The Two Sides of TIFF’12, with No Money: Sept 6th pt2
First times are always embarrassing and delirious. You’re always at your youngest moment; naive, receptive and full of energy. My first TIFF parties in my existence: and I tried not to look like I...
View ArticleThe Two Sides of TIFF’12, with No Money: Sept 7th
Truth versus illusion. The entirety of film exists within this contradiction. For a period of time we believe the world of the film as truth. But it’s not, of course; it’s light projected on screen....
View ArticleThe Two Sides of TIFF’12, with No Money: Sept 8th
So I’ve been told to sit and wait. It’s early in the morning. I’m at the Timothy’s right beside the big LCBO at Summerhill station. Drinking a coffee, I look out the window to see a constant stream of...
View ArticleTIFF’12 Review: Blancanieves
Already done twice this year, Blancanieves is a third retelling of the classic Grimm tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Director Pablo Bergerhas repurposed the film into Spain of the 1920’s,...
View ArticleThe Two Sides of TIFF’12, with No Money: Sept 9th
There’s an old adage: If you pretend to be something long enough, eventually you will become it. It happens, of course, because you deceive everyone else so well, they provide you with the...
View ArticleThe Two Sides of TIFF ’12, with No Money: Sept 10th
A script is always about two things. What it’s about and what it’s REALLY about. In Rear Window, a photojournalist with a broken leg thinks his neighbor’s a killer, but it’s REALLY about his bruised...
View ArticleThe Two Sides of TIFF ’12, with No Money: Sept 12th
It’s quiet behind the Roy Thompson Hall. I’m standing here in the friends and family section, just beside the red carpet. I’m watching Penelope Cruz and Emile Hirsch start and stop their way past...
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