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Criterion Collection: The War Room | Blu-ray review

Disc Reviews

Jordan M. Smith - April 3, 2012

While most people remember the legendary directing duo that brought forth Monterey Pop, Don't Look Back, and a whole host of other classic music...

General Orders No. 9 | Blu-ray review

Disc Reviews

Jordan M. Smith - April 3, 2012

Once in a great while a film will find its way under your ribcage, and bare its weight down from within. Robert Persons' hypnotic...

Melancholia | Blu-ray review

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Jordan M. Smith - March 28, 2012

There are very few filmmakers that regard humanity with such disdain as Lars von Trier. With each of his films he finds a new...

Hot Docs 2012 Lineup Drops with Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry as Fest’s Opener

Film Festivals

Jordan M. Smith - March 28, 2012

Those that dwell near the shores of the Great Lakes really are quite lucky when it comes to film festivals. Not only is Toronto...

Review: The Island President

Reviews

Jordan M. Smith - March 27, 2012

Pragmatist's Predicament: Putting Cap on Carbon No Easy Feat for Nasheed After 30 years of unjust rule by President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, in 2008, the...

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The Devils (1971) | Review

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Sympathy for The Devils: The Suppression of Ken Russell’s...

Ken Russell’s The Devils – 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival

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Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.