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…
TIFF 2009 – Day 1
Once more into the breach dear friends. red carpets are rolled out, and stars are being spotted in Yorkville. TIFF 2009 has officially begun. I’m a tad saddened that the official website hasn’t included a forum for people to link their blogs this year. In the past it was actually a pretty handy spot to…
Heaven Help (Mapping Out a Free TIFF 2009)
My TIFF experience just got a bit more amusing. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m focusing on the free events this time out. Well imagine my surprise when I discovered there were so many free events, that I would have to print out a calender and actually map out my week! I’m used to doing that…
Party Life (Top Five TIFF Memories)
The Toronto International Film Festival starts this week. I gotta tell you, it’s a tad surreal not to have spent the last two weeks mapping out ten days worth of screenings hour by hour. TIFF is a lot of fun, but believe me – it takes a lot of work to have that much fun!…
Dead Leaves and The Dirty Ground
Some mild misery came to an end this morning as I got a bright bit of TIFF news. My younger brother, the March Hare to my Mad Hatter, has come through with a Toronto International Film Festival Ticket for me. It may seem strange to some that I’m excited over a screening schedule of one,…
A Night to Remember (Please Weigh In)
Somebody once asked me why I go to screenings of movies I’ve already seen. They didn’t mean it in a “Why did you go see THE DARK KNIGHT three times?” sort of way. No, they meant it more in a “You own THE GREAT ESCAPE on dvd and have watched it about a dozen times…why…
What a Day That Was
I’m trying to decide what it was about last night’s free showing of STOP MAKING SENSE that has turned it into one of the best nights out at the movies I’ve ever taken part in. It could be the way the “Psycho Killer” opening was momentarily drowned out by a passing Porter Airlines Q400. I…