Review: Restless

Date:

May 14, 2011

Restless

Neither as risqué as To Die For, nor as disposable as Finding Forester, Restless sits as a sensitive curio in respect to Van Sant’s oeuvre. With his award-winning ‘death trilogy’ still clearly visible in the rear-view mirror, this is a more syrupy spoonful of that same theme – one he seems ready to apply to just about any genre, no matter the artistic merit.

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Blake Williams

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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