The Toronto film community lost one of its own yesterday when Adam Lopez, founder of the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, passed away at the age of 52. Lopez had been battling Stage IV cancer of the head and throat since 2021. Initially given only a year to live, Lopez defied all odds and went…
Film scholar David Bordwell has passed away at the age of 76 after a long struggle with a degenerative lung disease. The name would be familiar to anyone who has taken film school, as he was one of the key figures in film studies. Along with his wife and fellow University of Wisconsin-Madison film professor…
This is a tough obituary post for me to write since it affects the rest of the Toronto film community and me quite personally. Suppose you have ever attended the Toronto International Film Festival or one of the dozens of other film and cultural events around Toronto. In that case, chances are that you have…
Director and producer Ivan Reitman has died at the age of 75. Reitman is best known as the director of many popular comedies in the 1970s and 1980s, including 1979’s Meatballs, 1981’s Stripes, and of course 1984’s Ghostbusters and its 1989 sequel. Ivan Reitman was arguably more prolific as a producer, with some of his…
Oscar-winning Italian film composer Ennio Morricone has died at the age of 91. I thought that the best way that I can pay tribute to him to share some of my favourite Morricone themes from films that include The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Thing, and…
It is with great sadness that I report that character actor Dick Miller has passed away at the age of 90. Miller first became known by his work with cult filmmaker Roger Corman, particularly his lead role as Walter Paisley in 1959’s A Bucket of Blood. It was Dick Miller’s work with Roger Corman that lead to Corman’s…
We lost one of the undisputed masters of horror this past weekend, as George A. Romero passed away from cancer at age 77. Romero is probably best known for creating the modern depiction of zombies in 1968’s Night of the Living Dead and its multiple follow-ups that includes 1978’s Dawn of the Dead, 1985’s Day of…
In some shocking and sad news, it is being reported today that actor Bill Paxton has passed away at the age of 61, due to complications from surgery. Bill Paxton was probably best known by many for his recurring roles in the films of James Cameron, ranging from a punk in The Terminator, a cowardly…
I’m a few days late, but it wouldn’t be right for me not to pay my respects to actor John Hurt, who passed away on Friday at the age of 77. The British character actor had a career that dated back to the early 1960s, though Hurt is probably most well known for his role…
Well, 2016 has truly been a horrible year when it comes to high profile celebrities passing away. It doesn’t look to stop anytime soon, as it has been reported that Carrie Fisher has died at the age of 60, after suffering from a heart attack last week. Fisher is of course best known for playing…
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