Film Festival 2008 — Early Reviews

Starting next week, I will begin to post reviews of the films I’ve seen at this year’s Film Festival.  Meanwhile, a brief overview.  The films are listed in the order I saw them.

  • Plus tard, tu comprendras ***
  • Passchendaele **½
  • 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould **** (1993)
  • 33 Scenes From Life **½
  • The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World **
  • Every Little Step *****
  • Dean Spanley ***
  • Is There Anybody There? ****
  • Witch Hunt **½
  • Séraphine ****
  • Hunger ***
  • Religulous *
  • Katia’s Sister ***
  • The Hurt Locker **
  • The Wrestler ***
  • Birdsong 0
  • Happy-Go-Lucky ***
  • Adoration ***½
  • Four Nights With Anna **½
  • Good ****
  • Fifty Dead Men Walking **
  • Synecdoche, New York **
  • Toronto Stories ***
  • Me and Orson Welles ***½
  • Who Do You Love ****
  • $5 A Day ***
  • Blood Trail ***
  • Lovely, Still **½
  • Adam Resurrected ****
  • Of Time and the City **½

Full descriptions of the films, albeit with the festival programmers’ usual rosy glow, can be found on the festival website.