The official TIFF schedule was released yesterday and I was busy choosing the films that I plan to exchange my pre-festival volunteer vouchers for. It was a very tough choice, since I had to work around the six volunteer shifts I have during the festival (which has already eliminated many films I wanted to see). […]
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The 2010 Toronto International Film Festival is only about two and a half weeks away and I thought that I will continue my highlights from the various programmes by looking at some standout picks from the Real to Reel documentary programme. Thanks partially to a course I took on the genre, I’ve recently acquired an
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The Special Presentations programme is probably second only to Galas in terms of making up the celebrity presence at TIFF (and in the last few years, Special Presentations started to cost the same premium price as Galas). I already mentioned a few Special Presentations (along with Galas) in a previous post, however now that most
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I have always been a huge fan of genre films. As such, Midnight Madness can be considered one of my favourite programmes at TIFF. I have seen at least one MM film at TIFF every year since 2006 and this year I am even considering braving an actual midnight screening. Here is a rundown of
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For the second year I have attended the Toronto After Dark film festival at the Bloor Cinema. This year, I decided to check out The Last Exorcism, which is produced by Eli Roth. In was a fun screening, since both Eli Roth and the stars Patrick Fabian and Ashley Bell were in attendance for a
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It is the time of the year when the line-up of films at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival slowly gets revealed. There have been film announcements for the last couple of weeks now and I thought I would give my opinions on some that stick out. Buried – Rodrigo Cortés, Spain/USA This is a
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This is my fifth year volunteering for the Toronto International Film Festival and I had a very hard choice deciding where to volunteer this year. My automatic choice has always been the Varsity theatre, however I was disappointed to find out that it was not being utilized much this year. After a lot of pondering, I decided
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It is really starting to seem that my fifth year as a TIFF volunteer will be marked by many changes. First, there is an uncertainty over if and when I’d be able to volunteer, since I have applied for an internship that takes place during the festival (however, I should probably have a better idea
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So, on Thursday night I checked out a screening of David Cronenberg‘s film Videodrome at TIFF Cinemateque, which was the final screening of the “Toronto on Film” programme. Cronenberg was in attendance to introduce the film and it was definitely a neat experience seeing him in person, especially since a few months ago I had
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I’ve always had an interest to check out the TIFF Cinematheque that runs various film retrospectives throughout the year. Tonight I finally get the chance as I check out a screening of David Cronenberg‘s 1983 classic Videodrome. The thing that influenced me to purchase a ticket was when it was announced that Cronenberg himself is
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