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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,...
Warner Bros. spreading disease in Toronto again
Posted on September 7, 2011 | 2 Comments
Last week Warner Bros. grew bacteria in an abandoned building on Queen St. West in an effort to promote Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming disease thriller, Contagion. They’re at it again this...
Toronto After Dark 2011 announces first round of films
Posted on September 5, 2011 | No Comments
For fans of horror, sci-fi, action, and cult films, the Toronto After Dark Film Festival has become one of the best festivals in the country to find those hidden genre...
Warner Bros. wants you to watch bacteria grow
Posted on August 30, 2011 | No Comments
Well this is something different. To celebrate the release of Steven Soderbergh’s disease thriller Contagion, Warner Bros. Canada have setup two large Petrie dishes with live bacteria in an abandoned...
TIFF Bell Lightbox celebrates Norman Jewison
Posted on August 10, 2011 | No Comments
When talking about Canadian film luminaries who have enjoyed crossover success in Hollywood, it is impossible to have a discussion on the subject without talking about Norman Jewison. The much lauded...
Film scholar Frank Burke introducing ‘Il Posto’ at the TIFF Bell Lightbox
Posted on August 5, 2011 | No Comments
Along with the exhibit and film series on Fellini the TIFF Bell Lightbox has been running this summer, they’ve also launched a retrospective on films from the Italian neorealism movement....
Sail-In Cinema brings floating movies to Toronto
Posted on August 4, 2011 | 1 Comment
As part of the Toronto Port Authority’s 100th anniversary celebrations they’re launching Canada’s first-ever floating movie theatre experience off the shores of Toronto’s Sugar Beach. Called Sail-In Cinema, the series...
Fox Searchlight invites you to ‘An Evening on Earth 2′
Posted on July 23, 2011 | No Comments
To celebrate the release of the amazing sci-fi-drama Another Earth, Fox Searchlight is throwing a party in Toronto at the Sky Lounge (located at the Intercontinental Hotel in Yorkville) on...
TIFF’s ‘Packaged Goods’ series goes 3-D
Posted on July 20, 2011 | No Comments
If there is one thing that has been more unjustly maligned than 3-D in the film world, it would probably be commercials. There hasn’t been a sold out show of...
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...
‘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...
What’s your take on Cassavetes?
Posted on July 13, 2011 | No Comments
In the Le Tigre song What’s Yr Take on Cassavetes? the band blurts out things like “misogynist”, “genius”, “alcoholic”, and “messiah” in reference to filmmaker and actor John Cassavetes. While...
Projection Booth: Toronto’s latest and greatest rep theatre
Posted on July 12, 2011 | 5 Comments
When word broke last week that the ratty Gerrard Cinema had found a new owner, and that it would be reopening soon as a rep theatre, the online community in...
A look at TIFF’s ‘Fellini: Spectacular Obsessions’ exhibit
Posted on July 11, 2011 | 1 Comment
It is more than appropriate that the entrance to the latest film related art installation at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, Fellini: Spectacular Obsessions (running now through September 18), is adorned with...
Fellini Fellini Fellini!
Posted on July 6, 2011 | 3 Comments
As part the Bell Lightbox’s latest exhibit, Fellini: Spectacular Obsessions, TIFF has invited filmmakers and critics from around the world to help curate a film series that pairs one of...