Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'sundance'
February 7, 2008
If you're like most snow-hating Torontonians, your weekend plans are changing with the weather. Suddenly, the thought of spending Friday night in high heels and club lineups has all the appeal of an ice bath. Forget new outfits or dinner spots, you're looking for new releases instead. Should you also be looking for a way to broaden your horizons, impress your intimidatingly smart date, or celebrate the Chinese New Year and Canadian cinema, look......
Continue Reading "Up the Yangtze Premiere"September 28, 2007
The Revue cinema is due to reopen its doors on October 4th, and if you’ve been waiting for the chance to buy tickets for the opening night, they’re now on sale at She Said Boom (393 Roncesvalles Avenue) at $20 for the film and the after-party or $10 for just the party at the Lithuanian Hall (1573 Bloor Street West). The opening night film is secret, but it was selected by an online poll,......
Continue Reading "Film Friday: No End In Sight For Rep Cinema"April 6, 2007
Now here is an interesting thought, readers. Grindhouse, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’ homage to classic trashy double bills comes out this week, and, if you want to see it, you have to see it in a multiplex, because not one of the independent cinemas here (or we imagine anywhere else) are showing it. Now, we understand how distribution works (kinda) and know it’s just easier (and more profitable) to ensure that it goes to......
Continue Reading "Film Friday: An Interesting Thought"January 28, 2007
As the world holds its breath, teetering precariously on the cusp of the Super Bowl (well, at least in America), the wheels of the -ists keep on turning. Austinist was in a musical frame of mind as they listened to the new Shins album, updated the SXSW band listings and got called "punk rock" for their efforts by MTV. And an ice storm swept through the area. Bostonist said goodbye to John Kerry's plans for......
Continue Reading "Elsewhere In The Ist-A-Verse"August 11, 2006
Ah, another week, another Film Friday. But wait! There’s something special this week to break up the monotony! An extra special review of the (heavily delayed) Pulse brought to us by our superhuman photographer and co-editor David Topping. What do you have to say about it, David? Pulse may be both the worst and best movie of all time. It's not an even halfway-decent horror movie, so don't go expecting something like The Shining -......
Continue Reading "Film Friday: Every Week, There is a Column, which DEFINES A GENERATION."January 27, 2006
With all your usual movie news outlets having gone crazy for Sundance, here at Torontoist we’ve gone crazy for C.R.A.Z.Y, Jean-Marc Vallee’s coming-of-age-when-you’re-gay- and-you-think-your-dad-is awesome-but- won’t-be-down-with-that flick, being shown tonight as part of Cinematheque Ontario’s Canada’s Top Ten programme (8:45pm, Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas West). The showing is preceded at 6:30pm by a fascinating panel – Pop Culture as History/History as Pop Culture, featuring Atom Egoyan (of Canada’s Top Ten......
Continue Reading "Film Fridays: Vivre Les French Films"September 22, 2005
The Toronto Film Festival is fully over and has been for nearly a week, with staff having made their way back from their temporary offices in hotels and malls, volunteers returned to their usual jobs or schools, and stars returning to… their lives of going to parties and hanging out with other stars (not a big change there, then). Now all the films are over and the red carpet has been rolled away, most......
Continue Reading "TIFFist: Festival Farewell"July 15, 2005
So last night, through the vexing snow of a channel we don't get, we heard a perky, entertainment-tonight sorta gal say that Owen Wilson thinks an Oscar will bring him true happiness. Now if this koan is meant to illustrate that Wilson is a serious actor, it falls flat. The critical affirmation of your peers won't make you happy, Owen! You need a summer hit. Will the Wedding Crashers be one? Most likely, which is......
Continue Reading "Film Fridays: Owen Wilson Wants an Oscar, TOist Wants a Break"