Category: Movies at the Riv
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With stellar performances from Stellan Skarsgard and Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value examines how art and life can imitate each other, in both tragic and poetic ways. When I saw director Joachim Trier’s previous film The Worst Person in the World (2021), I wasn’t moved. I don’t know why, but there was something about the film…
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Today, I went to the Cinema Society screening of Frankenstein (2025), followed by a Q&A with director Guillermo del Toro and actor Jacob Elordi, who plays The Creature. It was an insanely cool experience. Roger Durling began the screening with a statement of “Welcome to church!” It certainly felt like it, with a packed crowd…
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Living legend Guillermo del Toro creates another magnificent monster flick that is sure to satisfy longtime fans and casual moviegoers alike. Guillermo del Toro, you magnificent motherfucker. I’m trying to come at this from a measured approach, but I’m finding it so hard to. This film is a prime example of how to adapt a…
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As part of Roger Durling’s Vital Cinema series at the SBIFF Riviera Theater, the 4K restoration displays all of Jean-Jacques Beineix’s Diva (1982) in its postpunk glory, even if the cinema du look is in some ways a product of its time. Diva (1982) begins place at an opera house. In the heart of Paris,…
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