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Hockey Movies Star at Toronto Film Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival — or “The Tiff” as us highfaluting cinema aficionados like to call it — is one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world (*adjusts beret*). The 2011...
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Two Vancouver indie films heading to Slamdance
Two Vancouver-made indie movies are among 18 features from first-time directors in competition at the Slamdance Film Festival, which runs from Jan. 20-26 in Park City, Utah. The festival — the...
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Robert Redford’s B.C.-filmed thriller makes TIFF schedule
There was a little bit of Vancouver content in today’s announcement of the Toronto International Film Festival’s main line-up. In the line-up is director-star Robert Redford’s Vancouver-filmed thriller...
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Nicholas Lea, Bruce Sweeney head to TIFF with new Crimes
Vancouver writer-director Bruce Sweeney is heading back to September’s Toronto International Film Festival for the premiere of his latest feature, The Crimes of Mike Recket. The new movie, described as...
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And so it begins… The Toronto International Film Festival
I have been summoned. Not by a tangible who or what, but by a mysterious force. A force drawing me to one of Canada’s most lauded events. In fact, one of the world’s most respected events in film. The...
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TIFF: The films, the parties, the bar stools
Just a day away from the launch of the Toronto International Film Festival and the hum in the air above the city is vibrating through my body. The festival explodes tomorrow in futuristic form with...
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Nimisha Mukerji a winner in TIFF-sponsored short film competition
Vancouver director Nimisha Mukerji was one of three winners announced this week in the RBC-Toronto International Film Festival Emerging Filmmakers Competition. A panel of producers, directors and...
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TIFF: A Blue Alley and Old Hollywood
Night one of parties and I’ve already figured out the secret to survival at TIFF: The slow and steady pace. And by pace, I mean alcohol consumption. I’m really quite proud of myself and my 1.5...
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TIFF spirals into action with discernible style
Infiltrating a foreign city is like searching for buried treasure. And navigating the twists and turns of TIFF is like finding my way out of a labyrinth blindfolded. If I hug the prickly walls of the...
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TIFF: The fundraiser circuit
Life should be approached with a smile on one’s face. A smile – the genuine, wide, beaming kind – will get you places. Smiling breaks out grins in other people and starts conversations. Last night, I...
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TIFF: Lunching with Jude Law for Artists for Peace and Justice
One of the most anticipated TIFF events is the Artists for Peace and Justice Lunch held in the residential Toronto neighbourhood of Rosedale. Yesterday, we woke up to sheets of rain running down our...
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TIFF: The view from my side of the rope
While predominantly covering the events and society side of the Toronto International Film Festival, I thought it only proper to experience the full shebang that my festival pass grants me, including...
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TIFF: The party hopping continues
I’m nearing the point in my adventure where I need a vitamin drip. The blur of 5am bedtimes and zooming cabs across the city has dulled my mind and made it soft around the edges in the daylight hours....
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The indulgent gifting lounges of TIFF
Surviving the festival relatively unscathed can’t be done without some aids. The endless nights that blur into days, the alcohol that pours down throats, and the requirement to dress up can take its...
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TIFF: Soho House grows roots in Toronto
A mere hour before the first long stiletto heel was scheduled to gracefully land upon the threshold of Toronto’s Soho House, the heritage Bishop’s Block was still in a state of dusty construction. The...
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Vancouver student filmmakers part of TIFF showcase
The Vancity Theatre is hosting the annual Toronto International Film Festival student showcase May 27 at 6:30 p.m. Established in 2004, this TIFF event presents a range of student films – including...
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Director Sean Garrity rises to the Pressure
Winnipeg-based director Sean Garrity gets no sympathy for the scheduling problems he had last fall. Garrity, heading to Vancouver this weekend for a Friday night screening of his new thriller Blood...
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Horns, sports talk and dead directors among B.C.’s TIFF entries
A supernatural thriller starring Daniel Radcliffe, a dark comedy about an abrasive talk-show host, and a drama about a daughter’s coming-to-terms with her late filmmaker father are the three B.C.-made...
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The 2 O’Clock: According to Lee Westwood, if you’re not saying nasty things...
Frankly, I thought a Chinese buffet was an inspired, delicious idea for a wedding reception. The spicy green beans. The noodles. The ginger beef, tofu, something-or-other-in-black-bean-sauce. And that...
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B.C.-filmed Clive Owen-Juliette Binoche romance Words and Pictures joins TIFF...
Words and Pictures, Australian director Fred Schepisi’s Vancouver-filmed romance starring Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche, has snagged a world premiere gala screening at this year’s Toronto...
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