It’s possible – even likely – that I am kind of biased towards Lauren Lee Smith in general. I mean, she’s funny, sweet, smart, talented and fairly gorgeous (if you’re into that breathtaking sort of thing), and since Tim and I now count her as almost a friend, it’s only natural that I would…
Category: Film Festivals
TIFF – Short Cuts Canada Programme 2
There is more TIFF goodness screening today in the Short Cuts Canada Programme 2. They can be seen today at 2:30pm or tomorrow at noon, both screenings are at the Lightbox. There is some great shorts in this collection,there is whimsy, fun, and tears. The one in this collection that touched me the most…
TIFF 2013 – Hateship Loveship – Liza Johnson
I knew almost nothing about this film going into it – just that it had a wonderful cast and was based on a short story by Alice Munro, which I’ve yet to read. As such, it was nearly impossible for me to predict anything that was going to happen, and before long, I found myself…
TIFF – Short Cuts Canada Programme 1
TIFF is under way, and screening today and tomorrow at the Lightbox is the first full programme of shorts. This collection features some amazing visuals and camera work, some odd stories, and a dazzling compilation of talent. Comprised of 6 titles, there’s a little bit of everything in this collection, and I was quite taken…
Toronto After Dark Spotlight – V/H/S/2
I should totally have reread my review for the first film in this series, because I went in with some high hopes for this installment in the series, because a couple of the segments looked like they could be really good! I settled into my seat for the second half of the first Toronto…
Toronto After Dark Spotlight – Bad Milo (2013) – Jacob Vaughan
The Toronto After Dark film festival is one of my favorite film festivals that Sue and I cover, the films cater to the dark, the scary, the weird, and the undeniably fun. Festival creator Adam Lopez and his crew are gearing up for the 2013 festival in October, but wanted to spotlight some highly…
Ghosts In Our Machine – Special Screenings!
I was fortunate enough to screen Liz Marshall’s incredible award-winning film, The Ghosts In Our Machine, at Hot Docs this past spring, but it is now finding new life in theatres, and I must highly encourage anyone and everyone to see this documentary if the chance should ever arrive. Thanks in no small part…
Hot Docs: God Loves Uganda – Roger Ross Williams
I knew going in that this one was going to make me mad, which is why I planned to see something relaxing and enjoyable right after, but this presentation at Hot Docs left me infuriated, and left me with no doubt in my mind that the evangelical Christian right has blood on their hands, as…
Hot Docs: Teenage – Matt Wolf
Using Jon Savage’s Teenage: The Creation of Youth Culture as a launching point, Wolf’s film, which screened at the Lightbox yesterday, serves as a perfect companion piece to Savage’s work. Through the use of varied voice overs from the UK, the U.S. and Germany, the film charts the growth of a new creation, that of adolescence at…
Hot Docs: Remote Area Medical – Jeff Reichert & Farihah Zaman
Scotiabank played host to a heartbreaking presentation of this beautiful film that shows the terrible state of medicine in the United States and its practice. Remote Are Medical, created by Stan Brock (who seems to travel everywhere by bike), was established to bring doctors to the Amazon. Recent times however, have necessitated them to bring more work…
The Mind Reels 