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About Author: Fraser Turnbull

Fraser Turnbull
Website
http://modestmovie.wordpress.com
Description
Fraser Turnbull is a Toronto-based blogger who started criticizing and ranting about film on his blog Modest Movie. He joined Criticize This! in early 2011 and has covered overlooked local cinema events and film festivals worth forking over money for. He enjoys the finer things in life, like Kung Fu Western genre-benders and extended scenes without dialogue. He knows next to nothing about music, and when asked he will nod his head politely and say “whatever sounds good.”

Posts by Fraser Turnbull

  • As the TIFF Bell Lightbox heads into its one-year anniversary territory, its latest schedule continues to make the cultural hub one of the world’s premiere film institutions. With new retrospectives, special events,...

    What’s coming to the TIFF Bell Lightbox this fall?

    Posted on September 14, 2011 | 1 Comment
    As the TIFF Bell Lightbox heads into its one-year anniversary territory, its latest schedule continues to make the cultural hub one of the world’s premiere film institutions. With new retrospectives, special events,...

  • While the rest of the airline industry seems to be on the decline (paying for a second piece of luggage now – really?), Air Canada has surpassed the rest by...

    Flying? Air Canada has a Film Festival!

    Posted on August 10, 2011 | No Comments
    While the rest of the airline industry seems to be on the decline (paying for a second piece of luggage now – really?), Air Canada has surpassed the rest by...

  • The newest rep cinema to open in Toronto – The Projection Booth – is hitting the ground running with a monthly horror series dubbed “Little Terrors”. The series showcases the...

    New horror short film series launches at The Projection Booth

    Posted on July 20, 2011 | No Comments
    The newest rep cinema to open in Toronto – The Projection Booth – is hitting the ground running with a monthly horror series dubbed “Little Terrors”. The series showcases the...

  • Cheaper than the cost of seeing a movie in 3-D you can see a great flick and a great actor to boot. Kathryn Bigelow’s celebrated vampire flick Near Dark is being...

    ‘Near Dark’ and Lance Henriksen come to the Toronto Underground Cinema in August

    Posted on July 17, 2011 | No Comments
    Cheaper than the cost of seeing a movie in 3-D you can see a great flick and a great actor to boot. Kathryn Bigelow’s celebrated vampire flick Near Dark is being...

  • The ratio for decent videogame to film adaptations to horrible ones is about 1:10. Mortal Kombat. Street Fighter. Doom. The upcoming Battleship and Monopoly movies (not technically videogames, but seriously, how is anyone convinced that...

    ‘Silent Hill’ haunting the Bloor Cinema on June 23

    Posted on June 11, 2011 | 1 Comment
    The ratio for decent videogame to film adaptations to horrible ones is about 1:10. Mortal Kombat. Street Fighter. Doom. The upcoming Battleship and Monopoly movies (not technically videogames, but seriously, how is anyone convinced that...

  • All great filmmakers start somewhere. Usually it’s film school. Unfortunately, student films tend to be overlooked by the majority of the film-going public. This is probably because of the quantity...

    TIFF Bell Lightbox showcasing Canadian student filmmakers

    Posted on May 22, 2011 | No Comments
    All great filmmakers start somewhere. Usually it’s film school. Unfortunately, student films tend to be overlooked by the majority of the film-going public. This is probably because of the quantity...

  • The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is now accepting applications for its new Rising Stars initiative. Taking place during this year’s TIFF (September 8 to 18, 2011) the programme is designed to help four...

    TIFF’s Rising Stars Progamme Gives Actors Big Break

    Posted on May 16, 2011 | 1 Comment
    The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is now accepting applications for its new Rising Stars initiative. Taking place during this year’s TIFF (September 8 to 18, 2011) the programme is designed to help four...

  • The only thing I would change about Meet Monica Velour is the title. It’s a mature first film about a Napoleon Dynamite –esque central character who meets his 70s porn...

    Review: Meet Monica Velour

    Posted on May 12, 2011 | 1 Comment
    The only thing I would change about Meet Monica Velour is the title. It’s a mature first film about a Napoleon Dynamite –esque central character who meets his 70s porn...

  • For the past ten years the best in music-centric films has come out of the North by Northeast (NXNE) festival – Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison, This Movie is Broken,...

    NXNE Festival celebrating 10th anniversary in Toronto

    Posted on May 1, 2011 | No Comments
    For the past ten years the best in music-centric films has come out of the North by Northeast (NXNE) festival – Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison, This Movie is Broken,...

  • Canadian Don Carmody has produced a lot of films. Over 100 of them, in fact. Known asthe “Don of Hollywood North” for bringing American studios to shoot on Canadian soil,...

    “Don of Hollywood North” to be honoured at industry gala

    Posted on April 14, 2011 | No Comments
    Canadian Don Carmody has produced a lot of films. Over 100 of them, in fact. Known asthe “Don of Hollywood North” for bringing American studios to shoot on Canadian soil,...

  • “From the paparazzi to celebrity reality TV, from HBO’s Rome to MTV’s Spring Break, they all owe a debt to Il Maestro Fellini.” – Exhibit organizer Noah Cowan First, the...

    TIFF Bell Lightbox hosting Fellini exhibit over summer

    Posted on March 30, 2011 | No Comments
    “From the paparazzi to celebrity reality TV, from HBO’s Rome to MTV’s Spring Break, they all owe a debt to Il Maestro Fellini.” – Exhibit organizer Noah Cowan First, the...

  • It’s a known fact that the months between the end of the Oscars and the start of the summer blockbuster season are generally filled with middling to mediocre movies that...

    Prizes, ‘Body Snatchers’, and a Special Guest at the Bloor Cinema March 30th

    Posted on March 25, 2011 | No Comments
    It’s a known fact that the months between the end of the Oscars and the start of the summer blockbuster season are generally filled with middling to mediocre movies that...

  • “This year is something of a game-changer for Hot Docs.” – Executive Director Chris McDonald. The 18th annual edition of the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival comes to Toronto...

    Spurlock, Elmo, and A Tribe Called Quest Coming to the 2011 Hot Docs Festival

    Posted on March 24, 2011 | 1 Comment
    “This year is something of a game-changer for Hot Docs.” – Executive Director Chris McDonald. The 18th annual edition of the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival comes to Toronto...

  • French auteurs Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard redefined cinema by challenging traditional conventions and creating films that were uniquely original and energizing. Their works have inspired and influenced countless directors...

    Cinéfranco 2011 Begins Next Weekend

    Posted on March 20, 2011 | No Comments
    French auteurs Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard redefined cinema by challenging traditional conventions and creating films that were uniquely original and energizing. Their works have inspired and influenced countless directors...

  • Showcasing films across all genres, the Female Eye Film Festival, now in its ninth year, is renowned for being Ontario’s only independent film festival exclusively screening films directed by women....

    9th Annual Female Eye Film Festival Begins this Week

    Posted on March 14, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Showcasing films across all genres, the Female Eye Film Festival, now in its ninth year, is renowned for being Ontario’s only independent film festival exclusively screening films directed by women....

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