Articles by Ryan J. Noth
Distant
Nuri-Bilge Ceylan
PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2004
Turkish director Nuri-Bilge Ceylan's third feature film, the 2003 Cannes Grand Jury recipient of both the best picture award and a citation...
The Cremaster Cycle
Matthew Barney
PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2004
While epic series like The Lord of the Rings, The Matrix and Kill Bill have been waging testosterone fuelled battles for the top of the com...
Decasia: The State of Decay
Bill Morrison
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004
A film about falling apart and slipping out of a sense of time and tone, Bill Morrison's Decasia splices together black and white film foot...
Films by Michael Ondaatje DVD
Michael Ondaatje
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003
This first home video collection from one of Canada's most accomplished and celebrated writers features an insightful and entertaining thre...
Foolproof
Bill Phillips
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003
One of the first films produced under Telefilm Canada's new mandate aimed at procuring a whopping five percent of its domestic box office o...
Marion Bridge
Wiebke von Carolsfeld
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003
The first feature film from German born and raised Wiebke Von Carolsfeld, an editor of various Canadian projects, including The Bay Of Love...
The Wild Dogs
Thom Fitzgerald
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003
East-coaster Thom Fitzgerald's The Wild Dogs sets its sights high, examining the poverty and accompanying class/political structure of Buch...
Ararat
Atom Egoyan
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2003
Possibly the most sympathetic and humane historical war epic visually realised to date, Atom Egoyan's Ararat faced frequent criticism for b...