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About Author: Kiva Reardon

Kiva Reardon
Website
http://diegeticsound.com
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Kiva Reardon is a film critic and blogger based in Toronto.

Posts by Kiva Reardon

  • Leaving the theatre after Something Borrowed you might be inclined to ask someone if you can borrow a feeling. Unlike Kirk’s appeal to Luann (which packs more punch and humour...

    Review: Something Borrowed

    Posted on May 6, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Leaving the theatre after Something Borrowed you might be inclined to ask someone if you can borrow a feeling. Unlike Kirk’s appeal to Luann (which packs more punch and humour...

  • If you follow film there’s a good chance at some point you’ve read a review by Adam Nayman. A critic for EYE Weekly, Cinema Scope and with contributions in The...

    Film School Confidential: Adam Nayman’s movie course returns to the JCC

    Posted on March 16, 2011 | 1 Comment
    If you follow film there’s a good chance at some point you’ve read a review by Adam Nayman. A critic for EYE Weekly, Cinema Scope and with contributions in The...

  • No Grimm tale: Red Riding Hood’s latest adaptation lacks bark, bite and the basics. Our expectations of Red Riding Hood are set in the first five minutes. A young Valerie...

    Review: Red Riding Hood

    Posted on March 11, 2011 | 1 Comment
    No Grimm tale: Red Riding Hood’s latest adaptation lacks bark, bite and the basics. Our expectations of Red Riding Hood are set in the first five minutes. A young Valerie...

  • Kazik Radwanski is a filmmaker to keep your eye on. Only a few years after finishing film school at Ryerson his shorts have screened at TIFF, the Edinburgh International Film...

    The Genies, aesthetics and the Leafs: An Interview with rising Canadian filmmaker Kazik Radwanski

    Posted on March 9, 2011 | 2 Comments
    Kazik Radwanski is a filmmaker to keep your eye on. Only a few years after finishing film school at Ryerson his shorts have screened at TIFF, the Edinburgh International Film...

  • Ah, memory, ‘tis a fickle thing. It’s the basis of our identity, yet is malleable and ephemeral. It only takes a taxicab to swerve off a bridge into a river...

    Review: Unknown (2011)

    Posted on February 18, 2011 | No Comments
    Ah, memory, ‘tis a fickle thing. It’s the basis of our identity, yet is malleable and ephemeral. It only takes a taxicab to swerve off a bridge into a river...

  • It was a dedicated group that braved arctic temperatures to attend Rue Morgue’s special screening of the director’s cut of Paranormal Activity 2 followed by a Q&A with star Micah...

    ‘Paranormal Activity 2′ Star Haunts Toronto for Special Screening Hosted by Rue Morgue

    Posted on February 5, 2011 | No Comments
    It was a dedicated group that braved arctic temperatures to attend Rue Morgue’s special screening of the director’s cut of Paranormal Activity 2 followed by a Q&A with star Micah...

  • To use a baking analogy, The Rite seemed like a Betty Crocker sure fire hit: take Anthony Hopkins, exorcisms and bake for two hours. But somewhere along the line someone...

    Review: The Rite

    Posted on January 28, 2011 | No Comments
    To use a baking analogy, The Rite seemed like a Betty Crocker sure fire hit: take Anthony Hopkins, exorcisms and bake for two hours. But somewhere along the line someone...

  • Sometimes you forget what can be done with film. Many critics lamented that 2010 saw competent direction lauded as masterpieces and formulaic scripts merit accolades of praise. But then you...

    Review: Attenberg

    Posted on January 23, 2011 | No Comments
    Sometimes you forget what can be done with film. Many critics lamented that 2010 saw competent direction lauded as masterpieces and formulaic scripts merit accolades of praise. But then you...

  • “I want you to do it the way you did when you thought no one was watching.” The Dreamers Where to begin with Bernardo Bertolucci? Sex (Last Tango in Paris)?...

    TIFF Bell Lightbox Gets Down With Bertolucci

    Posted on January 8, 2011 | No Comments
    “I want you to do it the way you did when you thought no one was watching.” The Dreamers Where to begin with Bernardo Bertolucci? Sex (Last Tango in Paris)?...