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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 IMPOSSIBLE Plays TIFF 2012

Suddenly, my schedule has started handing me more misses than hits. This does not bode well.

Posted on September 11, 2012September 13, 2012
festivals, reactions, TIFF

PAINLESS (INSENSIBLES) Plays TIFF 2012

Back to Spain to realize the dangers that come when one feels no pain.

Posted on September 10, 2012September 12, 2012
reactions, screenings, TIFF

FIN Plays TIFF 2012

Who should we grieve: Those who fall victim, or those left to carry on?

Posted on September 10, 2012September 12, 2012
festivals, matineecast, podcasts, TIFF

Wicked Little Town – TIFF 2012 pt. i

Talkin’ SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK with Jess Rogers as TIFF 2012 coverage begins.

Posted on September 10, 2012September 11, 2012
festivals, reactions, TIFF

SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS Plays TIFF 2012

A shih tzu, a screenplay, and a shootout can make for some real laughs.

Posted on September 9, 2012September 11, 2012
festivals, reactions, TIFF

THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES Plays TIFF 2012

Faster than you can say “Hey Girl”, a new film staring Ryan Gosling shows you one thing and does another.

Posted on September 9, 2012September 11, 2012
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
listy goodness, TIFF

Memories of TIFF Past: The Matinee’s Golden Pan Awards

A wise camp counsellor once said “It just doesn’t matter”. Where TIFF is concerned, he might as well have been referring to the planning that goes into trying to see it all.

Posted on September 6, 2012September 9, 2012
TIFF

All Good Things – My TIFF 2012 Schedule

In getting what I wanted for TIFF 2012, I was extremely lucky. Here’s hoping my luck continues when time comes to finallyexperience these films

Posted on August 28, 2012September 1, 2012

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