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Month: September 2008

September 23, 2008 / PN / Reviews

You are what eats you

I picked Lymelife because of the Culkins. Say what you will about parents who insist…

September 16, 2008 / PN / Reviews

Scan-tastic

Every year I end up picking at least one movie based entirely on the picture…

September 15, 2008 / PN / Random

Accepting what I cannot change

I just bought two movies at the video store. After seeing Burn After Reading at…

September 12, 2008 / MC / Reviews

Suburban Roulette

Depending on your point of view, American culture either peaked or hit rock bottom in…

September 12, 2008 / PN / Reviews

It was aiight

So Good had all the ingredients. Based on a successful stageplay, starring Viggo Mortensen and…

September 12, 2008 / MC / Reviews

The Ties that Bind

I have to see at least one movie from New Zealand and Denmark at every…

September 12, 2008 / PN / Reviews

Feels like making love

I try not to read too many reviews before seeing a movie at the festival,…

September 12, 2008 / PN / Reviews

The really long con

The problem I have with some movies about con men is it’s difficult to get…

September 12, 2008 / MC / Reviews

In Hot Water

It’s day 8 of TIFF. It’s 12:02 a.m. I’ve done 9 other posts today. Ocean…

September 12, 2008 / MC / Reviews

Pretty Damn Large

Brian (Paul Dano) is a nice, quiet guy who works in a Manhattan mattress store.…

September 12, 2008 / MC / Reviews

The Play’s the Thing

I’m a Charlie Kaufman devotee, so I will let him off the hook for giving…

September 11, 2008 / MC / Reviews

World’s Most Convoluted Title

Shakespeare and Victor Hugo’s Intimacies (gag) is a documentary from first-time Mexican filmmaker Yulene Olaizola.…

September 11, 2008 / MC / Reviews

A Cure for What Ails

Just let me say at the top that this is one of the best films…

September 11, 2008 / MC / Reviews

Who Wants to be a Slumdog Millionaire?

The audience that I saw Slumdog Millionaire with applauded rapturously when it ended, so I’m…

September 11, 2008 / MC / Reviews

Where was Orlando?

Wunderkind Rian Johnson follows-up his debut Brick with another piece of anachronistic filmaking. Steven (Mark…

September 11, 2008 / MC / Reviews

Guy Love

Butch and Sundance. Turk and JD. LeBron and his boys. These are some examples of…

September 11, 2008 / MC / Reviews

Oh Mickey, you’re so fine

After the muddled fiasco that was The Fountain, I was a little apprehensive about seeing…

September 11, 2008 / MC / Reviews

Who’s Sicker?

Is it the writer and directors of Deadgirl for coming up with such a sick,…

September 11, 2008 / MC / Reviews

Now I’m Sure

Uncertainty is a superb film comprised of two separate, but equally compelling parts. Kate (Lynn…

September 11, 2008 / PN / Reviews

Medicine for mediocrity

When I see phrases in the TIFF precis like ‘barest of budgets’ ‘first-time feature filmmaker’…

September 11, 2008 / PN / Reviews

Wayback machine to Y2K

Note: This may not be a review so much as evidence to be introduced later…

September 10, 2008 / PN / Reviews

The emperor’s old clothes

Valentino: The Last Emperor was a love story about Valentino’s longtime partnership with Giancarlo Giammetti…

September 9, 2008 / MC / Reviews

Bittersweet

Miguel ‘Sugar’ Lopez is a Dominican pitcher who gets called up to play for an…

September 8, 2008 / MC / Reviews

My Favourite Mistake

The Other Man wasn’t supposed to be on my final TIFF list. But, due to…

September 8, 2008 / MC / Reviews

You Can’t Win(terbottom) ‘Em All

Michael Winterbotton is one of my favorite film-makers. The true mark of a Winterbottom film…

September 8, 2008 / MC / Reviews

It just got Real to Reel

This one left me very verklempt. Witch Hunt is a documentary about a group of…

September 8, 2008 / MC / Reviews

Now is the time on Sprockets when we…

shift back and forth in our seats for 2 hours. Krabat strives to be a…

September 8, 2008 / PN / Random

Administration

A pause on the festival postings to do some prep work related to my real…

September 7, 2008 / PN / Reviews

Dance Barry, dance!

One of the reasons I enjoy the festival is the lack of children at the…

September 7, 2008 / MC / Reviews

My omnivore dilemma

Food, Inc. does what a good doc should – it educates, it outrages and it…

September 7, 2008 / PN / Reviews

Man’s inhumanity to man

There are some films that stay with you long after the festival is over. Hunger…

September 7, 2008 / PN / Reviews

A job interview in spandex

Every Little Step – I went to a party once with a bunch of dancers.…

September 6, 2008 / MC / Reviews

Zzzzz Point Daze

The seats at the AMC Theatre are very comfy, which is the only reason I…

September 6, 2008 / PN / Reviews

Making men cry

More than a game-There’s no better way to make a grown man cry than a…

September 6, 2008 / PN / Random

Priceless

Deciding not to buy any Gala or Visa Screening Room tickets- $0.00 Overhearing in a…

September 6, 2008 / MC / Reviews

The closest Chinese restaurant I could find

I am posting this from Good View Chinese Restaurant on Dundas Street. I pretty much…

September 6, 2008 / MC / Random

And we’re off

My festival started off in style at the Passchendaele party at the Drake Hotel on…

September 6, 2008 / PN / Reviews

Nice lid

Lovely, Still – Ellen Burstyn has the most gorgeous head of hair I’ve seen in…

September 4, 2008 / PN / Reviews

Stop motion sex

9.99. Geoffrey Rush sounds like smoky hot butter. On the surface this film has a…

September 3, 2008 / PN / Festival Prep

Sidewalk rage

I’m not talking about the line to do pick ups and exchanges either. I was…

September 1, 2008 / PN / Festival Prep

Chicago jazz or holocaust clowns?

The act of choosing your movies the first time involves concentration, cross-referencing, and careful thought.…

September 1, 2008 / PN / Festival Prep

Squirrels are creepy

Waiting for the streetcar at this time in the morning is a bit disturbing. There…

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