Tag: TIFF

September 4, 2013 / PN / Festival Prep

Two Seasons, One Festival

We have two seasons in Toronto. Winter (so Stark) and construction. Every year the natural…

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September 9, 2012 / PN / Reviews

Review: The Place Beyond The Pines

The Place Beyond The Pines kind of felt like was watching three films, instead of…

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September 9, 2012 / PN / Reviews

Review: Much Ado About Nothing

I had so many questions that I didn’t ask in the Much Ado About Nothing…

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September 14, 2011 / PN / Reviews

He does more than drive

If you enjoyed Nicholas Winding Refn’s Valhalla Rising because of the minimalist script, intense close…

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September 14, 2011 / PN / Reviews

Highlights so far

So far I really enjoyed Up on Poppy Hill, The Artist, Pearl Jam Twenty, Drive,…

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August 11, 2011 / PN / Festival Prep

The Draft

People always ask me how I make my picks. Then they regret it because the…

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July 26, 2011 / PN / Festival Prep

We need to talk

The first announcements came out today about TIFF11, and I’m already excited. The first film…

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July 17, 2011 / PN / Festival Prep

Festival Prep – The Workout

Based on my totally non-scientific research process which involves looking around me in lines and…

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July 5, 2011 / PN / Festival Prep

How Big is Your Package?

Every year after the festival is over I am exhausted. All I want is to…

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July 4, 2011 / PN / Asides

Sold Out

Visa Screening Room weekday evening pack sold out.

July 4, 2011 / PN / Asides

Sold out

Double-date gala pack sold out.

July 4, 2011 / PN / Asides

Sold Out

Visa screening room opening weekend pack sold out.

March 21, 2011 / PN / Random

Too Big. FAIL

If you google ‘biggest film festivals’ TIFF will be referenced in most of the top…

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September 17, 2010 / PN / Reviews

Review: 13 Assassins

This is a two hour samurai movie directed by Takashi Miike. That would normally be…

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September 17, 2010 / PN / Reviews

Review: Beautiful Boy

This is another film that relies almost entirely on the performances of the two leads…

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September 16, 2010 / PN / Reviews

Review: Dirty Girl

I’ve seen Juno Temple in Atonement, Cracks, Mr. Nobody, Kaboom and now Dirty Girl-and this…

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September 13, 2010 / PN / Reviews

Review: The First Grader

I tend to cry during the festival. Movies that might normally get a sniffle or…

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September 13, 2010 / PN / Reviews

Review: Easy Money

Easy Money is a two hour noir / action film from Sweden. Putting this in…

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September 13, 2010 / PN / Reviews

Review: Love Crime & Our Day Will Come

Here’s the thing – the first French movie I ever watched at TIFF was Brotherhood…

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September 13, 2010 / PN / Reviews

Review: The Pipe

The story of the town of Rossport vs Shell E&P Ireland is an all too…

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September 12, 2010 / PN / Reviews

Review: Wasted on the Young

Another great pick from Jane Schoettle, Wasted on the Young opens with a moment of…

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September 10, 2010 / PN / Reviews

Review: Legend of the Fist

Donnie Yen is absolutely at the top of his game in this period piece directed…

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September 8, 2010 / PN / Food

Canteen – Didn’t Suck

Ok, it was lovely, such a lovely experience in fact that I may be willing…

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September 5, 2010 / PN / Asides

4 AM drinking

Toronto Life’s list of places to drink until 4 AM.

September 5, 2010 / PN / Featured

On Sale / Off Sale

On Sale Majority of these will be weekday, daytime second screenings with limited buzz and…

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September 4, 2010 / PN / Asides

When in doubt, go with Jane

Of my 28 picks seven were selected by Jane Schoettle. Hoping that’s enough to make…

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September 3, 2010 / PN / Asides

Unexpected Error

It appears the TIFF site is having performance issues with the shopping cart on the…

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September 2, 2010 / PN / Asides

It might get weird

I will talk to Jane Schoettle this year and it won’t get weird. I will…

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September 2, 2010 / PN / Asides

Special Hell

I believe that in the next life line jumpers will be in the last box…

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September 2, 2010 / PN / Random

Why Lines and not Online?

Over the last few years I have heard the lament in every lineup at every…

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August 23, 2010 / PN / Festival Prep

363 King Street West

New pickup location for the programme books. Allegedly at the corner of King and Peter…

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August 2, 2010 / PN / Random

Easy A

Looks like a good candidate for a war-torn doc heavy day.

July 5, 2010 / PN / Asides

Sold out

15 film day pack. Visa Screening Room Weekend evening 3-pack. Visa Screening Room Weekday evening…

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July 5, 2010 / PN / Asides

On sale

Packages on sale for Visa card holders.

June 28, 2010 / PN / Random

It burns

I love my idevices. They are bright and shiny and beautiful and whenever I unbox …

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June 2, 2010 / PN / Asides

TIFF Ticket Sales

TIFF Ticket Sales Begin July 5th.

December 8, 2009 / PN / Asides

Top Ten at Cinematheque

Screenings of the top feature and short Canadian films of 2009 films and a panel…

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September 20, 2009 / PN / Reviews

So what movies did you like?

So I go back to work tomorrow and will have to answer the inevitable question…

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September 20, 2009 / PN / Random

P’s Choice Awards

I will probably post reviews for some of the others movies that I saw, but…

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September 18, 2009 / PN / Podcasts

Fest-TIFF Special Episode 3

Talking about Johnnie To, Good Hair and violence in high schools. This podcast was not…

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est-TIFF Special - Episode 3 [ 15:04 ] Play Now | Download

September 17, 2009 / PN / Reviews

Review: Waking Sleeping Beauty

No talking heads and no old men reminiscing was the mission statement behind the approach…

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September 16, 2009 / PN / Reviews

Review: Defendor

This one takes a while to get going, I think I was expecting more in…

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September 16, 2009 / PN / Podcasts

Fest-TIFF Special Episode 2

More random ramblings with Jai about festival preparations, the movies I am excited to see,…

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Fest-TIFF Special - Episode 2 [ 16:49 ] Play Now | Download

September 15, 2009 / PN / Random

Bitch Slap Q & A

I realize I get more hits when there are pictures of attractive women. I guess…

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September 15, 2009 / PN / Reviews

Review: Cracks

After hearing about an alleged swarming/assault involving a group of boys from my old high…

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September 15, 2009 / PN / Reviews

Review: Triage

I think for a couple of years there I forgot that Colin Farrell could act,…

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September 14, 2009 / DJM / Reviews

Review: A Serious Man

The latest work from the Coen brothers is a lot more like Fargo and a…

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September 14, 2009 / DJM / Reviews

Review: Suck

This is one of the best Canadian movies I’ve ever seen. It’s not going to…

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September 14, 2009 / DJM / Reviews

Review: Daytrippers

This movie was great. Set in 2019 the world’s population has been infected by vampirism.…

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September 14, 2009 / DJM / Reviews

Review: Last Ride

Kev (played by Hugo Weaving) and his son (played by newcomer Tom Russell) take an…

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September 13, 2009 / PN / Random

Great Times at Good Hair

Will review later in the week, here’s a pic for now of Chris Rock, Melyssa…

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September 13, 2009 / PN / Featured

Review: Up in the Air

Note: After spending much of my time in my seat angrily tweeting about the movie…

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September 13, 2009 / PN / Reviews

Review: Bran Nue Dae

Based on the long running musical the movie Bran Nue Dae was the perfect thing…

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September 12, 2009 / DJM / Reviews

Review: Backyard

Based on a true story, Backyard is at its core a murder-mystery. But why just…

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September 12, 2009 / DJM / Reviews

Review: Dirty Saints

This movie was terrible. When I read the description and saw the “post-apocalyptic” description I…

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September 12, 2009 / DJM / Reviews

Review: The Informant!

If you’ve seen the trailer for this movie then you’ve only glimpsed act one of…

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September 12, 2009 / PN / Asides

Suck

Thumbs up on Suck http://bit.ly/2OQg2T

September 12, 2009 / PN / Reviews

When she’s had enough

I like the main character in Beautiful Kate. It took me a while to figure…

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September 12, 2009 / DJM / Reviews

Review: Cleanflix

This documentary explores the entrepreneurial brilliance of a few guys from Utah who realized that…

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