As has been discussed before, the Bloor has become a relevant location for the local community of film buffs, but to Torontoist it feels like it’s never been as obvious as during the Edgar Wright–curated film season The Wright Stuff. Currently in town preparing to shoot Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, British director Wright—who began [...]

One of the films that Stephen McHattie is in this week is going to make hundreds of millions of dollars (well, it’s likely to) after a blanket marketing campaign and on the strength of the source material; the other one isn’t. And more’s the pity! For it’s not too foolish to say that Pontypool picked [...]

Evan Munday prepares the Stripmalling display in Pages’ windows yesterday. Photo by Miles Storey/Torontoist. WORDS: This is Not a Reading Series presents a book launch tonight at the Gladstone Hotel. Stripmalling, by author Jon Paul Fiorentino and illustrator Evan Munday, tells the story of one young man’s embarrassing and hilarious journey to literary awareness. The [...]

Really we were. Between the alcohol and the giddiness and the fact that we couldn’t think of anything intelligent to ask him about his new movie, Coopers’ Camera, we opted instead to snap a few photos from afar. And then when we finally did work up the nerve to approach him, he had just left, [...]