Film Festivals

U2 doc ‘From the Sky Down’ announced as opening night film at TIFF 2011
Posted on July 26, 2011 | 1 Comment
Davis Guggenheim’s documentary From the Sky Down, which takes a look back on U2′s groundbreaking album Achtung Baby, will open the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in September, and...
‘Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark’ announced as closing night film of Fantasia 2011
Posted on July 8, 2011 | No Comments
The last announcement we received from Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival was that Kevin Smith’s Red State would have its Canadian premiere as the opening night film of the 2011 fest....
Kevin Smith’s ‘Red State’ to open Fantasia 2011
Posted on June 28, 2011 | 1 Comment
For the past 15 years Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival has been celebrating horror, sci-fi, and fantasy films better than most festivals around the world. And with their announcement this...
New box office and ticket packages for TIFF 2011 announced
Posted on June 15, 2011 | No Comments
With only 85 days to go until the start of the 36th annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), the festival organizers have begun pushing out updates and announcements about tickets,...
Third annual Toronto Youth Shorts Festival runs June 19
Posted on June 12, 2011 | No Comments
Hot on the heels of the CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival, the Toronto area has another film festival coming up designed to showcase some of the best short films from...
WSFF 2011 Preview Pt. 2
Posted on May 30, 2011 | No Comments
Hot on the heels of last night’s party-slash-kick off to the 2011 CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival at Yonge-Dundas Square, Criticize This! continues its coverage of the biggest short film...
WSFF 2011 Preview Pt. 1
Posted on May 27, 2011 | No Comments
The CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival kicks off in Toronto on Tuesday May 31 (running until Sunday, June 5) and this is their biggest year yet with a total of...
TIFF 2011 looking for volunteers
Posted on May 17, 2011 | No Comments
Are you a movie buff hoping to get up and close with the biggest Hollywood stars during the Toronto International Film Festival this year, but don’t know how without looking...
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...
TJFF 2011 Review: Between Two Worlds
Posted on May 15, 2011 | No Comments
I thought I was going to love Between Two Worlds, a project by husband-and-wife director team Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman, with my passion for internal cultural debate televised for mass...
2011 Worldwide Short Film Fest lineup announced
Posted on May 12, 2011 | No Comments
It seems like the film festival scene in Toronto (outside the almost monolithic Toronto International Film Festival) is getting bigger and better all the time. Even the city’s smallest (pun...
TJFF 2011 Review: A Jewish Girl in Shanghai
Posted on May 12, 2011 | No Comments
Don’t be fooled: this ain’t no kids movie. A Jewish Girl in Shanghai has gleaned largely positive acclaim in both China and internationally, noted as the first home-grown Chinese film to...
TJFF 2011 Review: Looking for Lenny
Posted on May 10, 2011 | 1 Comment
You don’t have to know much about the history of Lenny Bruce and the turbulent era in which he worked to be impressed by the calibre and originality of both...
TJFF 2011 Review: The Hilltops
Posted on May 9, 2011 | No Comments
From the moment I watched Igal Hecht conversing with one of the settlers in The Hilltops, I knew he was the kind of director who really takes a journey with...
TJFF 2011 Review: Chasing Madoff
Posted on May 7, 2011 | 2 Comments
Documentaries are so niche these days that filmmakers are now championned for honing in on incessant detail to make their point. Jeff Prosserman spends an hour and a half drawing...