Trent Film Society Presents: Shame
Troy Bordun and I (your friendly neighbourhood TFS co-directors) both wanted to screen films this semester that had something to do with exploring sexuality, so naturally, we gravitated towards two …
Steven Snow
Trent Film Society presents a free screening of ‘The Act of Killing’
The Act of Killing (which shares directorial credits amongst an anonymous Indonesian co-director, Christina Cynn, and Joshua Oppenheimer) is the breakout documentary from last year that had critics and viewers …
Trent Film Society presents a free screening of ‘Taxi Driver’
Martin Scorsese’s critically acclaimed film Taxi Driver centres around protagonist Travis Bickle (Robert DeNiro), an honourably discharged U.S. marine that suffers from chronic insomnia, loneliness and depression. Upon his return …
Trent Film Society Presents: Eraserhead
The most accurate way I can describe David Lynch’s first film, Eraserhead, is by calling it a macabre surrealist nightmare. Knowing little about the film before first watching it, I …
Trent Film Society Presents: The 400 Blows
François Truffaut’s debut feature The 400 Blows (Les quatre cents coups, 1959) was welcomed at Cannes Film Festival to overwhelming praise and admiration. Proclaimed as being one of the defining …
Trent Film Society Presents: The Illusionist (2010)
After taking a week off to recharge ourselves (and give our projector a break), Trent Film Society returns! On Wednesday, October 9 at 8pm, you can look forward to our …
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Thank you to everyone who came out last week to our first ever screening at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre! The turnout was fantastic and we could not thank everyone …
Review: Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom
To celebrate the beginning of the new season, we’ve decided to go big and bold by screening Wes Anderson’s modern classic Moonrise Kingdom (2012) at Market Hall, located in downtown …
“Lies may lead to truth:” A Separation
Separation. Divorce. Both of these are becoming increasingly commonplace in societies and cultures all over the world. Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi tackles this matter with fierce intimacy in his 2011 …