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Category: TIFF

News, views, and thoughts from the circus that takes over my home town every September. Films discussed are never rated.

festivals, reactions, TIFF

THE STAG plays TIFF 2013

TIFF presents a comedy Hollywood writers wish they were clever enough to come up with.

Posted on September 15, 2013September 17, 2013
festivals, reactions, TIFF

THE WIND RISES plays TIFF 2013

“When the wind rises, you would have to attempt to live.”

Posted on September 15, 2013September 17, 2013
festivals, reactions, TIFF

CAN A SONG SAVE YOUR LIFE? plays TIFF 2013

Rock & Roll is my religion, and today TIFF took me to church.

Posted on September 14, 2013July 20, 2014
festivals, reactions, TIFF

R100 plays TIFF 2013

As The Bondage Club takes control of one man, Midnight Madness takes control of its audience.

Posted on September 14, 2013September 17, 2013
festivals, matineecast, podcasts, TIFF

Wicked Little Town – TIFF 2013 pt. iii

Talkin’ THE WIND RISES with Jake Cole as TIFF 2013 coverage continues.

Posted on September 14, 2013September 15, 2013
festivals, reactions, TIFF

WE ARE THE BEST! (Vi är Bäst!) plays TIFF 2013

Bad nights cause’n teenage blues
Get down ladies you’ve got nothing to lose…

Posted on September 13, 2013September 11, 2020
festivals, matineecast, podcasts, TIFF

Wicked Little Town – TIFF 2013 pt. ii

Talkin’ DALLAS BUYERS CLUB with Anna the Movie Nut as TIFF 2013 coverage continues.

Posted on September 13, 2013September 15, 2013
festivals, reactions, TIFF

GRAVITY plays TIFF 2013

Make that twice that the hype should be believed.

Posted on September 12, 2013September 15, 2013
festivals, reactions, TIFF

NIGHT MOVES plays TIFF 2013

Kelly reichardt;s new film examaines what you think you can do, and living with what you’ve done.

Posted on September 12, 2013January 11, 2017
festivals, reactions, TIFF

THE GREAT BEAUTY (LA GRANDE BALLEZZA) plays TIFF 2013

The team behind IL DIVO deliver a splendid look at life, love, passion, and regret.

Posted on September 12, 2013September 15, 2013
festivals, reactions, TIFF

THE UNKNOWN KNOWN plays TIFF 2013

When ideas fall like snowflakes, and the snowflakes turn into a blizzard, the first thing to go is visibility.

Posted on September 11, 2013September 15, 2013
festivals, reactions, TIFF

THE DOUBLE plays TIFF 2013

Dostoyevsky, Ayoade, Wasikowska, Eisenberg, and Eisenberg. What’s not to like?

Posted on September 11, 2013September 12, 2013

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