Snowballing Secrets: Guy Maddin’s Careful
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Little Arthur’s ‘lifting the lid’ on the pan is what Maddin proceeds to do with the townsfolk of Tolzbad, showing us a weird world of raging but repressed desires, and the rest of the film gleefully and preposterously plays out one Freudian tableau after another.
Review by Jeff Hilson
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03/3/10 •
Alter Ego: Mythogeographer Phil Smith is Mick Travis01/2/10 •
Alter Ego: Ken Hollings is Astro Boy
recent Film Jukebox
03/3/10 •
Film Jukebox: Josiah Wolf01/2/10 •
Film Jukebox: Lightspeed Champion08/1/10 •
Fucked Up’s Jukebox01/12/09 •
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling’s Film Jukebox01/11/09 •
The Non-Commissioned Officers’ Film Jukebox
recent Interviews
03/3/10 •
Afterschool: Interview with Antonio Campos24/1/10 •
Thirst: Interview with Park Chan-wook10/1/10 •
Extreme Private Eros: Interview with Kazuo Hara08/1/10 •
Exam: Interview with Stuart Hazeldine08/1/10 •
I’m Dangerous with Love: Interview with Michel Negroponte
recent Reel Sounds
03/3/10 •
Reel Sounds: The Power of Silence01/2/10 •
Reel Sounds: Unsynched Rhythms – George Antheil’s Le Ballet mécanique
recent Short Cuts
03/3/10 •
Short Cuts: Redmond Entwistle’s Monuments01/2/10 •
Short Cuts: 7th London Short Film Festival21/1/10 •
Tateshots: Childish rules08/1/10 •
Short Cuts: LSFF 2010 – Rich Pickings Presents: Lolita Complex01/12/09 •
Short Cuts: Max Hattler
