Thursday, October 15, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
TIFF09 Day 8 - /* I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For */ - U2: Rattle and Hum
Man, do these cameras ever fly. For 1988 what makes Philip Joanou's rockumentary of U2's Rattle and Hum tour is the way these cameras move and move fast to really capture the action. As opposed to D A Pennebaker's cameras were really crammed into the pit with their lenses trained on a spot on the performer and focusing in and out - and even in Monterey there was some crude form of steadicam with a 16mm camera attached at the end of a long harness - the cameras of Rattle and Hum really move and maintain a rocksteady focus during concert but can swirl during a performance of Desire. Desire showed U2's integraton of the roots of American rock and roll into its sound - Rattle and Hum captures another period of the band's history, distinct from Live at Red Rocks. U2 were becoming even bigger anthemic rock stars and showmen - stopping traffic in San Francisco for a rock concert - protesting the internecine rivalries in his native Ireland that culminated in the explosion in Inniskillin that claimed eleven lives - the whole film is a helter skelter of experiences from the top end of Harlem for I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For to the heart of Memphis to record in Sun Studios with the real producers and musicians of the time and a visit to Graceland itself where Larry Mullen Jr. evocatively rides aboard Elvis's bike. The segment with BB King is classic meets today blues.
Finally landing into the colour spectrum U2 Rattle and Hum again shows the obvious connection between band and audience - the Tempe Sun Devil Stadium bursting into life for the anthemic Where The Streets Have No Name - and songs such as Unforgettable Fire's Pride (in the Name of Love) and Joshua Tree's With Or Without You are hallmarks of an era that U2 don't try to follow up anymore constantly on their current 360 tour shedding a lot of the past to their current infatuation with studio experiments. U2 RATTLE AND HUM is a nice way of remembering U2 when they were at the absolute top.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Day 6 - TIFF09 - /* If you're going to San Francisco */ - Monterey Pop
Three days of sun and rain way back in June 1967 at The Monterey International Pop Festival - D.A. Pennebaker's band of cameramen rolling miles of film in am indulgent manner yet getting locked into camera shots without external coverage - a vintage slice of history - audiences then and now coming to life and gasping at the powerhouse performances of Otis Redding and Janis Joplin come burst into life on the screen, the flower children The Mamas and the Papas, the psychedelic Jefferson Airplane and the blackest blues voice of Eric Burdon and The Animals - the whimsy and the mayhem of The Who performing My Generation and the utter look of shock on the young girl's faces at the destruction of Pete Townsend's guitar - only to be topped by The Wild Thing himself - Jimi Hendrix - who performs last rites for his white Fender before setting it ablaze then throwing the smashed pieces to the crowd. Just as interesting as the stars on stage are the visages of a young nation and innocent generation who came to Monterey - flowers painted on their faces, bell bottoms and floral dresses and long tresses of hair - Mickey Dolenz in the crowd giving Ravi Shankar a standing ovation along with everyone else. Then again there were the Hell's Angels of California in attendance too which worried the police chief. And would worry other people later on.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Monday, September 1, 2008
03:24:18
Usually there is some movie at TIFF where some time of day is in the title that portends something ominous or climactic. Instances include the great movie 11:14 [which never saw the light of day in theatre but in the compact comfiness of the Uptown Bloor 2 everyone in the place was just laughing at the sheer bizarreness of all the antics onscreen - and the comely Rachael Leigh Cook as well - and Hilary Swank ! post Boys Don't Cry ] , or there is the melodramatic high school Australian movie 2:37 which was a worthy follow-up to the likes of Gus Van Sant's Elephant [ who actually mentored the 22-year-old director Murali K. Thalluri].
So this year we had our own version of 03:24:18 - the total time from start to finish from when we landed at the end of the line-up to pick up the tickets for TIFF08 to the time we made the last switch of tickets and coupons and resolved all time conflicts and double scheduling and said to ourselves at the food court tables outside the Toronto Life Box Office that at last ! our schedule was done.
Schedule down in post below !
So this year we had our own version of 03:24:18 - the total time from start to finish from when we landed at the end of the line-up to pick up the tickets for TIFF08 to the time we made the last switch of tickets and coupons and resolved all time conflicts and double scheduling and said to ourselves at the food court tables outside the Toronto Life Box Office that at last ! our schedule was done.
Schedule down in post below !
/* On with the show this is it */ - This is our new schedule - revised
Our Schedule (click here) from TIFF came in this weekend - and we were not entirely pleased. 27 out of 30 with 3 duplicate films, 2 time conflicts and 3 coupons to redeem.
So once more back to the drawing board but at least we are getting to see the movies we want - at least once. Given that we were in Box 50 it may be unlikely there is anything here that the world would want to trade for - but feel free to drop us a message.
Today being Monday was the first day of pickup and we thought it was going to be quick and easy. Pick up tickets. Exchange. In. Out. Miscalculation. It seems the whole world was drawn to the corner of Yonge and Dundas. The three hours plus later our schedule has rearranged itself to look like the following:
Plus Tard, Tu Comprendras THU 9/4/08 06:00pm Ryerson
Waltz with Bashir THU 9/4/08 09:00pm Ryerson
Three Wise Men FRI 9/5/08 05:30pm AMC 6
Wendy and Lucy FRI 9/5/08 07:45pm AMC 7
Zift SAT 9/6/08 09:15am Scotiabank 3
Detroit Metal City SAT 9/6/08 12:00pm Scotiabank 2
Un Ete Sans Point Ni Coup Sur SAT 9/6/08 03:00pm Scotiabank 4
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist SAT 9/6/08 06:00pm Ryerson
Katia's Sister SAT 9/6/08 08:45pm AMC 4
35 Rhums SUN 9/7/08 09:15am Scotiabank 4
The Burning Plain SUN 9/7/08 09:45am Scotiabank 2
La Fille de Monaco SUN 9/7/08 12:15pm Scotiabank 1
Is There Anybody There SUN 9/7/08 03:00pm Ryerson
Le Silence de Lorna SUN 9/7/08 06:00pm Scotiabank 1
Genova SUN 9/7/08 08:30pm Wintergarden
The Hurt Locker MON 9/8/08 06:00pm Ryerson
Gigantic MON 9/8/08 09:45pm Isabel Bader
Nuit de Chien TUE 9/9/08 06:15pm Scotiabank 2
The Brothers Bloom TUE 9/9/08 09:00pm Ryerson
What Doesn't Kill You WED 9/10/08 06:30pm Ryerson
Good WED 9/10/08 09:15pm Ryerson
Uncertainty THU 9/11/08 06:30pm AMC 6
Revanche THU 9/11/08 08:45pm AMC 5
Control Alt Delete FRI 9/12/08 06:00pm AMC 1
Deadgirl FRI 9/12/08 09:00pm AMC 6
The Wrestler SAT 9/13/08 09:00am Ryerson
It Might Get Loud SAT 9/13/08 12:00pm AMC 6
Martyrs SAT 9/13/08 04:00pm AMC 3
Once Upon a Time in Rio SAT 9/13/08 07:00pm AMC 3
The Other Man SAT 9/13/08 09:30pm Isabel Bader
So once more back to the drawing board but at least we are getting to see the movies we want - at least once. Given that we were in Box 50 it may be unlikely there is anything here that the world would want to trade for - but feel free to drop us a message.
Today being Monday was the first day of pickup and we thought it was going to be quick and easy. Pick up tickets. Exchange. In. Out. Miscalculation. It seems the whole world was drawn to the corner of Yonge and Dundas. The three hours plus later our schedule has rearranged itself to look like the following:
Plus Tard, Tu Comprendras THU 9/4/08 06:00pm Ryerson
Waltz with Bashir THU 9/4/08 09:00pm Ryerson
Three Wise Men FRI 9/5/08 05:30pm AMC 6
Wendy and Lucy FRI 9/5/08 07:45pm AMC 7
Zift SAT 9/6/08 09:15am Scotiabank 3
Detroit Metal City SAT 9/6/08 12:00pm Scotiabank 2
Un Ete Sans Point Ni Coup Sur SAT 9/6/08 03:00pm Scotiabank 4
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist SAT 9/6/08 06:00pm Ryerson
Katia's Sister SAT 9/6/08 08:45pm AMC 4
35 Rhums SUN 9/7/08 09:15am Scotiabank 4
The Burning Plain SUN 9/7/08 09:45am Scotiabank 2
La Fille de Monaco SUN 9/7/08 12:15pm Scotiabank 1
Is There Anybody There SUN 9/7/08 03:00pm Ryerson
Le Silence de Lorna SUN 9/7/08 06:00pm Scotiabank 1
Genova SUN 9/7/08 08:30pm Wintergarden
The Hurt Locker MON 9/8/08 06:00pm Ryerson
Gigantic MON 9/8/08 09:45pm Isabel Bader
Nuit de Chien TUE 9/9/08 06:15pm Scotiabank 2
The Brothers Bloom TUE 9/9/08 09:00pm Ryerson
What Doesn't Kill You WED 9/10/08 06:30pm Ryerson
Good WED 9/10/08 09:15pm Ryerson
Uncertainty THU 9/11/08 06:30pm AMC 6
Revanche THU 9/11/08 08:45pm AMC 5
Control Alt Delete FRI 9/12/08 06:00pm AMC 1
Deadgirl FRI 9/12/08 09:00pm AMC 6
The Wrestler SAT 9/13/08 09:00am Ryerson
It Might Get Loud SAT 9/13/08 12:00pm AMC 6
Martyrs SAT 9/13/08 04:00pm AMC 3
Once Upon a Time in Rio SAT 9/13/08 07:00pm AMC 3
The Other Man SAT 9/13/08 09:30pm Isabel Bader
Friday, August 29, 2008
TIFF08 minus 6 days
And on the sixth day to go TIFF created madness.
Crazy, absolutely crazy. Lineup to drop off the envelope - people scratching their head and looking at pieces of paper - all trying to assemble their final schedule for TIFF08.
Just to rewind for a moment.
10 days and nights
300 plus movies
1 schedule
How did it come to all this madness - with its maddening lineups, its maddening scheduling riddled with spacing and conflicts, the maddening days of too little sleep nights, the maddening realization at 3 in the morning that the selections have to be handed in the morning and the realization that those last few picks and desired movies will just not fit or the decision on what those are in the first place ? And because the decision was made to not skip the employment and instead see TIFF at night during weekdays and weekends and purchase the Festival *Lite* package of 30 tickets. Yet it ends up going into work late so that you could [ and see below ] anyway end up on this final day to get the selections in before the 1 p.m. deadline, racing downtown in the morning on The Better Way [ knows as take the car to all the propagandists ] to the box office gives an appreciation to what it is to not to have to make that daily commute downtown. And still the necessity to buy that one more cup of A&W coffee in the Eaton Centre Food Court and open up the advanced schedule book to make the final markings of first and second choice and still taking another hour to complete the book with yellow first choice and green second choice and end up making way too many yellow markings and hoping for the best that the conflicts will play themselves out to a model daily schedule of movie watching perfection then to get to the Toronto Life Building across the scrambled crosswalk and fly past the volunteer pointing up to the escalator to the final destination - only to see another lineup just to drop off the envelope into the dropbox - and to be floored by the sight of people huddling at steel tables in the food area still poring over pieces of paper and now you know the rest of the story.
[ The lineup - at the end of it was a table of more TIFF volunteers to meet and have them ask if any last minute help was needed in going over the book to which the reply was what could possibly go wrong now - and then the envelope is handed over and being told that it is going into Box 50 ]
[ Then the race to get back north up the TTC way to the place that pays for all this movie mania in the first place. Fun? Wow ]
Crazy, absolutely crazy. Lineup to drop off the envelope - people scratching their head and looking at pieces of paper - all trying to assemble their final schedule for TIFF08.
Just to rewind for a moment.
10 days and nights
300 plus movies
1 schedule
How did it come to all this madness - with its maddening lineups, its maddening scheduling riddled with spacing and conflicts, the maddening days of too little sleep nights, the maddening realization at 3 in the morning that the selections have to be handed in the morning and the realization that those last few picks and desired movies will just not fit or the decision on what those are in the first place ? And because the decision was made to not skip the employment and instead see TIFF at night during weekdays and weekends and purchase the Festival *Lite* package of 30 tickets. Yet it ends up going into work late so that you could [ and see below ] anyway end up on this final day to get the selections in before the 1 p.m. deadline, racing downtown in the morning on The Better Way [ knows as take the car to all the propagandists ] to the box office gives an appreciation to what it is to not to have to make that daily commute downtown. And still the necessity to buy that one more cup of A&W coffee in the Eaton Centre Food Court and open up the advanced schedule book to make the final markings of first and second choice and still taking another hour to complete the book with yellow first choice and green second choice and end up making way too many yellow markings and hoping for the best that the conflicts will play themselves out to a model daily schedule of movie watching perfection then to get to the Toronto Life Building across the scrambled crosswalk and fly past the volunteer pointing up to the escalator to the final destination - only to see another lineup just to drop off the envelope into the dropbox - and to be floored by the sight of people huddling at steel tables in the food area still poring over pieces of paper and now you know the rest of the story.
[ The lineup - at the end of it was a table of more TIFF volunteers to meet and have them ask if any last minute help was needed in going over the book to which the reply was what could possibly go wrong now - and then the envelope is handed over and being told that it is going into Box 50 ]
[ Then the race to get back north up the TTC way to the place that pays for all this movie mania in the first place. Fun? Wow ]
Thursday, August 28, 2008
/* It's the final countdown! */ - 08TIFF minus one day to envelope submissions
Hello fellow fans
Have you had your sleepless nights trying to plough through the programme book and the online site [and of course the TOfilmfest site for their ratings and plot capsules] to make your final schedule. It may be easy for some, not easy here at all. Too many sacrifices.
To keep you apprised: you have to get your submissions in before 1 p.m. on Friday, August 29 Toronto time, no exceptions and we have been witness to the final countdown from the volunteers.
It is the absolute madness.
There is no overnight box office!
No hay overnight dropbox! to paraphrase Mulholland Drive so get down to Toronto Life box office before 6 p.m. Thursday [ today in most parts of the world ] or be there at 10 a.m. tomorrow morning [ Friday in most parts of the other world ] - do not forget the little ticket that goes in the glassy window of the envelope, and hang onto the one that says pickup. You will need that on Monday.
Keep trying to have a happy fest
Vielen gluck !
song of the moment: The Cranberries - Dreams ... we can only dream of the festival to be
Have you had your sleepless nights trying to plough through the programme book and the online site [and of course the TOfilmfest site for their ratings and plot capsules] to make your final schedule. It may be easy for some, not easy here at all. Too many sacrifices.
To keep you apprised: you have to get your submissions in before 1 p.m. on Friday, August 29 Toronto time, no exceptions and we have been witness to the final countdown from the volunteers.
It is the absolute madness.
There is no overnight box office!
No hay overnight dropbox! to paraphrase Mulholland Drive so get down to Toronto Life box office before 6 p.m. Thursday [ today in most parts of the world ] or be there at 10 a.m. tomorrow morning [ Friday in most parts of the other world ] - do not forget the little ticket that goes in the glassy window of the envelope, and hang onto the one that says pickup. You will need that on Monday.
Keep trying to have a happy fest
Vielen gluck !
song of the moment: The Cranberries - Dreams ... we can only dream of the festival to be
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
T minus six days = TIFF fever in the air and here's looking at you kid
August 26, 2008
On a perfect cool summer evening in Toronto with strappies and shorts in abundance - and the feel of real downtown - Toronto International Film Festival 2008 opened up for serious business - today was the first day to pick up the big programming books and the schedule is online - and now comes the pondering and the grr-ing as we head towards that Friday at 1 p.m deadline. The evening was jacket and sweater type of cool in Toronto - and down at Toronto Life Square in the outdoors it was a perfect night - standing under the big lit advertising signs - holding the TIFF bag full of all the programming goodies - including chocolates, Starbucks coffee and a box of TARDIS filled with a Stella Artois glass - and a marker pen and a penlight - and the programming book - and the just out Best Buy exclusive Heroes box complete with season 2 and a Kensei helmet ! [ we had to buy that separately - that's not part of TIFF ]
But we digress - for this summer eve was devoted to Summer Romance - on the theatre screen in on the stage at Toronto Life Square - amidst the hubbub of Toronto's busiest tourist intersection that is Yonge and Dundas and the glare and the glow of the overhead billboards lighting the evening - especially one touting the Traveling Pants 2 and the Sisterhood looking so fetch - the screen sprang to life with the story of German couriers in Africa during the Second World War carrying two exit visas - and three people.
It was a perfect day and night - chill in the air - sitting on the ground on a carpet or lucky enough to bring a chair - the people sitting under the stars drawn together by the chemistry of the stars and the on screen magic that is movies.
Have a great Festival !
On a perfect cool summer evening in Toronto with strappies and shorts in abundance - and the feel of real downtown - Toronto International Film Festival 2008 opened up for serious business - today was the first day to pick up the big programming books and the schedule is online - and now comes the pondering and the grr-ing as we head towards that Friday at 1 p.m deadline. The evening was jacket and sweater type of cool in Toronto - and down at Toronto Life Square in the outdoors it was a perfect night - standing under the big lit advertising signs - holding the TIFF bag full of all the programming goodies - including chocolates, Starbucks coffee and a box of TARDIS filled with a Stella Artois glass - and a marker pen and a penlight - and the programming book - and the just out Best Buy exclusive Heroes box complete with season 2 and a Kensei helmet ! [ we had to buy that separately - that's not part of TIFF ]
But we digress - for this summer eve was devoted to Summer Romance - on the theatre screen in on the stage at Toronto Life Square - amidst the hubbub of Toronto's busiest tourist intersection that is Yonge and Dundas and the glare and the glow of the overhead billboards lighting the evening - especially one touting the Traveling Pants 2 and the Sisterhood looking so fetch - the screen sprang to life with the story of German couriers in Africa during the Second World War carrying two exit visas - and three people.
It was a perfect day and night - chill in the air - sitting on the ground on a carpet or lucky enough to bring a chair - the people sitting under the stars drawn together by the chemistry of the stars and the on screen magic that is movies.
Have a great Festival !
Friday, August 22, 2008
/* Are you in or you out ? We're in */ - from lost in translation to TIFF08
We just talked ourselves into going to TIFF08 this year !
Outside world definitely meant 50 films was not going to be a possibility - and since the last couple of TIFFs it was 50 or nothing at all - this year meant nothing at all.
However, something just kicks you in the stomach inside every time you see some bit of TIFF buzz and when you see those undeserving people from E! Canada promising everything from the red carpet - well, we just had to be there
Interviewer: Gary Numan said machine rock is the next big thing
What we do is what we do. Not everyone is going to like what we do.- Joy Division
Outside world definitely meant 50 films was not going to be a possibility - and since the last couple of TIFFs it was 50 or nothing at all - this year meant nothing at all.
However, something just kicks you in the stomach inside every time you see some bit of TIFF buzz and when you see those undeserving people from E! Canada promising everything from the red carpet - well, we just had to be there
Interviewer: Gary Numan said machine rock is the next big thing
What we do is what we do. Not everyone is going to like what we do.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Passe ton bac d'abord C'est la vie, hein?
This is a slightly left of centre review but just after having viewed this movie on TFO last night
C'est la vie, hein?
From 1979, Passe ton bac d'abord is the unremarkable lives of teenagers stuck in a mining town in Lens, France. Maurice Pialat's film just before Loulou perfectly captures the ordinariness of their daily life.
As the credits start roll, the introduction to philosophy by their teacher drones on in the background, dropping words like "s'ennui" and "pourquoi ... on tracasse"
"on s'emmerde"
Director Maurice Pialat has a proven eye for the ladies, here he casts the pretty and vulnerable Sabine Haudepin [ first seen in Jules et Jim as the young Sabine ] as Elisabeth and Philippe Marlaud as Philippe who has an eye for Elisabeth. The other schoolmates are drawn from the town itself, each "actor" bearing their own name and playing themselves.
The generational theme of Passe ton bac d'abord is not unlike that seen in Lukas Moodysson's Show Me Love or other teen related films, kids trying to grow up and going nowhere fast, killing time, hanging out together and dreaming of getting out - or in the case of the young girl Agnes, getting married in a few months. The prospects for the teens of getting out of Lens are minimal at best. Their fathers work in the mine to support their families, but come prone to deadly silicosis from the dust inhaled in their labours.
The young girl dreams of her wedding day in a few months, not unlike a friend who also married at 19 but already burdened with two kids already. Althought set in 1979, the colourful movie is still modern in style and fashion with a French flare. Mentions of the Sex Pistols and other punk bands are contemporary. A trip to the seaside takes the friends out of Lens for a while. The question still is what are you going to do after graduation or dropping out of school. L'ennui is the word of the day, so it's a parade of "on se balade?" strolls along the beach. The girls hairstyles and deportment is not out of place for the time, while the young male's coifs are long and styled. Displays of affection are not out of place, and there are flashes of the bedroom. This is not a generation of slackers, although a life without lycée does not leave much choice for the guys except to stay in Lens or find their dream elsewhere - this time in Paris.
Passe ton bac d'abord has the Pialat charm and intimate camerawork that would be his trademark for films to come. Next stop: Loulou.
C'est la vie, hein?
From 1979, Passe ton bac d'abord is the unremarkable lives of teenagers stuck in a mining town in Lens, France. Maurice Pialat's film just before Loulou perfectly captures the ordinariness of their daily life.
As the credits start roll, the introduction to philosophy by their teacher drones on in the background, dropping words like "s'ennui" and "pourquoi ... on tracasse"
"on s'emmerde"
Director Maurice Pialat has a proven eye for the ladies, here he casts the pretty and vulnerable Sabine Haudepin [ first seen in Jules et Jim as the young Sabine ] as Elisabeth and Philippe Marlaud as Philippe who has an eye for Elisabeth. The other schoolmates are drawn from the town itself, each "actor" bearing their own name and playing themselves.
The generational theme of Passe ton bac d'abord is not unlike that seen in Lukas Moodysson's Show Me Love or other teen related films, kids trying to grow up and going nowhere fast, killing time, hanging out together and dreaming of getting out - or in the case of the young girl Agnes, getting married in a few months. The prospects for the teens of getting out of Lens are minimal at best. Their fathers work in the mine to support their families, but come prone to deadly silicosis from the dust inhaled in their labours.
The young girl dreams of her wedding day in a few months, not unlike a friend who also married at 19 but already burdened with two kids already. Althought set in 1979, the colourful movie is still modern in style and fashion with a French flare. Mentions of the Sex Pistols and other punk bands are contemporary. A trip to the seaside takes the friends out of Lens for a while. The question still is what are you going to do after graduation or dropping out of school. L'ennui is the word of the day, so it's a parade of "on se balade?" strolls along the beach. The girls hairstyles and deportment is not out of place for the time, while the young male's coifs are long and styled. Displays of affection are not out of place, and there are flashes of the bedroom. This is not a generation of slackers, although a life without lycée does not leave much choice for the guys except to stay in Lens or find their dream elsewhere - this time in Paris.
Passe ton bac d'abord has the Pialat charm and intimate camerawork that would be his trademark for films to come. Next stop: Loulou.
Monday, October 15, 2007
from TIFF 2004a lookback
from Sep 19 2004
now this is a festival
Thursday September 9, 2004
La Femme de Gilles
Varsity 8 6:30 PM
Thursday September 9, 2004
Human Touch, Paul Cox, 2004
VARSITY 2 10:00 PM
Friday September 10, 2004
Les Revenants, Robin Campillo
VARSITY 8 6:30 PM
Friday September 10, 2004
Undertow, David Gordon Green, 2004
RYERSON 9:30 PM
Saturday September 11, 2004
I Heart Huckabees, David O. Russell, 2004
RYERSON 9:30 AM
Saturday September 11, 2004
In My Father's Den, Brad McGann, 2004
PARAMOUNT 2 12:00 PM
Saturday September 11, 2004
Anatomie d'Enfer, Catherine Breillat
PARAMOUNT 2 4:00 PM
Saturday September 11, 2004
Lila Dit Ca, Ziad Doueiri, 2004
PARAMOUNT 4 6:30 PM
Saturday September 11, 2004
Haven, Frank E. Flowers, 2004
RYERSON 9:30 PM
Sunday September 12, 2004
A Hole in My Heart, Lukas Moodysson, 2004
PARAMOUNT 2 3:00 PM
Sunday September 12, 2004
Head in the Clouds, John Duigan, 2004
VISA SCREENING ROOM (ELGIN) 6:30 PM
Monday September 13, 2004
Mysterious Skin, Gregg Araki, 2004
ISABEL BADER THEATRE 9:45 PM
Tuesday September 14, 2004
9 Songs, Michael Winterbottom, 2004
RYERSON 6:30 PM
Wednesday September 15, 2004
Stage Beauty, Richard Eyre, 2004
ROY THOMSON HALL (GALA) 6:30 PM
Wednesday September 15, 2004
A Good Woman
ROY THOMSON HALL (GALA) 9:30 PM
Thursday September 16, 2004
A Good Woman RYERSON 12:30 PM
Thursday September 16, 2004
Eros, Wong Kar-wai, Steven Soderbergh, Michelangelo Antonioni
VISA SCREENING ROOM (ELGIN) 9:30 PM
Friday September 17, 2004
Somersault, Cate Shortland, 2004
ISABEL BADER THEATRE 7:15 PM
Saturday September 18, 2004
Somersault, Cate Shortland, 2004
CUMBERLAND 2 4:30 PM
Saturday September 18, 2004
CQ2, Carol Laure, 2004
VARSITY 6 7:30 PM
now this is a festival
Thursday September 9, 2004
La Femme de Gilles
Varsity 8 6:30 PM
Thursday September 9, 2004
Human Touch, Paul Cox, 2004
VARSITY 2 10:00 PM
Friday September 10, 2004
Les Revenants, Robin Campillo
VARSITY 8 6:30 PM
Friday September 10, 2004
Undertow, David Gordon Green, 2004
RYERSON 9:30 PM
Saturday September 11, 2004
I Heart Huckabees, David O. Russell, 2004
RYERSON 9:30 AM
Saturday September 11, 2004
In My Father's Den, Brad McGann, 2004
PARAMOUNT 2 12:00 PM
Saturday September 11, 2004
Anatomie d'Enfer, Catherine Breillat
PARAMOUNT 2 4:00 PM
Saturday September 11, 2004
Lila Dit Ca, Ziad Doueiri, 2004
PARAMOUNT 4 6:30 PM
Saturday September 11, 2004
Haven, Frank E. Flowers, 2004
RYERSON 9:30 PM
Sunday September 12, 2004
A Hole in My Heart, Lukas Moodysson, 2004
PARAMOUNT 2 3:00 PM
Sunday September 12, 2004
Head in the Clouds, John Duigan, 2004
VISA SCREENING ROOM (ELGIN) 6:30 PM
Monday September 13, 2004
Mysterious Skin, Gregg Araki, 2004
ISABEL BADER THEATRE 9:45 PM
Tuesday September 14, 2004
9 Songs, Michael Winterbottom, 2004
RYERSON 6:30 PM
Wednesday September 15, 2004
Stage Beauty, Richard Eyre, 2004
ROY THOMSON HALL (GALA) 6:30 PM
Wednesday September 15, 2004
A Good Woman
ROY THOMSON HALL (GALA) 9:30 PM
Thursday September 16, 2004
A Good Woman RYERSON 12:30 PM
Thursday September 16, 2004
Eros, Wong Kar-wai, Steven Soderbergh, Michelangelo Antonioni
VISA SCREENING ROOM (ELGIN) 9:30 PM
Friday September 17, 2004
Somersault, Cate Shortland, 2004
ISABEL BADER THEATRE 7:15 PM
Saturday September 18, 2004
Somersault, Cate Shortland, 2004
CUMBERLAND 2 4:30 PM
Saturday September 18, 2004
CQ2, Carol Laure, 2004
VARSITY 6 7:30 PM
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Was this your era ?
Joy Division
The Best Of CMJ 1979-1989 - Various Artists album (1990)
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US 5CD College Media Inc. CMJ 10-CD 1001 A/B/C/D/E
(thanks to Sebastian Luetzow for the info and the scan!)
Accidents Will Happen - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Damaged Goods - Gang Of Four
London Calling - The Clash
Next To You - The Police
Starry Eyes - The Records
Boys Don't Cry - The Cure
Here Comes My Girl - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Look Sharp - Joe Jackson
Life During Wartime - Talking Heads
You Say You Don't Love Me - Buzzcocks
I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats
Enola Gay - OMD
Twist & Crawl - The Beat
Pay To Cum - Bad Brains
I Got You - Split Enz
Los Angeles - X
I Wanna Destroy You - Soft Boys
Going Underground - The Jam
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Redemption Song - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Biko - Peter Gabriel
Rise Above - Black Flag
Motorhead - Motorhead
The Wait - The Pretenders
Another Nail In My Heart - Squeeze
Girls On Film - Duran Duran
Pretty In Pink - Psychedelic Furs
Big Brown Eyes - dB's
Our Lips Are Sealed - Go-Go's
Crazy - Pylon
Runaway Boys - Stray Cats
Holiday In Cambodia - Dead Kennedys
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Don't You Want Me - Human League
O Superman - Laurie Anderson
New Chatauqua - Pat Metheny
Senses Working Overtime - XTC
Blister In The Sun - Violent Femmes
Rockit - Herbie Hancock
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
Radio Free Europe - REM
Spellbound - Siouxsie & The Banshees
Sponji Reggae - Black Uhuru
Pale Shelter - Tears For Fears
Ja Funmi - King Sunny Ade
16 Shells From A Thirty-O Six - Tom Waits
Atomic Dog - George Clinton
Tenderness - General Public
It's My Life - Talk Talk
You're The Best Thing - Style Council
The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen
Aerial Boundaries - Michael Hedges
Blue Monday - New Order
Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies
Rock Box - Run DMC
Pride - U2
Free Nelson Mandela - Specials AKA
When Doves Cry - Prince & The Revolution
Unsatisfied - The Replacements
A New England - Billy Bragg
Marlene On The Wall - Suzanne Vega
Will The Wolf Survive? - Los Lobos
I Want You Back - Hoodoo Gurus
Pink Turns To Blue - Husker Du
How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
The Whole Of The Moon - The Waterboys
Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing - Minutemen
Party At Ground Zero - Fishbone
Take The Skinheads Bowling - Camper Van Beethoven
Pride & Joy - Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials
Moving To Florida - Butthole Surfers
Just Like Honey - Jesus & Mary Chain
Death Valley '69 - Sonic Youth
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The John Peel Sessions - Various Artists album (1990)
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US promo CD Dutch East India Trading DEI 8601-2
(thanks to Øyvind Franck for the info and the scan!)
Keep The Circle Around - Inspiral Carpets
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
In My Veins - Prong
To Hell With Poverty - Gang Of Four
Do It Better - Happy Mondays
Handsome Devil - The Smiths
Perfumed Garden - The Chameleons
Culture Vultures - Wire
Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie And The Banshees
Truth - New Order
New Rose - The Damned
False Prophet - Extreme Noise Terror
Two Of A Kind - Syd Barrett
What Do I Get? - Buzzcocks
Killing An Arab - The Cure
Hey Bernadette - Colorblind James Experience
Mess Of My - The Fall
Munise Munise - Amayenge
The Best Of CMJ 1979-1989 - Various Artists album (1990)
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US 5CD College Media Inc. CMJ 10-CD 1001 A/B/C/D/E
(thanks to Sebastian Luetzow for the info and the scan!)
Accidents Will Happen - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Damaged Goods - Gang Of Four
London Calling - The Clash
Next To You - The Police
Starry Eyes - The Records
Boys Don't Cry - The Cure
Here Comes My Girl - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Look Sharp - Joe Jackson
Life During Wartime - Talking Heads
You Say You Don't Love Me - Buzzcocks
I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats
Enola Gay - OMD
Twist & Crawl - The Beat
Pay To Cum - Bad Brains
I Got You - Split Enz
Los Angeles - X
I Wanna Destroy You - Soft Boys
Going Underground - The Jam
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Redemption Song - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Biko - Peter Gabriel
Rise Above - Black Flag
Motorhead - Motorhead
The Wait - The Pretenders
Another Nail In My Heart - Squeeze
Girls On Film - Duran Duran
Pretty In Pink - Psychedelic Furs
Big Brown Eyes - dB's
Our Lips Are Sealed - Go-Go's
Crazy - Pylon
Runaway Boys - Stray Cats
Holiday In Cambodia - Dead Kennedys
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Don't You Want Me - Human League
O Superman - Laurie Anderson
New Chatauqua - Pat Metheny
Senses Working Overtime - XTC
Blister In The Sun - Violent Femmes
Rockit - Herbie Hancock
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
Radio Free Europe - REM
Spellbound - Siouxsie & The Banshees
Sponji Reggae - Black Uhuru
Pale Shelter - Tears For Fears
Ja Funmi - King Sunny Ade
16 Shells From A Thirty-O Six - Tom Waits
Atomic Dog - George Clinton
Tenderness - General Public
It's My Life - Talk Talk
You're The Best Thing - Style Council
The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen
Aerial Boundaries - Michael Hedges
Blue Monday - New Order
Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies
Rock Box - Run DMC
Pride - U2
Free Nelson Mandela - Specials AKA
When Doves Cry - Prince & The Revolution
Unsatisfied - The Replacements
A New England - Billy Bragg
Marlene On The Wall - Suzanne Vega
Will The Wolf Survive? - Los Lobos
I Want You Back - Hoodoo Gurus
Pink Turns To Blue - Husker Du
How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
The Whole Of The Moon - The Waterboys
Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing - Minutemen
Party At Ground Zero - Fishbone
Take The Skinheads Bowling - Camper Van Beethoven
Pride & Joy - Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials
Moving To Florida - Butthole Surfers
Just Like Honey - Jesus & Mary Chain
Death Valley '69 - Sonic Youth
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The John Peel Sessions - Various Artists album (1990)
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US promo CD Dutch East India Trading DEI 8601-2
(thanks to Øyvind Franck for the info and the scan!)
Keep The Circle Around - Inspiral Carpets
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
In My Veins - Prong
To Hell With Poverty - Gang Of Four
Do It Better - Happy Mondays
Handsome Devil - The Smiths
Perfumed Garden - The Chameleons
Culture Vultures - Wire
Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie And The Banshees
Truth - New Order
New Rose - The Damned
False Prophet - Extreme Noise Terror
Two Of A Kind - Syd Barrett
What Do I Get? - Buzzcocks
Killing An Arab - The Cure
Hey Bernadette - Colorblind James Experience
Mess Of My - The Fall
Munise Munise - Amayenge
Thursday, September 27, 2007
TIFF 07 Schedule
| EVENT | TITLE | DAY | DATE | TIME | FINISH TIME |
| RYERSON | THE BRAVE ONE | THU | 9/6/2007 | 09:00pm | 10:59pm |
| Scotiabank 1 | Les Amours d'Astree et de Celadon | FRI | 9/7/2007 | 09:30am | 11:19am |
| Scotiabank 4 | The Mourning Forest | FRI | 9/7/2007 | 12:00pm | 1:37pm |
| Scotiabank 3 | Joy Division | FRI | 9/7/2007 | 02:45pm | 4:18pm |
| Scotiabank 4 | THE MAN FROM LONDON | FRI | 9/7/2007 | 06:00pm | 8:15pm |
| Ryerson | THE VISITOR | FRI | 9/7/2007 | 09:00pm | 10:58pm |
| Scotiabank 2 | Control | SAT | 9/8/2007 | 09:00am | 11:01am |
| Scotiabank 3 | Captain Mike Across America | SAT | 9/8/2007 | 11:45am | 1:22pm |
| Ryerson | Battle in Seattle | SAT | 9/8/2007 | 03:00pm | 4:40pm |
| Ryerson | JUNO | SAT | 9/8/2007 | 06:00pm | 7:36pm |
| Scotiabank 1 | Chrysalis | SAT | 9/8/2007 | 09:45pm | 11:14pm |
| Scotiabank 1 | LUST, CAUTION | SUN | 9/9/2007 | 09:00am | 11:52am |
| Scotiabank 2 | Starting Out in the Evening | SUN | 9/9/2007 | 1:00pm | 2:51pm |
| Scotiabank 1 | Les Chansons d'amour | SUN | 9/9/2007 | 03:30pm | 5:05pm |
| Ryerson | The Girl in the Park | SUN | 9/9/2007 | 06:00pm | 7:49pm |
| Ryerson | Chaotic Ana | SUN | 9/9/2007 | 09:15pm | 11:15pm |
| Ryerson | No Country for Old Men | MON | 9/10/2007 | 09:00am | 11:02am |
| ELGIN | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | MON | 9/10/2007 | 11:00am | 1:40pm |
| ELGIN | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | MON | 9/10/2007 | 03:00pm | 4:55pm |
| Scotiabank 1 | UNE VIEILLE MAITRESSE | MON | 9/10/2007 | 06:30pm | 8:24pm |
| Scotiabank 2 | NORMAL | MON | 9/10/2007 | 09:00pm | 10:44pm |
| ELGIN | Across The Universe | TUE | 9/11/2007 | 11:00am | 1:13pm |
| ELGIN | Nightwatching | TUE | 9/11/2007 | 02:30pm | 4:51pm |
| SCOTIABANK 1 | KING OF CALIFORNIA | TUE | 9/11/2007 | 07:00pm | 8:45pm |
| Scotiabank 14 | Naissance des pieuvres | TUE | 9/11/2007 | 09:45pm | 11:10pm |
| Scotiabank 3 | Bill | WED | 9/12/2007 | 09:00am | 10:37am |
| ELGIN | Cassandra's Dream | WED | 9/12/2007 | 11:00am | 12:48pm |
| ELGIN | Atonement | WED | 9/12/2007 | 02:30pm | 4:33pm |
| ELGIN | La Fille coupée en deux | WED | 9/12/2007 | 06:00pm | 7:55pm |
| Ryerson | I'm Not There | WED | 9/12/2007 | 08:30pm | 10:45pm |
| Ryerson | Silk | THU | 9/13/2007 | 09:00am | 10:48am |
| ELGIN | Margot at the Wedding | THU | 9/13/2007 | 12:00pm | 1:32pm |
| Scotiabank 1 | Lars and the Real Girl | THU | 9/13/2007 | 02:30pm | 4:16pm |
| ELGIN | Angel | THU | 9/13/2007 | 06:00pm | 7:59pm |
| Scotiabank 1 | Smiley Face | THU | 9/13/2007 | 10:00pm | 11:24pm |
| Scotiabank 2 | MARRIED LIFE | FRI | 9/14/2007 | 09:15am | 10:45am |
| Cumberland 3 | The Tracey Fragments | FRI | 9/14/2007 | 12:45pm | 2:02pm |
| Scotiabank 1 | MAD DETECTIVE | FRI | 9/14/2007 | 03:00pm | 4:29pm |
| ELGIN | Chacun son cinema | FRI | 9/14/2007 | 06:00pm | 7:59pm |
| Varsity 1 | Les Bons Débarras | FRI | 9/14/2007 | 09:30pm | 11:24pm |
| Scotiabank 1 | Le Voyage du ballon rouge | SAT | 9/15/2007 | 10:00am | 11:53am |
| ELGIN | Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who | SAT | 9/15/2007 | 02:30pm | 4:30pm |
| Ryerson | NOTHING IS PRIVATE | SAT | 9/15/2007 | 06:00pm | 8:04pm |
| Cumberland | GLORY TO THE FILMMAKER! | SAT | 9/15/2007 | 09:30pm | 10:44pm |
| Varsity 6 | VEXILLE | SAT | 9/15/2007 | 11:45pm | 1:20am |
Post Toronto International Film Festival 07
When we mentioned we were seeing 45 movies in 10 days between bites of food and on our way to the Varsity most people seemed to be shocked. Do you remember them all? is always the first question, and you must really love movies is the other statement.
The answer is sometimes yes and no, and yes to the last. But every year's Toronto International Film Festival leaves some impression and surprise. Sometimes there is a quiet grr as we regret not seeing one movie over another, but you reconcile to the fact you cannot see everything and scheduling and distance precludes seeing certain films. The three days of Festival pass mayhem trying to create your perfect 50 film schedule ... debating getting $40 gala tickets in advance ... getting your picks down to the box office in time and then waiting for the announcement of the winning box in the lottery ... and then two more days of trying to reconcile your schedule against the tickets you actually received ...
Day One and Day Two always gets one into the swing of hurry up and line-up and trying to get your favourite seat at the Paramount or wherever [ surely no one has a favourite spot at the Cumberland theatres ] and the exhaustion inevitable sets in by Day Seven - no coffee or doughnut is a replacement for the missing sleep. By Day Eight is the inevitable attempt to catch that last buzz movie or see Brad and George and switching tickets around and Day 10 the Midnight Madness movies and the last chance to try to see that Day One movie one more time
dominates the daytime. Why didn't we see 50? Just sheer logistics [including Thursday does not have 5 movies to average in ] and that Midnight Madness just did not finish soon enough to catch the last TTC subway ride northward back into suburbia.
So by the end of Day 10 when you walk out of your last group experience, you simply ask yourself: "Is that all there is?" and start the countdown to next year.
La Vie Nouvelle
The answer is sometimes yes and no, and yes to the last. But every year's Toronto International Film Festival leaves some impression and surprise. Sometimes there is a quiet grr as we regret not seeing one movie over another, but you reconcile to the fact you cannot see everything and scheduling and distance precludes seeing certain films. The three days of Festival pass mayhem trying to create your perfect 50 film schedule ... debating getting $40 gala tickets in advance ... getting your picks down to the box office in time and then waiting for the announcement of the winning box in the lottery ... and then two more days of trying to reconcile your schedule against the tickets you actually received ...
Day One and Day Two always gets one into the swing of hurry up and line-up and trying to get your favourite seat at the Paramount or wherever [ surely no one has a favourite spot at the Cumberland theatres ] and the exhaustion inevitable sets in by Day Seven - no coffee or doughnut is a replacement for the missing sleep. By Day Eight is the inevitable attempt to catch that last buzz movie or see Brad and George and switching tickets around and Day 10 the Midnight Madness movies and the last chance to try to see that Day One movie one more time
dominates the daytime. Why didn't we see 50? Just sheer logistics [including Thursday does not have 5 movies to average in ] and that Midnight Madness just did not finish soon enough to catch the last TTC subway ride northward back into suburbia.
So by the end of Day 10 when you walk out of your last group experience, you simply ask yourself: "Is that all there is?" and start the countdown to next year.
La Vie Nouvelle
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
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