TCAF 2022: Photos From The Academic Symposium
The Tornoto Comics Arts Festival academic symposium featured talks by academics researching topics related to comics. Some of these concerns
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Author: Koom Kankesan
Toronto Comics Art Festival 2022: Word Balloon Academy
Friday, June 17th (before the Toronto Comics Art Festival kickoff panel in the Toronto Reference Library) saw a number of daytime
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Commentary: On Anticipating TCAF
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) is just a week away. This will be the first in-person festival TCAF has
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Film Review: ‘The Northman’
The Northman, Robert Eggers’ epic new period piece should make fans of his The Witch who subsequently hated his The
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Review: ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’
Everything Everywhere All At Once, the new film by The Daniels (Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) is easily the most
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Film Review: HBO’s ‘Scenes From A Marriage’
Scenes From A Marriage, Hagai Levi’s reimagining of Ingmar Bergman’s mini series of the same name, is easily the best
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Film Review: ‘Belfast’
Belfast, the film written and directed by Kenneth Branagh, is told from the viewpoint of a nine year old working
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The Toronto Comicon: Day Two
Saturday, March 19th, 2022, at the Toronto Comicon felt like a full event. The weather was damp and drizzly and
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Review: The Toronto Comicon 2022
After almost three years of not attending a large comic convention, I went to the Toronto Comicon today and walked
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Film Review: ‘After Yang’
After Yang is a low key sci-fi drama directed by Kogonada. It stars Colin Farrell as Jake, a husband and
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TV Review: ‘The Righteous Gemstones: Season Two’
The second season of HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones recently wrapped up. Upping the stakes from Season One, Gemstones (or a
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‘Miskatonic High’ Writer Mike Shea Talks The Rewards And Perils Of Making The Lovecraft/Teen Mashup Comic
Miskatonic High, Mike Shea and Ryan Mendoza‘s popular Kickstarter-backed project is making its way to comic stores at the end
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Heartbreaking But Humorous: ‘Scarborough’ Film Review
Scarborough, directed by Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson, and adapted from Catherine Hernandez’s novel of the same name, tells the
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Film Review: ‘Parallel Mothers’
Pedro Almodovar’s new film Parallel Mothers brings back Penelope Cruz in a role that plays on the Spanish actress’ strength
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Film Review: ‘Drive My Car’
Drive My Car (co-written and directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi) is one of the five films up for best foreign film
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Film Review: ‘Compartment No. 6’
Juho Kuosmanen‘s film Compartment No. 6 shared the Grand Prix (the second highest prize) at last year’s Cannes Film Festival.
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Film Review: Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Licorice Pizza’
Licorice Pizza, the new offering by Paul Thomas Anderson, is a smaller intimate film although it still bears the director’s
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Review: ‘Don’t Look Up’
Don’t Look Up is an ensemble film directed and co-written by Adam McKay, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Rob Morgan,
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Punisher Gift Zone: Last Minute Gift Ideas
Frank Castle here. You may know me as “The Punisher” from the time I used to wage war on crime,
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Punisher Gift Zone: Gifts Ideas For Kids
Frank Castle here. You may know me as “The Punisher” from the time I used to wage war on crime,
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Punisher Gift Zone: Leggings
Frank Castle here. You may know me as “The Punisher” from the time I used to wage war on crime,
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Punisher Gift Zone: A Guide To Journals
Even a Punisher has a list of people he needs to by gifts for at the end of the year
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Film Review: The Power Of The Dog
There is no way to discuss this movie without using spoilers, so be warned: spoilers abound. The Power of the
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‘Bergman Island’ Is A Dear John Letter To The Great Director
Bergman Island, the new film by Mia Hansen-Løve is a complicated love letter to the films of Ingmar Bergman, especially those
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Film Review: ‘The Many Saints Of Newark’ Is No ‘Sopranos’
The Many Saints of Newark, Alan Taylor‘s prequel to HBO’s The Sopranos, is written by David Chase and Lawrence Konner.
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Koom Asks: “If God Were A Filmmaker…?”
There’s two kinds of people in this world, Elvis people and Beatles people. Now, Beatles people can like Elvis. And
Read moreComicon Video: ‘Raiders!’ Where Are They Now?
Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made (2015) is a fascinating, riveting documentary. Directed by Jeremy Coon
Read moreReview: Alex Grand And Sebastian Guidobono’s ‘Journey Into Mexico’
Alex Grand and Sebastian Guidobono’s Journey Into Mexico is an all-ages graphic novel that marries Mexican history with Latin American
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Alex Grand and Jim Thompson’s published interview with Frank Thorne, Frank Thorne the Blue: Wizard of the Comic Arts is
Read moreReview: HBO’s ‘Mosaic’ Is A Murder Mystery, Just Not Too Memorable
Mosaic is one of HBO’s lower key dramas. A six part show, it was conceived as an interactive web series
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