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TIFF 2012 – Top 10 Directors You May Miss, But Shouldn’t (Paolo Kagaoan)

How am I just knowing about this director’s new movie at TIFF? You are all FIRED! Ok, to be honest I’m not really mad. The most buzzed directors in this year’s festival include Paul Thomas Anderson, who gets better with every movie he does; Jacques Audiard, a director finally emerging with his fifth feature film;Continue reading “TIFF 2012 – Top 10 Directors You May Miss, But Shouldn’t (Paolo Kagaoan)”

TIFF 2012 – Casting Jason Reitman’s Table Reading of American Beauty (Paolo Kagaoan)

By the time this post is up, Jason Reitman would be cementing the details for the ‘Special Event’ at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, that special event being a Jason Reitman table reading of Alan Ball’s American Beauty. The movie, directed by Sam Mendes, became the People’s Choice Winner and established our festival asContinue reading “TIFF 2012 – Casting Jason Reitman’s Table Reading of American Beauty (Paolo Kagaoan)”

TIFF 2012 – Top 10 Most Anticipated Films (Dustin SanVido)

In five days the city of Toronto will once again play host to the 2012 iteration of the Toronto International Film Festival, and it looks like I will be dropped into the mix of what looks like the most stacked group of films in the festival’s history, at least on paper. There are great lookingContinue reading “TIFF 2012 – Top 10 Most Anticipated Films (Dustin SanVido)”

TIFF 2012 – ChickFlicking Picks (Nadia Sandhu)

I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t narrow this list down to just ten. It was just too hard a mission this year- there are a lot of films that qualify as chick flicks at TIFF 2012, and a lot of them are no doubt coming soon to a theatre near you. So while we awaitContinue reading “TIFF 2012 – ChickFlicking Picks (Nadia Sandhu)”

Toronto Underground Cinema – Rep Cinema’s Latest Fallen Warrior (Kirk Haviland)

I must start with the fact that I have been very torn about writing this article. With the news now out that the Toronto Underground Cinema will be closing its doors for good on Sunday Sept 16th, my prediction from when the Cumberland went away in May has unfortunately come true: another member of Toronto’sContinue reading “Toronto Underground Cinema – Rep Cinema’s Latest Fallen Warrior (Kirk Haviland)”