I’m a pretty big fan of Stephen Soderbergh (TRAFFIC is one of my all-time top five movies). So it brought me much movie-geek excitement yesterday to learn that his two part bio-pic CHE, about the life of Che Guevera, will be playing this year’s Toronto International Film Festival! The two parts together will run four…
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I think I’ve made no bones about the fact that BLINDNESS is the movie I’m most looking forward to for the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival. Well, yesterday’s announcement of more titles gave me a clear cut number two. IT MIGHT GET LOUD is a doc celebrating the electric guitar. It’s directed by David Guggenheim,…
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Toronto International Film Fest released its list of titles for the midnight madness programme, and as always they sound suitably disturbing. I must say though, that JCVD might have me staying up past my bedtime! The complete list of the twisted and terrifying midnight tales after the jump. JCVD Mabrouk El Mechri, France/Luxembourg/BelgiumInternational PremiereJean-Claude Van…
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More news of titles coming to the Toronto International Film Festival today, including GHOST TOWN starring Ricky Gervais, ROCKNROLLA directed by Guy Ritchie, and in a moment of a film coming full-circle, Bill Maher’s documentary RELIGULOUS, which premiered footage at TIFF last year. Full details on these titles and more after the jump Secret Life…
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Seems like it was just yesterday that I was closing the book on another Toronto Film Festival. Yet here we are…ten months later and ramping up to do it all over again. I’ll admit that as much as I like to find an obscure treasure, or immerse in some domestic cinematic bliss, I quite enjoy…
Thanks, That Was Fun
So another Toronto International Film Festival is behind us…maybe now I can get back to watching movies at a normal pace! I had a great time this year, and count 18 out of my 20 films as ones I would recommend – a much higher ratio than usual! I’d like to think that I’m just…
Reaction: JOY DIVISION
What a difference a week makes. Last Saturday, I sat down to watch Anton Corbijn’s CONTROL knowing precious little about Joy Division. This week, I went with friends to watch the documentary JOY DIVISION ( * * 1/2 ), and felt like somewhat of a seasoned expert as I watched much of the same material…