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TIFF 2009 Day 3: Ian Fitzgibbon’s Perrier’s Bounty
I was hoping for something original a la In Bruges, what we have here with Ian Fitzgibbon's Perrier's Bounty is much of the same stuff we've seen before: find money within 24 hours and have goons chase you around town issuing death threats.
TIFF 2009 Day 2: Jesper Ganslandt’s The Ape (Apan)
Despite this, Jesper Ganslandt's sophomore narrative feature remained an intense experience, most of this is attributed to the helmer's camerawork - a sort of Dardenne approach where the camera remains within arm's length distance of actor Olle Sarri.
TIFF 2009 Day 2: Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air
I'm making this sound like I'm a naysayer, there is plenty to appreciate, Clooney was spot on and could grab a Oscar nom as a modern day Cary Grant, and Jason Reitman adds a lot more subtext than what is apparently offered in the novel, but I didn't much care for the more attempted mature aspects in the final act...
TIFF 2009 Day 1: Grant Heslov’s The Men Who Stare At Goats
I had this sense that The Men Who Stare at Goats was like a first time attempt at a meal from the pages of a recipe book.
TIFF 2009 Day 1: Shirin Neshat’s Women Without Men
Hands down - Shirin Neshat's Women Without Men (which I learned late is apparently co-directed) is the best looking picture of this fest (excluding, of course several items that were at Cannes) and the Silver Lion for Best Director sort of proves this theory to be right.
