Tonight I actually took time to see an installation TIFF commissioned as part of their Future Projections programme. If you were anywhere near the corner of King and John last night around eight, I was the dork looking up at the building…the only dork looking up at the building. The idea of this project is…
TIFF 2009 – Day 7
Tuesday night’s TIFF showcase at Dundas Square was my fourth in five nights, and so far, it was the event with the most character. In honour of the Russian film HIPSTERS, Tuesday night was Swing Night in Dundas Square. We began with some swing lessons, as taught by two friendly and charming instructors Chachi and…
TIFF 2009 – Day 6 (Wherin We Get Thoughts on JENNIFER’S BODY and THE WILD HUNT)
I think it was John Lennon who said “You may say that I’m a film geek / But I’m not the only one…” Nay, not only do I surround myself with one or two dozen other movie geeks, but I also find the sort of movie geeks who go to TIFF as well! The other…
TIFF 2009 – Day 5
Yesterday’s roller derby expo in honour of WHIP IT had the potential to be a great Sunday afternoon in the city. Pity TIFF, Dundas Square, and Toronto Roller Derby managed to screw it up. First and foremost, I truly have to thank the good people at TIFF for going to the trouble of publicizing events…
TIFF 2009 – Day 4
TIFF Fridays are fun, but there’s something about that first Saturday that seems to shift the fun into a higher gear. Perhaps this year, it was due to large quantities of the walking dead. More on them in a bit… Saturday afternoon gave me my first taste of the Dundas Square free screenings. I was…
TIFF 2009 – Day 3
Success! After a bit of a false start on day one, I finally managed to get into the swing of things Friday night at the SUCK Showcase at Dundas Square. First things first – if you are planning on taking in any of the free events, don’t rely on the info on TIFF’s website. If…
TIFF 2009 – Day 2 (Everybody’s Talkin’)
In the twelve hour span between 6pm last night and 6am this morning, a few flaws came up in my Free TIFF Experiment. Let’s start with TUFF. According to the TUFF site, there was supposed to be a kiosk set up in Toronto’s subway where people could see the ten short films. Well I wandered…