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TIFF Picks 09: Pablo Stoll’s Hiroshima
It's difficult to discuss a movement when one gets that sense that we might be in still in the nascent stages of it, but such as the new wave of Romanian films, Uruguay is seeing a definite collective that Pablo Stoll started along with the late Juan Pablo Rebella by introducing 25 Watts and Whisky to the int. film community.
TIFF Picks 09: Suzana Amaral’s Hotel Atlantico
Amaral might be considered the Terrence Malick of Brazil - not for her style, but her total output of films. Born in 1932, she first came onto the scene with The Hour of the Star in 86', and Hotel Atlantico is only her third feature film.
Collector’s Choice: Sugar, Sin Nombre, State of Play
Some worthy rentals on DVD/Blu-ray today, we have Cary Joji Fukunaga's Sin Nombre (77% on Metacritic) which played at Sundance to positive reviews, I raved about it, but unlike a couple of Bens we know, it won't crack my top 10 this year. Extras include: deleted scenes and a commentary with Fukunaga and the producer who backed him and looks like a genius in Amy Kaufman.
Sean Byrne’s Top Ten Films of All Time
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile, we ask the filmmaker the incredibly arduous task of identifying their top ten list of all time favorite films. This month, Sean Byrne (the filmmaker behind The Loved Ones) gave us his top ten (as of September 2009).
Sean Byrne
My filmic influences were a real mash up. Structurally the film is closest to Misery but tonally there are shades of Carrie, Dazed and Confused, Footloose, The Terminator, Tarantino, Lynch and even Walt Disney.
