I first discovered director Sean Garrity ten years ago after seeing Lucid (trailer), a dark dramedy about an insomnia-plagued psychotherapist whose life is falling apart. I was so taken by the fine balance of drama and comedy of Garrity's work and the striking look of the movie, that I became an instant fan.
In the decade since the release of Lucid, Garrity and frequent collaborator Jonas Chernick have doled out a wide variety of projects and their latest is another winner.
Borealis stars Chernick as Jonah, a gambler who is on the verge of losing everything. His girlfriend (Emily Hampshire) is nearing the end of her rope and his daughter Aurora (Joey King) is only living at home because she doesn't have another choice.
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In the decade since the release of Lucid, Garrity and frequent collaborator Jonas Chernick have doled out a wide variety of projects and their latest is another winner.
Borealis stars Chernick as Jonah, a gambler who is on the verge of losing everything. His girlfriend (Emily Hampshire) is nearing the end of her rope and his daughter Aurora (Joey King) is only living at home because she doesn't have another choice.
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- 9/28/2015
- QuietEarth.us
The latest batch of titles released by the movers and shakers behind the Toronto International Film Festival today are homegrown movies, part of the Canadian 2012 lineup and include thrillers, dramas, a trans love story and one awkward sexual adventure.
Among those movies screening during Tiff are Antiviral, the directorial debut of David Cronenberg's son Brandon, a genre-mashing flick from Sarah Polley called The Stories We Tell, Xavier Dolan's modern romance Laurence Anyways and the latest from Michael McGowan (One Week, Saint Ralph), the based-on-real-events drama Still.
While those movies are part of the Special Presentations programme, the Discovery programme boasts three world premieres (Blackbird, Krivina, Picture Day) and one North American premiere (Tower) and the Contemporary World Cinema section includes the brazenly-titled My Awkward Sexual Adventure from Sean Garrity (Inertia, Lucid).
Among those movies screening during Tiff are Antiviral, the directorial debut of David Cronenberg's son Brandon, a genre-mashing flick from Sarah Polley called The Stories We Tell, Xavier Dolan's modern romance Laurence Anyways and the latest from Michael McGowan (One Week, Saint Ralph), the based-on-real-events drama Still.
While those movies are part of the Special Presentations programme, the Discovery programme boasts three world premieres (Blackbird, Krivina, Picture Day) and one North American premiere (Tower) and the Contemporary World Cinema section includes the brazenly-titled My Awkward Sexual Adventure from Sean Garrity (Inertia, Lucid).
- 8/8/2012
- by Andrea Miller
- Cineplex
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