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Intermedias Review

Intermedias Review

October 9, 2019 hudmoura

Media, Art, and Culture ISSN 1918-4026 Intermedias Review is an independent publication based on reviews of art, media, and their interconnections. We…

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Posted in: Art Review, Book Review, Brazilian Cinema, Brazilian Literature, Brazilian Theatre, Essay, Film Review, Interview, Media & Politics, Philosophy & Film, Politics & Film, Portuguese Literature, Review, Screening & Debate

Politics & Film Series: THE EDGE OF DEMOCRACY

October 2, 2019 hudmoura

I fear our democracy was nothing but a short-lived dream. A cautionary tale of a democracy in crisis. Date: Friday,…

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Posted in: Events, Screening & Debate Filed under: Camila Garcia, debate, film screening, Gabi Veras, Petra Costa, Politics & Film Series, The Edge of Democracy

Politics & Film Series: ROMA​

September 18, 2019 hudmoura

There are periods in history that scar societies and moments in life that transform us as individuals.​ Date: Friday, September…

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Posted in: Events, Screening & Debate Filed under: Alfonso Cuaron, Anne Rubenstein, film screening, Politics & Film Series, Roma

Getúlio Vargas and the man who killed him

October 14, 2015 hudmoura

by Kelsey Cunningham On December 3rd, the Department of Spanish & Portuguese will present a screening of the film Getúlio at the…

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Posted in: Book Review, Brazilian Cinema, Brazilian Literature, Film Review Filed under: Brazilian History, Brazilian Literature, Getúlio Vargas, Kelsey Cunningham

Enrique Diaz: Challenges and Ethical Sense in Theatre and Television

February 14, 2015 hudmoura

by Veronica Salazar  Yesterday, Brazilian actor Enrique Diaz visited UofT. He shared with students enrolled in the course Brazilian Puzzle:…

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Posted in: Brazilian Theatre, Lecture, Review Filed under: Brazilian Culture, Enrique Diaz, Veronica Salazar

Sleepwalking Land: The liberating power of dreams and stories

October 14, 2014 hudmoura

by Kelsey Cunningham Sleepwalking Land directed by Teresa Prata (Terra Sonâmbula, Portugal/Mozambique, 2007), shows the viewer the necessity of stories and…

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Posted in: Book Review, Film Review, Luso-Africa Filed under: Kelsey Cunningham, Mia Couto, Teresa Prata

The Girl Under Glass

October 3, 2012 hudmoura

by Willis Wong Shot almost entirely in the vast expanses of the Ragunan Zoo in Jakarta, Postcards follows the wandering…

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Posted in: Film Festival, Film Review, Review Filed under: Willis Wong

Survival of the Stylish

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By Willis Wong The 18th century island mansion in The Capsule is as much a character as are the women…

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Posted in: Film Festival, Film Review, Review Filed under: Willis Wong

Screening the Cheap Shot: Screen Culture and Politics

April 28, 2012 hudmoura

by Natalie Schneck Within the medium of the screen, human error always attracts an audience. This claims truth in everything…

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Posted in: Media & Politics, Review Filed under: Natalie Schneck

Three Lives and One Murder in 300 Minutes

October 29, 2011 hudmoura

by Athena Wong What do you get when you watch three 90-minute features played back to back with two 15-minute…

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Posted in: Film Festival, Film Review, Review Filed under: Athena Wong

Talk To The Hand

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by Willis Wong Despite a children’s puppet show being the premise of this mockumentary, this is definitely not one for…

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Posted in: Film Festival, Film Review, Review Filed under: Willis Wong

Kicks and Kink

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by Willis Wong With its bloody ultraviolence, sexual hijinks and saturated comic book palette, Bikini is a hentai (Japanese for…

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Posted in: Film Festival, Film Review, Review Filed under: Willis Wong

When Global Affects the Local

October 15, 2011 hudmoura

There Once was an Island: Te henua e nnoho is a beautifully shot documentary about the Takū people in Papua…

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Posted in: Film Festival, Film Review, Review Filed under: Athena Wong

Wenders’ Pina Bausch in 3D

October 12, 2011 hudmoura

Using one form of art – film – to celebrate one’s achievements in another art form – dance, Pina 3D…

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Posted in: Film Festival, Film Review, Review Filed under: Athena Wong

The Kite Line That Binds

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Uttarayana is the day the sun travels north, indicating that summer would soon arrive. People in India celebrate by flying…

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Posted in: Film Festival, Film Review, Review Filed under: Athena Wong

Sibling Rivalries

October 11, 2011 hudmoura

In the third film from director Carl Bessai’s series on familial relationships, Sisters & Brothers shares with us the confrontations…

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Posted in: Film Festival, Film Review, Review Filed under: Athena Wong

Animation Nation

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Curated based on the quality of submissions, the shorts are wonderfully varied in style and technique. Advanced Cybernetics (Steven Day,…

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Posted in: Film Festival, Film Review, Review Filed under: Willis Wong

Have we progressed to an evolutionary dead end?

October 8, 2011 hudmoura

Inspired by Ronald Wright’s book A Short History of Progress, which explores the collapse of ancient civilizations and draws similarities…

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Posted in: Film Festival, Film Review, Review Filed under: Athena Wong

Mr. Tree: Village Idiot

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Mr. Tree is a quasi-dark comedy about a “village idiot” who haphazardly manages to get through life. After getting injured…

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Posted in: Film Festival, Film Review, Review Filed under: Athena Wong

A Glowing Future

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A single blob floats in darkness, multiplying and recombining with others.  The luminous lumps grow and grow until they form…

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Posted in: Film Festival, Film Review, Review Filed under: Willis Wong

The Old and The Cold

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During the harsh winter in a mountain village of old Japan, Kayu is carried off to die.  The old must…

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Posted in: Film Festival, Film Review, Review Filed under: Willis Wong

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