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TIFF 2012 Day 8: Post Tenebras Lux & When Night Falls
For day 8 I delved right into TIFF's Wavelengths programme which has been expanded this year. The programme used to cover avant-garde film only but now feature films that straddle the line between conventional and experimental are included as...
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Francine
With Academy Award winning Melissa Leo as the lead, Francine is a day in the life of a middle-aged woman who is struggling to make the adjustment from a long prison sentence to the freedoms of normal society. A...
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TIFF 2012 Day 7: The Hunt & Leviathan
It turned out that the day I was most cautious about was the best experience I had at the festival so far. In this festival coverage piece, I review The Hunt and Leviathan. One of these films ended up...
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TIFF 2012 Day 6: Berberian Sound Studio & Here Comes The Devil
Back from a day off from the festival, Day 6 at 2012 Toronto International Film Festival includes Berberian Sound Studio and Here Comes the Devil. Find out what I thought of these two films and what is next up...
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Motorway
Motorway by Pou-Soi Cheang is ferocious. Full of more testosterone than all 5 of the Fast and Furious films combined, the film never stops for a second. Cheang’s film is filled to the brim with exciting car chases; one after...
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TIFF 2012 Day 4: Cloud Atlas & The Land of Hope
A shorter day compared to yesterday's 4 films, but just as fulfilling. Starting off I was afraid that Cloud Atlas would be a terrible film to watch after getting 4 hours of sleep. Before I start hearing cries from people about...
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You Are Here
You Are Here opens with a professor (R.D. Reid) lecturing to an unseen audience while footage of waves rolling in play behind him. He tells the audience to stare at the waves and think for a minute before asking them...
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TIFF 2012 Day 3: Tabu – Amour – 90 Minutes – No One Lives
A considerably better day at TIFF this time around thanks to the lack of delays and other logistical nightmares, but the festival's troubles are starting to be felt. The comments today from people all around town were critical of...
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TIFF 2012 Day 2: Spring Breakers & The Master
It seems like the word of the day was "delay." After arriving at Toronto the line-up for picking up tickets took nearly an hour. That's not a complaint though, anyone who has been to TIFF is fully aware that...
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Children of Men
Alfonso Cuaron’s Science Fiction film Children of Men is devastatingly beautiful. The film is full of ugly greys and a tone that suggests nothing other than failure and yet, it’s the most hopeful film I have ever seen. There are...
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TIFF 2012 Day 1: An Introduction
This year will be my fifth time heading out for the Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF for short). The festival, which takes place over 11 days throughout downtown Toronto, has become more influential after the last several years....
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Lawless
John Hillcoat’s Lawless, which feels more like it belongs on HBO instead of theatre screens, is a mediocre attempt at a crime drama. Assembling a strong team of people in front of and behind the camera, Hillcoat has the materials...
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Stand Up Guys Will Premiere Opening Night At Chicago International Film Festival
The world premiere of Fisher Stevens’ Stand Up Guys will open the 2012 Chicago International Film Festival on Thursday, October 11th. Stand Up Guys is an action comedy about aging con men reuniting for one last night of mayhem....
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Watch: Underground Clip
By now most people have probably heard of Julian Assange or at least the site that made him famous, WikiLeaks. Robert Connolly’s upcoming film about Julian Assange entitled Underground is making its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival...
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