I am usually a guy who decides what films to see months before they come up. I am frequently look over the upcoming releases at IMDb to try and schedule what film I will see on what week. Usually it’s a very easy choice for me. I tend to go see one of the major […]
What to Watch: Mainstream Vs. Independent Films Read More »
It’s been a little under a year and a half, since my last MotM column. As a refresh, in this column I will list what films in the coming month that I am most likely to see, as well as films I am most likely to skip. As a new addition, I will feature a
Movies of the Moment – October 2007 Read More »
Alright, it is now time for be to sum up the films that I saw at this year’s festival. This year, I shattered my record of the number of films I saw. I was a grand total of 11 ticketed films this year, plus one film I kind of saw while being stationed in the
Before I continue with this log, I just want to make a quick note that because I have been leaving early and coming home late all week I didn’t have time to post my thoughts on films as I saw them. As such, I will post all my thoughts at once during my festival wrap-up
TIFF07: Volunteering finished until next year Read More »
Alright, after visiting the box office this morning I now have put together 90% of the films that I will be seeing this year at the festival. The only ticket I have left to buy is one for a second film on Saturday (using a voucher from my final volunteer shift on Friday). With that
TIFF07: My (nearly) Final Film List Read More »
The biggest thing to happen during my volunteer shift yesterday was that I stood inside the theatre during a screening (to make sure there were no bootleggers in the crowd). As such, I also got to see the film (whenever I was not looking at the crowd), so I will post some quick thoughts on
TIFF07: Standing in on a film Read More »
It was a very routine day on my volunteer shift. In fact, today I only had three jobs that pretty much just involved standing around. Definitely not that exciting. However, today can be notable in the fact I saw Don Cheadle walk by at one point, which was a bit neat. My final shift of
TIFF07: Celebrity sighting and plenty of standing around Read More »
My first day volunteering at the Film Festival left me very exhausted. I did some tasks that I was familiar with from last year, however about half of my time today was spent outside the theatre at the Rush line (a line-up for people to get last minute tickets). Some celebrities actually showed up at
TIFF07: My exhausting first day Read More »
In an interesting pre-festival event, I took part in a free tour of the film reference library today. According to it’s website “the Film Reference Library, with more than 17,000 book titles and 60,000 film files, holds the world’s most extensive English language collection of Canadian film-related material plus the unique archival collections of Canada’s
TIFF07: My tour of the Film Reference Library Read More »
It’s just a few more days until the start of the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. I am all ready for my volunteer shifts this year. Once again I am volunteering at the Varsity theatre in Toronto on the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 14th. I will once again be planning to log my shifts. As
The Festival is Nigh Read More »
