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Caught Live: Body Cams, Surveillance Videos, and the New Era of Found Footage - POV Magazine

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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 13h

As THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR chills with its use of surveillance video and 2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA makes harrowing use of body-cams, @filmfest.bsky.social looks at a new era of found footage in an essay now online from our spring issue. povmagazine.com/caught-live-...

Documentaries like The Perfect Neighbor and 2000 Meters to Andriivka elevate the found footage genre via body-cams and surveillance videos.

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Jason Gorber @filmfest.bsky.social · 1d

Following its @viffest.bsky.social screening we look at TUNER for @thatshelf.com , the latest from Oscar winner Daniel Roher

#viff2025 #tiff50

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Viff 2025 Review | TUNER by Oscar winner Daniel Roher

VIFF 2025 | Clan of the Painted Lady

Jason Gorber @filmfest.bsky.social · 1d

One of the standouts from #Viff2025, for @thatshelf.com we take a look at Jennifer Chiu's stellar CLAN OF THE PAINTED LADY

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VIFF 2025 Review - Bradley Cooper's IS THIS THING ON

Jason Gorber @filmfest.bsky.social · 1d

For @thatshelf we looked at #Viff2025 film IS THIS THING ON?, Bradley Cooper's latest gem.

youtu.be/vfD0_3vW70o

VIFF 2025 Review - The Art of Aventure (plus Tron: Ares)

Jason Gorber @filmfest.bsky.social · 1d

Don't be so negative

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Jason Gorber @filmfest.bsky.social · 2d

From #Viff we take a look at Alison Reid's THE ART OF ADVENTURE as well as measuring up #TronAres

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Review - Barry Avrich's TIFF 2025 Prize Winner THE ROAD BETWEEN US: THE ULTIMATE RESCUE

Jason Gorber @filmfest.bsky.social · 2d

Our in-depth discussion about Barry Avrich's #Tiff50 award winning film #TheRoadBetweenUs, still in select theatres now.
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Jason Gorber @filmfest.bsky.social · 2d

Picked up the RSD version. It's glorious.

Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon - Surround Sound and Immersive Video at Vancouver's Dome!

Jason Gorber @filmfest.bsky.social · 2d

Now realize that when @andrewhickey.500songs.com introduces me to another "overblown and fucking stupid" post-Sgt. Pepper concept album my immediate reaction in "I must own this".

This may or may not be a good thing (like the albums themselves).

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Jason Gorber @filmfest.bsky.social · 3d

"Breathe in the Air" - For @thatshelf.com we take a deep dive into the #PInkFloyd experience at Vancouver's Dome, home to an amazing experience where you get to be surrounded by the Dark Side of the Moon audio mix as images created by Aubrey Powell fill your vision.

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TFCA Friday: Movie Reviews for Oct. 10 - Toronto Film Critics Association

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Jason Gorber @filmfest.bsky.social · 3d

I guess Trainspotting doesn't count given its more metaphoric title.

Jason Gorber @filmfest.bsky.social · 4d

ACAB - Aaron Copeland Awesome Brassparts

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Jason Gorber @filmfest.bsky.social · 5d

That rehearsal pianist ended up with a decent career.

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Toronto Film Critics Association @torontofilmcritics.bsky.social · 5d

On JOHN CANDY: I LIKE ME 😂

"on the screen, Candy is virtually reincarnated" - Brian D. Johnson

"thorough and incredibly moving" - @annebrodie.bsky.social

On THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR 🚨

"a nearly perfect film" - @filmfest.bsky.social
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Movie reviews for A House of Dynamite, Roofman, Tron: Ares, John Candy: I Like Me, The Woman in Cabin 10, and more!

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Jason Gorber @filmfest.bsky.social · 6d

Masterpiece of a film.

Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 6d

Wrote about one of the year's most disturbing films, which stares at an oncoming tragedy like a deer in the headlights. The Netflix doc succinctly captures America's racism, love of guns, and failure of police. Me on The Perfect Neighbor: www.avclub.com/the-perfect-...

The Perfect Neighbor stares helplessly at a perfectly ordinary American murder

The Perfect Neighbor uses bodycam footage to capture the inevitable, racist, deeply American murder at its heart.

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Jason Gorber @filmfest.bsky.social · 7d

"It’s a film about AI with its foundational elements feeling generative rather than genuine, it’s various elements pieced together from what came before and rearranged just enough to make one feel that they’ve been given something new-ish."

www.pastemagazine.com/movies/tron-...

Something Has Been Corrupted in the Copied Code of Tron: Ares

Tron: Ares feels inescapably like something pieced together from its previous installments, with just enough additions to be technically new.

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Jason Gorber @filmfest.bsky.social · 8d

The end result was...middling

Jason Gorber @filmfest.bsky.social · 8d

Breaking badly Spotify's new AI playlist creator. Having this kind of search with low stakes (hallucinate away on song selection) does seem a less evil application for the tech, but it's amusing it still doesn't actually work (yet).

전세계 아이맥스관 스크린 크기 비교도 [IMAX Screen Size Comparison in the World] (2024.12.25 기준)

Jason Gorber @filmfest.bsky.social · 9d

Wburn.

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Jason Gorber @filmfest.bsky.social · 11d

This legend has done the math for screens around the world - the biggest in Canada, which doesn't even have laser GT, is still dwarfed by the likes of Melbourne. Given Canada is home to #Imax one can only dream we could have a monster near here.

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※전세계 IMAX GT LASER관 리스트를 확인하시려면 이쪽으로. 전세계에 있는 아이맥스 팬들을 위...

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Jason Gorber @filmfest.bsky.social · 11d

Stumbled across this... We have some mighty screens (including my beloved yet shuttered Cinesphere) yet lag behind other wonderous locations

How The Art of Adventure Captures a Travel Bug that Spans Generations - POV Magazine

Jason Gorber @filmfest.bsky.social · 12d

Reality bites.

Reality Winner @reazlepuff.bsky.social · 12d

What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12d

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.

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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 12d

"One of the many reasons I connected with Bristol and Bob is that I would love to do a trip like that."

Alison Reid, Robert Bateman, and Bristol Foster tell @filmfest.bsky.social about #TheArtOfAdventure ahead of its premiere at @viffest.bsky.social povmagazine.com/how-the-art-...

An interview with The Art of Adventure director Alison Reid and stars Robert Bateman and Bristol Foster about their landmark expedition.

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Jason Gorber @filmfest.bsky.social · 12d

Here (again) was my on-street unboxing

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Criterion Closet - The Wes Anderson 4K UHD Box set at TIFF50!