TIFF doesn't seem to have ended since I've been at the TIFF Bell Lightbox at least 2-3 times a week the past month ( Read more... )

( This is what I did the 11 days of the Toronto International FIlm Festival )

So in May my life started getting crazy with Hot Docs and then right into derby. And our derby season isn't even over yet. Luckily it was a slow summer for films anyway ( Read more... )

28. And Everything is Going Fine. A wonderful documentary about Spalding Gray by Steven Soderbergh (who directed Gray in King of the Hill and Gray's Anatomy). It's actually just 89 minutes of footage from Gray's monologues and interviews, but who else could tell his life story? That's what his monologues were about anyway. It's edited in a way that ( Read more... )

I've been pretty busy with derby the past few weeks/months. I can't remember if I've seen any films since Hurt Locker. I only remember one.

27. Saw KICK-ASS again. Still a lot of fun, and the audience wasn't too bad. I saw it with about 6 friends so that helped. And we all clapped when they showed the gang going to a movie at the Scotiabank ( Read more... )

19. Inferno of Henri-Georges Clouzot. It was playing at the Bloor before Precious and was curious about it. I thought it would be the entire film pieced together but I guess since it was never finished it runs more like a documentary about the making of the film. They interview the producers and cinematographer and anyone around that worked on the ( Read more... )

i. Kavi. About a boy named Kavi working with his family in a brick kiln, basically modern-day slaves.

ii. The New Tenants. A gay couple moves into an apartment where the previous tenant was murdered. A dark comedy with Vincent D'Onofrio and Kevin Corrigan.

iii. Miracle Fish. An Australian entry, one of my favourites. It follows a young school ( Read more... )

16. Bobby. I usually like films with a bunch of different story lines like Pulp Fiction or Magnolia, but I wasn't really interested enough in these characters. Watching this after the documentary on Thursday made me really sad to see how different things could have been with RFK instead of Nixon in office. In any case, I still like Men At Work ( Read more... )

14. Sense and Sensibility. Kate Winslet is so cute! I wish Hugh Laurie was in it more.

15. The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers. I've now seen 4 of the 5 documentaries nominated for an Oscar. I have no idea which one I would pick to win. All very different stories and all done so well. Makes me sad to realize ( Read more... )

12. Zombieland - chose to see Whip-It opening weekend and then never got around to seeing it. Lots of fun.

13. The Last Station - Slow paced and a talky film, but I was really interested in the story of the final days of Tolstoy. Didn't realize the magnitude of his influence. And I'm glad they didn't make James McAvoy and everyone try to do a ( Read more... )