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Category: festivals

Coverage of TIFF, Hot Docs, NXNE, and Toronto After Dark

festivals, matineecast, podcasts, TIFF

Wicked Little Town – TIFF 2014 pt. ii

Talkin’ BIG GAME with Brian J. Roan as TIFF 2014 coverage continues.

Posted on September 8, 2014September 10, 2014
festivals, reactions, TIFF

KAHLIL GIBRAN’S THE PROPHET plays TIFF 2014

Forget about a story for a moment, and give yourself over to poetry.

Posted on September 7, 2014September 13, 2014
festivals, matineecast, podcasts, TIFF

Wicked Little Town – TIFF 2014 pt. i

Talkin’ CONFESSION – and the entire Toronto Adventure – with French Toast Sunday as TIFF 2014 coverage begins

Posted on September 7, 2014September 9, 2014
festivals, reactions, TIFF

SHREW’S NEST (MUSARAÑOS) plays TIFF 2014

My TIFF adventure begins with a grisly bedtime story from a country that is fast becoming the best at telling grisly bedtime stories.

Posted on September 5, 2014September 7, 2014
festivals, news, TIFF

News of The World 2014 pt iv – TIFF Announces Guests, Mavericks, TIFF Kids, and More

TIFF rounds out its slate, and they’ve saved a lot of the best stuff until last.

Posted on August 19, 2014September 4, 2014
festivals, news, TIFF

News of The World 2014 pt iii – TIFF Announces Canadian Lineup

Time for the home team to take the ball.

Posted on August 6, 2014September 4, 2014
festivals, news, TIFF, Toronto

News of The World 2014 pt ii – TIFF Announces Madness, Vanguard, Documentary, and More

Goddard, Moore, Miike, and more unveiled yesterday as TIFF 2014 comes further into focus.

Posted on July 30, 2014September 4, 2014
festivals, news, TIFF

News of The World 2014 – TIFF Announces Galas and Special Presentations

It’s that time of year again…

Posted on July 23, 2014September 4, 2014
festivals, nxne, reactions

LIES I TOLD MY LITTLE SISTER plays NXNE 2014

Families don’t come with baggage, they come with steamer trunks.

Posted on June 15, 2014June 20, 2014
festivals, nxne, reactions

LET’S RUIN IT WITH BABIES plays NXNE 2014

Why start a family when you can run a mobile karaoke lounge?

Posted on June 14, 2014June 19, 2014
festivals, nxne, reactions

WHOOPS! plays NXNE 2014

Mend a torn seam. Run out for ice cream. Hide a body. All in the contract of a modern marriage.

Posted on June 13, 2014June 17, 2014
festivals, hot docs, reactions

THE SHEIK plays Hot Docs 2014

He will humble you…now that he’s done being humbled himself.

Posted on May 4, 2014May 9, 2014

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