Sean Durkin
TIFF 2013 | Southcliffe (Sean Durkin, UK)—Special Presentation
By Michael Sicinski | | Cinema Scope Online, TIFF 2013
By Michael Sicinski In evaluating Southcliffe as a TIFF entry, I find myself thinking back to one of Jonathan Rosenbaum’s very best lines of criticism: “Why insist on treating good baba ghanoush as if it were bad peanut butter?” We might then be forced to ask what we do, as gourmands or as critics, when…
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Currency | Martha Marcy May Marlene (Sean Durkin, US)
By Andrew Tracy | | CS48, Currency, From Cinema Scope Magazine
By Andrew Tracy If “indie-ness” conveys a certain generic intimation unto itself, some of the most celebrated recent independent films have also strategically adopted broader generic tactics, usually related to violence. As sensation, whether shockingly enacted or tautly withheld, has started to become an ever more important element for independents to attract the necessary attention,…
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By cscope2 | | Cinema Scope Online, TIFF 2011
Cinema Scope 48 Preview: Martha Marcy May Marlene (Sean Durkin, US)—Special Presentations By Andrew Tracy If “indie-ness” conveys a certain generic intimation unto itself, some of the most celebrated recent independent films have also strategically adopted broader generic tactics, usually related to violence. As sensation, whether shockingly enacted or tautly withheld, has started to become…
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