My final day in Toronto included a screening of Vertigo, “the best film of all time,” a game of street hockey, the best sport ever invented, and a steak meal, the best food of my entire trip. It was my best…
TIFF Report #6 (The Martian, Room, The Forbidden Room)
They can be found laying in their seats with their heads tilted back while loud growls leave their mouths. They are the snorers who appear at most films during this point of the festival. I mention this because I’m having a…
TIFF Report #5 (Being Charlie, Keeper, February)
“Transforming the way people see the world through film for forty years.” Before every film at TIFF, the festival projects the raison d’être above. Cinema has the power to inspire, challenge and purge emotions deep inside, but it can also shed…
TIFF Report #4 (High-Rise, Evolution, Equals)
We’re almost at the midway point of the fortieth Toronto International Film Festival and common thematic concerns are emerging. There have been a fair amount of LGBT stories in high-profile films like Tom Hooper’s The Danish Girl, a biopic of Lili…
TIFF Report #3 (Anomalisa, The Assassin, Maggie’s Plan)
Because of malnutrition, dehydration, sleep deprivation, poor hygiene but most influentially seeing way, way too many movies, I have been diagnosed with festival fog. Feeling as though there is an inescapable haze over your memory and intellect, everything melds together…
TIFF Report #2 (Danish Girl, Legend, Bang Gang)
My morning started off early with a pair of awards hopefuls at the lush and beautifully designed Princess Of Whales theater in downtown Toronto. With grand vaulted ceilings and two balcony levels, the place is like a church for cinema. Sadly,…
TIFF Report #1 (The Final Girls, Sicario)
Late Thursday night, on my way back from school before leaving for TIFF early in the morning, I sang my heart out to Demi Lovato’s Cool For The Summer. I hate pop music. I even hate that song. I was…