In a TIFF – Page 5

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…

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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…

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September 11, 2008 / MC / Reviews

Where was Orlando?

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

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September 11, 2008 / MC / Reviews

Guy Love

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

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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…

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September 11, 2008 / MC / Reviews

Who’s Sicker?

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

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September 11, 2008 / MC / Reviews

Now I’m Sure

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

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September 11, 2008 / PN / Reviews

Medicine for mediocrity

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

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September 11, 2008 / PN / Reviews

Wayback machine to Y2K

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

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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…

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September 9, 2008 / MC / Reviews

Bittersweet

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

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September 8, 2008 / MC / Reviews

My Favourite Mistake

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

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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…

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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…

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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…

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September 8, 2008 / PN / Random

Administration

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

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September 7, 2008 / PN / Reviews

Dance Barry, dance!

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

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September 7, 2008 / MC / Reviews

My omnivore dilemma

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

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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…

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September 7, 2008 / PN / Reviews

A job interview in spandex

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

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September 6, 2008 / MC / Reviews

Zzzzz Point Daze

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

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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…

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September 6, 2008 / PN / Random

Priceless

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

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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…

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September 6, 2008 / MC / Random

And we’re off

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

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September 6, 2008 / PN / Reviews

Nice lid

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

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September 4, 2008 / PN / Reviews

Stop motion sex

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

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September 3, 2008 / PN / Festival Prep

Sidewalk rage

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

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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.…

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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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August 31, 2008 / PN / Festival Prep

A state of permanent climax

I’m waiting to see how badly I did in box 59. The Tifftalk blogger got…

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August 28, 2008 / PN / Festival Prep

I’m wet

Another unintentionally suggestive title. However I am sweaty from hours spent hunched over the books,…

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August 26, 2008 / PN / Festival Prep

Shenanigan the first

The pick up office is at the corner of Dundas and Victoria, not inside on…

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August 26, 2008 / PN / Festival Prep

One more sleep

One night left until I pick up a shiny new programme book. I may sleep.…

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August 25, 2008 / PN / Festival Prep

Stalking works

The office location is confirmed. I went to see Bottle Shock at the AMC today…

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August 21, 2008 / PN / Festival Prep

Googlin’ it

It’s time to make a new Google notebook for my early picks from the film…

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August 19, 2008 / PN / Festival Prep

It’s like a sickness

I’m just sitting, crouched like a stalker in the bushes on the TIFF site page…

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August 18, 2008 / PN / Festival Prep

Show me on the dolly

Word of the day: Disturb – to interfere with. When one of the forms of…

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August 14, 2008 / PN / Food

Creamy goodness

You know, I wrote the title for this post, then had a moment where I…

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August 12, 2008 / PN / Festival Prep

Circle gets the square

According to the interweb this year the programme book pick up and lottery drop off…

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August 11, 2008 / PN / Festival Prep

Do you know what your sin is?

The deadly sins guide to TIFF Lust http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/cas/ Gluttony All you can eat at Katsu…

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August 10, 2008 / PN / Festival Prep

Cabs smell just as bad

For visitors to Toronto there is a new improved beta TTC site – so check…

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August 10, 2008 / PN / Random

Grab your coat and get your hat

Today’s lineup: The annual trip to the Toronto Festival of Beer is a great trial…

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August 9, 2008 / PN / Festival Prep

Sun + Icarus = Shenanigans

Word of the day: Ambitious – having a desire to achieve a particular goal. When…

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August 7, 2008 / PN / Festival Prep

Let’s talk about reading

While waiting for the publication of the programme book you may start reading the festival…

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August 7, 2008 / PN / Festival Prep

Research time

I have to hit the old books to see if any of my greens have…

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