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Category: festivals

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

festivals, reactions, TIFF

LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE Plays TIFF 2012

The natives got restless watching Kiarostami’s latest film at TIFF on Friday night. I can’t say I blame them, but the film has continued to interest me as I keep reflecting back on it.

Posted on September 8, 2012September 11, 2012
festivals, reactions, TIFF

RUST AND BONE (De Rouille et D’Os) Plays TIFF 2012

Marion Cotillard is stellar in the new offering from Jacques Audiard. The question to be asked is what to make of everything else that happens around her?

Posted on September 8, 2012September 10, 2012
festivals, reactions, TIFF

FAR OUT ISN’T FAR ENOUGH Plays TIFF 2012

TIFF gives us a lesson in creative energy and joyful artwork in a new doc about a cheeky icon.

Posted on September 7, 2012September 12, 2012
festivals, reactions, TIFF

Jason Reitman’s AMERICAN BEAUTY Table Read plays TIFF 2012

Thirteen years after AMERICAN BEAUTY took the TIFF Audience Choice Award, the festival brings it back for an encore…a very special encore.

Posted on September 7, 2012September 9, 2012
festivals, news, TIFF

News of The World 2012 part iv – TIFF Announces More Galas and World Cinema

A badly kept secret is confirmed, and is but one of the many exciting things TIFF unveiled as the rest of the world starts booking their tickets to Toronto.

Posted on August 15, 2012September 11, 2020
festivals, news, TIFF

News of The World 2012 part iii – TIFF Announces Canadian Selections

The home team is unveiled as TIFF 2012 stacks the deck with some stellar Canadian talent.

Posted on August 9, 2012August 13, 2012
festivals, news, TIFF

News of The World 2012 pt ii – TIFF Announces Madness, Vanguard, Documentary, and More

As if it wasn’t going to me tough enough to narrow down the slate, in comes Gondry, McDonagh, Wheatley, Ken Burns and Rob Zombie. Maybe I should up my ante to 35 screenings?

Posted on August 1, 2012August 6, 2012
festivals, news, TIFF

News of the World 2012 – TIFF Announces Galas and Special Presentations

I get the sneaking suspicion that narrowing down my choices this year will be harder than ever. Malick, Whedon, Affleck, Johnson, Wachowskis, and Baumbach highlight the first TIFF announcement

Posted on July 25, 2012July 29, 2012
festivals, hot docs, reactions

DETROPIA plays Hot Docs

The city that bred legends like Henry Ford, Joe Louis, and Stevie Wonder is in crisis.

Posted on May 6, 2012December 24, 2012
festivals, hot docs, matineecast, podcasts

Life in Technicolor 2012 pt 3

Talkin’ THE WAITING ROOM with director Pete Nicks and producer Bill Hirsch as Hot Docs festival coverage concludes.

Posted on May 6, 2012December 24, 2012
festivals, hot docs, reactions

THEO FLEURY: PLAYING WITH FIRE plays Hot Docs

No matter how famous you become, sometimes you just can’t outrun your past.

Posted on May 5, 2012December 24, 2012
festivals, hot docs, reactions

SEXY BABY plays Hot Docs

If sex is everywhere, how is it that our attitude about sex is so damned screwed up?

Posted on May 5, 2012December 24, 2012

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