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film review: Anselm (3D)
Directed by Wim WendersChinoKino score: B+Review by Allan TongWim Wenders returns to the 3D documentary form with a portrait of German painter/sculptor, Anselm Kiefer. Few will know his name outside...
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IDS kicks off design weekend in Toronto
ARD OutdoorStory and photos by Allan TongThe Interior Design Show opened last night with a party to interrupt the cold snap gripping Toronto. Occupying the northern end of the massive Metro Toronto...
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film review: Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
Directed and written by Thomas von SteinaeckerChinoKino score: A-Review by Allan TongWith Werner Herzog, warns German filmmaker Wim Wenders, "you can't be sure of anything. It's all unpredictable. You...
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film review: They Shot The Piano Player
Directed by Fernando Trueba and Javier MariscalWritten by Fernando TruebaReview by Allan TongChinoKino score: B+This is a stunning, but flawed animated docu-drama about legendary Brazilian jazz...
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film review: Wicked Little Letters
Directed by Thea SharrockWritten by Jonny SweetChinoKino review: CReviewed by Allan TongIn 1919, in the English seaside town of Littlehampton, two neighbours, Edith Swann and Rose Gooding, ceased...
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festival spotlight on IncluCity
The Italians do it in style, and that extends to their film festivals. At least in Toronto. The ICFF, once the Italian Contemporary and since morphed into the multicult IncluCity, has weathered the...
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film review: Russians at War
Directed by Anastasia TrofimovaWritten by Anastasia Trofimova & Roland SchlimmeChinoKino review: AReviewed by Allan Tong First of all, Russians at War is an anti-war documentary,not propaganda....
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fashion & art review: Art/Wear: Sneakers x Artists
Are sneakers art?That's the question the Bata Shoe Museum of Toronto poses in its new show, Art/Wear: Sneakers x Artists, opening October 3 and running through March 2023, 2026. On view are vintage...
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film review: The Apprentice
Directed by Ali AbbasiWritten by Gabriel ShermanChinoKino review: A-Reviewed by Allan TongDonald Trump doesn't want you to see this movie.Pulling no punches, The Apprentice traces his relationship...
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IDS 2025: brass, salmon and wood
Toronto's hip and beautiful braved the polar vortex last night to party at IDS, the annual Interior Design Show, which showcases the world of furnishings and anything pretty that belongs in a home....
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film review: Becoming Led Zeppelin
Directed by Bernard MacMahonChinoKino review: A- (in IMAX)Reviewed by Allan TongFirst of all, this movie rocks on a giant screen. True, some footage is grainy on an IMAX screen, and the sound is...
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