“[Riceboy Sleeps] is a staggeringly inspired work, one that communicates the utmost respect for its characters, while also celebrating their flaws, and allowing the performances behind them to shine.”
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“By emphasizing aesthetics […] Castel ignores the potent emotional currents that her actors work to channel and her script tries to suggest.”
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“The Flying Sailor renders the famed explosion as implosion in the mind of this sailor, as a lifetime compressed into a kaleidoscopic “flash” before one’s eyes.”
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In light of the ForReel team having recently been in Toronto, and in light of Egoyan’s Toronto-set sixth feature being released by the Criterion Collection, I re-investigate the film’s particular brand of erotica.
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“Never has the Okanagan looked better—as rich and as lush—as in the frames of Jarvis’ film, Jeremy Cox’s gorgeous 16mm photography giving the area a tactility and a glow that digital simply couldn’t have offered.”
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“The phrase ‘finding the artist within’ holds new meaning here, Cronenberg maybe looking at his own ideas as the abnormal growths inside of him, maybe turning his lens on himself and finding the body horror in his own creative processes.”
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