Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'filmcircuit'
September 10, 2006
Oh dear! After reading another Torontoist's reappraisal of Frankz, while dashing to the Ryerson to catch Werner Herzog's Rescue Dawn we stopped in to pick up a couple of hot dogs, thinking it would take less than 15 minutes, and found ourselves trapped for what felt like hours. Despite being quiet, the few customers in front of us had their orders confused, which took far more dialogue between staff and customers than it really required.......
Continue Reading "TIFF Daily Round-up: Day 3"June 28, 2006
Yes, it's that time of year again - the Toronto International Film Festival Group have begun revealing the films that will be showing at their 31st Annual Film Festival (this year running from September 7th-16th). If we remember, the opening gala will be The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (we don't blame you, they announced it aaages ago) but they've now revealed their "Best of the International Film Circuit" selection (flicks that have already played at......
Continue Reading "Toronto International Film Festival 2006: Twenty-Six Titles Announced"March 23, 2006
It’s an interesting and potentially important time for English language Canadian filmmakers, with several Canadian films managing to reach cult hit status, such as It’s All Gone Pete Tong and The Life And Hard Time of Guy Terrifico. With only five percent of movies seen by Canadians made by Canadians (according to the program guide) and the writer of It’s All Gone Pete Tong Michael Dowse expressing a wish for Canadian content quotas for cinemas......
Continue Reading "The Canadian Filmmaker’s Festival"