This evening, the Canadian FilmFest presents a screening of the highly enjoyable, Mr. Viral at the Royal Theatre. The film follows the antics of a group of folks in an ad agency… whose exterior is right where we work! At the center of the story is Simon (Jefferson Brown), a rather disillusioned ad man, now ad…
Category: Film Festivals
Canadian FilmFest – The Scene: An Exploration of Music In Toronto (2013) – Josh Jensen
The Canadian FilmFest kicks out the jams tonight at The Royal with a screening of Josh Jensen’s documentary of the indie music scene in Toronto – The Scene. It’s a fascinating look at the eclectic and incredibly diverse music scene in Toronto, which may very well be one of the best for music in North…
Canadian Film Festival – The Disappeared: Shandi Mitchell
This latest offering in the amazing line-up at this year’s Canadian Film Festival is The Disappeared. Written and directed by Shandi Mitchell, the film offers up an acting tour de force from every one of its six main players (Billy Campbell, Ryan Doucette, Brian Downey, Shawn Doyle, Gary Levert, and Neil Matheson). The journey these…
Canadian FilmFest – Skull World – Justin McConnell
Greg Sommer (Skull Man) is a unique and eccentric individual. And in this fun little film, we get a look inside his life, and where he finds joy. For him, it’s his alter ego, and a fun little sport he discovers. And yes, I am calling it a sport. Growing up in Toronto, Greg created…
Canadian FilmFest – Rouge Sang aka The Storm Within (2013) – Martin Doepner
The Canadian FilmFest launches this evening with Martin Doepner’s captivating thriller, Rouge Sang. Set on New Year’s Eve 1799 in a remote cabin in Quebec, Esperance (Isabelle Guerard) is looking after her two children, Mathurin (Andre Kaspar Kolstad), Madelon (the adorable Charlotte St-Cyr) and her baby, while awaiting the return of her husband, Pierre (Peter Miller). As darkness falls, and a…
5-25-77 – Patrick Read Johnson
Every now and then a movie comes along that speaks to you, that defines you. A movie, that as you watch you can not only relate to the characters of the film, you recognize yourself upon the screen. On this site I’ve told the tales of my first experiences that helped define the movie geek…
TIFF Next Wave 2013: Ghost Graduation – Javier Ruiz Caldera
Attention Toronto film fans!!! Thanks to TIFF’s Next Wave Film Festival, you will have another opportunity to catch one of my Top 12 Films of 2012 on the big screen one more time!!! I was lucky enough to see this one premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last fall, and I can’t rave about…
Sick (2012) – Ryan M. Andrews
There’s a new film festival in town called Blood In The Snow. Organized by Festival Director Kelly Michael Stewart, of Fangoria magazine, the festival spotlights Canadian talent and Canadian film, specifically, Canadian Indie Horror films. Nice. Sadly, Sue and I didn’t learn about this in time, and missed the media window, but I did get…
Toronto After Dark Film Festival – Tim’s Tops
So The Mind Reels’ first year covering The Toronto After Dark Film Festival has come to an end, and it was FANTASTIC! Now that it’s over I thought it would be nice to compile my top 5 films of the festival. I want to be clear, I could have happily included A Fantastic Fear of…
Toronto After Dark: A Fantastic Fear Of Everything – Crispian Mills, Chris Hopewell
This was our first year covering the Toronto After Dark Film Festival as press, and while I personally had very little control over or choice in the screenings I was able to take in versus the ones I would have to miss, I don’t think I could have planned anything better for myself than…
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