When Terry Gilliam laughs, it comes out as a maniacal giggle. You may have seen the documentary Lost in La Mancha, about the director’s failed third attempt to make an adaptation of Don Quixote. His giggle echoes through the doc, despite the massive disappointment of a production that falls apart. Gilliam’s laughter in the face […]
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Film Fest following
Among movie folk, there’s a ritual: Sit down with the Atlantic Film Festival catalogue and/or website, and plot out every moviegoing second (from September 17 to 26), considering travel time, crowd sizes and the chance of films actually coming back. We hoard non-perishables and determine which lanyard ribbon brings out the colour in our Vitamin […]
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Laura Dawe’s direction
The year is 2011. Due to war in the Middle East, the world’s demand for oil has never been greater. Unemployment rates have reached a high not seen since the Great Depression. The economic apocalypse is nigh. Painter and her boyfriend Michael escape in an old blue station wagon to an isolated house in the […]
