I’m heading off to the Toronto Film Festival today for a week’s worth of sitting in the dark. Well, not completely. I actually don’t plan to duplicate my six-to-seven films per day schedule from last year, not because I can’t handle that many or there aren’t enough films I want to see, but for tooContinue reading “Off to Toronto (In case anyone was wondering …)”
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TORONTO IN FOCUS: DAY 7 – A DAY LATE, REPORTING FORM NEW YORK
The last 48 hours are a bit of a blur. A full day of movies on Wednesday that ended in total exhaustion, followed by the intent of one final screening Thursday morning that just didn’t happen because I was too damn tired. I wish I had actually planned to stay at least one or evenContinue reading “TORONTO IN FOCUS: DAY 7 – A DAY LATE, REPORTING FORM NEW YORK”
TORONTO IN FOCUS: DAY 6 – EXHAUSTION MOST DEFINITELY SETTING IN
I have most definitely not “done” the Toronto Film Festival as well as I could, or should, have. I definitely should have prepared more in advance, because then I wouldn’t have spent so much time simply trying to figure out what I would and wouldn’t be able to make. I’ve managed to see a hellContinue reading “TORONTO IN FOCUS: DAY 6 – EXHAUSTION MOST DEFINITELY SETTING IN”
TORONTO IN FOCUS: DAY 5 – A DAY CAN’T BE MUCH MORE FULL
I went to six films today, but I only sat through five. One was simply too unbearable, and combine that with the sweltering heat of that particular screening room, there was no way I could stick it out for more than 30 minutes, even though I had no other particular place to go. All-in-all, though,Continue reading “TORONTO IN FOCUS: DAY 5 – A DAY CAN’T BE MUCH MORE FULL”
TORONTO IN FOCUS: DAYS 1-4, WOW AM I WEARY
Something unexpected has taken-up all the time I meant to write while here in Toronto: simply figuring out what the hell I’m going to get to see while here. With the New York Film Festival press screenings starting next week, I’m staying away from all of those big titles, trying to use my time onContinue reading “TORONTO IN FOCUS: DAYS 1-4, WOW AM I WEARY”
Out of Focus 