Film Review: LA DISPARITION DES LUCIOLES (THE FIREFLIES ARE GONE) (Canada 2018) ***

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A frustrated teenager frees herself from her mother’s influence and her narrow life in a small industrial town to find out who she really is. Director: Sébastien Pilote Stars: Karelle Tremblay, Pierre-Luc Brillant, François Papineau Warning: This review contains a spoiler in its plot point.  The spoiler occurs int h second last paragraph…

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Film Review: NEVER-ENDING MAN: HAYAO MIYAZAKI (Japan 2016) ***

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A look at famous Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki following his retirement in 2013. Director: Kaku Arakawa Stars: Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki, Yuhei Sakuragi Made as a Japanese TV movie back in 2016, taking 3 years before getting a commercial release at the TIFF Lightbox, one can understand the limited attraction of this…

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