Day One | Day Two | Day Three | Day Four | Day Five | Day SixDay Seven| Day Eight | Day Nine Next year I’ll format things differently when it comes time to post reviews and notes — this daily collection is getting tiresome. In the meantime, and since its Friday, the least I … Continue reading
In July, when Nick and I were up in Toronto to get a little Silent Hill love, we got to have dinner with producer Don Carmody. (And a bunch of other people. We’re not so special.) This guy has done a million films, from Porky’s to Chicago. He’s also got some serious horror under the … Continue reading
Day One | Day Two | Day Three | Day Four | Day Five | Day SixDay Seven| Day Eight | Day Nine It’s almost depressing to walk around here as the festival breathes its last. Yesterday the Manulife Center (where the press and industry screenings largely occur) was like a ghost town. Today isn’t … Continue reading
Day One | Day Two | Day Three | Day Four | Day Five | Day SixDay Seven| Day Eight | Day Nine Fatigue finally caught up with me, and today was almost a failure. I’d had six films on the docket. But after the two and a half hours of Drawing Restraint 9, I … Continue reading
Day One | Day Two | Day Three | Day Four | Day Five | Day SixDay Seven| Day Eight | Day Nine What is this, 1993? Out of five films today, two were new high-profile flicks featuring Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan. Major flashbacks there. Crammed into my all too familiar theater seat, I … Continue reading
Day One | Day Two | Day Three | Day Four | Day Five | Day SixDay Seven| Day Eight | Day Nine When I awoke and looked at my schedule this morning, it was almost like I wasn’t even at a festival. This was the lightest day yet, which was incredibly relaxing. Somehow I … Continue reading
Day One | Day Two | Day Three | Day Four | Day Five | Day SixDay Seven| Day Eight | Day Nine It’s that time in the festival when there’s less that I’m desperate to see, and I’m beginning to be disappointed that (inevitably) I had to miss certain films in favor of others. … Continue reading
Day One | Day Two | Day Three | Day Four | Day Five | Day SixDay Seven| Day Eight | Day Nine Today was one of the best yet. I liked five of the six films I saw, several of which were unexpected pleasures. I have to give a particular recommendation to Brothers of … Continue reading
Day One | Day Two | Day Three | Day Four | Day Five | Day SixDay Seven| Day Eight | Day Nine The first Saturday of the festival is always my favorite. Not because of anything within the event itself. No, the reason is the giant Christian parade, often with fervent anti-gay sentiment, that … Continue reading
Day One | Day Two | Day Three | Day Four | Day Five | Day SixDay Seven| Day Eight | Day Nine It feels absurd to call this day two. I’ve just sent in my stuff for day one, which probably isn’t yet on the site as I write this. And four hours sleep … Continue reading