Posts Tagged ‘film festival’

TIFF ’09 capsule reviews, including ‘An Education’, ‘Cairo Time’, ‘Bright Star’

TIFF ’09 capsule reviews, including ‘An Education’, ‘Cairo Time’, ‘Bright Star’

By Christine Estima • Sep 12th, 2009 • Category: Films, Toronto International Film Festival

Critically-acclaimed stars and over-exposed starlets have descended on Hollywood North for the largest public film festival in the world, and the hype surrounding this year’s TIFF selections is in full force. From another political thriller from George Clooney (Men Who Stare At Goats), and Jennifer’s Body, a Megan Fox vehicle which adds to the commercial-tweenification of horror films, to Mariah Carey’s Oscar-buzz performance in Precious, there are in fact too many must-see films for this one reviewer to see. But there are some rather quiet TIFF selections, not concerned at all with hype, which undoubtedly very few film critics will bother reviewing. That’s where I come in!



List of stars attending the 2009 TIFF

List of stars attending the 2009 TIFF

By W. Andrew Powell • Aug 20th, 2009 • Category: Features, Toronto International Film Festival

The Toronto International Film Festival revealed the final details for this year’s event, announcing the remaining films that will make their debut as well as the full list of celebrities expected in the city.



Toronto After Dark debuts twisted horror

Toronto After Dark debuts twisted horror

By W. Andrew Powell • Oct 16th, 2007 • Category: Features, Movies & DVDs, News, Theatre & Events

Celebrate Halloween horror and hijinks a little early with the Toronto After Dark film festival, which hits the city this week starting on Friday, October 19. Now in its second year, the festival features horror, genre and sci-fi films from around the world, and includes a number of Canadian premiers.



Bring me more Canadian films

Bring me more Canadian films

By W. Andrew Powell • Oct 4th, 2007 • Category: Movies & DVDs, Rants, Toronto Film Fest

Sometimes I have to wonder what we’re so uptight about in this country. When it comes to money, for a country that’s really quite well off, we seem to have this Scrooge-attitude about where even the smallest amount of money is going. More often than not it seems like a lot of people think we [...]



‘Young People’ in photos

‘Young People’ in photos

By W. Andrew Powell • Sep 27th, 2007 • Category: Movies & DVDs, Photography, Toronto Film Fest

It seems like a long time ago now that I promised to post a bunch of photos from my interviews with the gang from Young People Fucking. Well, I’m finally delivering on my promise. A few great pictures in here (the one of Martin Gero and Aaron Abrams is pretty awesome), and still more on [...]



Toronto After Dark in 24 days

Toronto After Dark in 24 days

By W. Andrew Powell • Sep 25th, 2007 • Category: Festivals & Events, The GATE

Okay, this is going to be good. The second annual Toronto After Dark Film Festival hits the city in just 24 days and tomorrow they announce the last seven feature films that will complete this years lineup. This is the second year for the horror and sci-fi event, which will also include 36 short films, [...]