto-based Cannes mainstay, the...

Cannes 2014 Derby: David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars Tops Blake’s Palme d’Or Predictions

So let’s get one thing straight: the stylistic tendencies of the jury president’s own work doesn’t make much of an impact in the grand...

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Young and Beautiful | Review

Airy & banal, Ozon's Latest is as Indistinct as its Title Moving right along the trajectory we’re all well familiar with by now, François Ozon...

Only Lovers Left Alive | Review

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