Blu-Ray Round-Up: 10/28/13
This week on the home entertainment front, we take a look at new Blu-Rays for Pacific Rim, Slap Shot, R.I.P.D., High Plains Drifter, and Eyes without a Face.
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Spotlight on: Nicolas Winding Refn
On the eve of a TIFF Bell Lightbox retrospective looking at the works of still up and coming Danish auteur Nicolas Winding Refn, our film writers look at their favourite films from the uncompromising filmmaker behind Drive, The Pusher trilogy, and Only God Forgives
Interview: Daniel Hanna
We talk to International Independent Video Store Day creator and owner of Eyesore Cinema in Toronto Daniel Hanna about the genesis of Video Store Day, what it means to people, how it’s evolved, have a discussion about Netflix and the effect it has had, and the ups and downs of the hard media business.
Fast Five: Claire Denis
Not familiar with the work of masterful French filmmaker Claire Denis? With a retrospective of her work about to kick off at the TIFF Bell Lightbox this Thursday and a new film opening this Friday, here are five great places to start and become acquainted with one of the most boundary pushing and thoughtful filmmakers working today in our new series we like to call Fast Five
Crappy Carp
In the 53rd season opener of CBC's The Nature of Things, narrator David Suzuki take a look at how one incredibly irritating and annoying species of fish could become devastating for the Great Lakes. How annoying and dangerous are these fish? Well, at one point you'll see a man actually punch one of them.
Beauty In Hardship: The Works of Kevin Jerome Everson
This Thursday and Friday, the TIFF Bell Lightbox offers free screenings of shorts and features from filmmaker and artist Kevin Jerome Everson, someone incredibly adept at looking at the beauty and hardship in being a part of the modern working class.
TIFF 2013: Focus On: Wavelengths Shorts
We place the TIFF '13 spotlight on the shorts in the avant-garde Wavelengths series, where past meets presence and "art" gets put back into "the seventh art."
The Turkish, Female Cinematic Rebellion
We take a look at the TIFF Bell Lightbox's series on emerging female filmmakers in Turkey - where women barely directed anything prior to 1980 and have only come into their own as artists in the past decade - and talk with series curator and TIFF programmer Rasha Salti about the films chosen, Turkey’s depiction as a land of few opportunities, how economics have impacted Turkish cinema, the transgressive art of cinema, and how the current political landscape views the country’s past.
Blu-Ray Round-up: 8/19/13
This might be our best Blu-Ray review round up yet, including The Muppet Movie, The Sword in the Stone, Wes Craven's Swamp Thing, John Carpenter's The Fog, Mel Brooks' The Producers, and The Kentucky Fried Movie.
The Loves of Leos Carax
We take a look at the upcoming retrospective of the small, but vital filmography of Leos Carax at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Modern Love: The Films of Leos Carax.
Meet the Cast of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Check out some of the cast of lucky leading men and women to star in the upcoming adaptation of the beloved young adult novel The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones There will likely be a test on this in the near future.
First slate of films announced for TIFF 2013
The first batch of films for this year's Toronto International Film Festival were announced this morning - including opening night film The Fifth Estate - and here's a look at what cinephiles have to look forward to starting this September the 5th.
Bros, Bras, Blunts, & Balls
With TOGA! The Reinvention of the American Comedy, the TIFF Bell Lightbox looks back on the history of the gross out, bro-down comedy with looks at three of our own personal favourites.
Let’s Take This Outside!
This summer in Toronto a whole lot of people are taking their movies outside. Here's a look at five local, summer long festivals to get you out of your sweaty apartment and out to the movies under the stars.
The Worlds of Jacques Demy
We look at the career of famed French auteur Jacques Demy on the eve of a retrospective of his works Bitter/Sweet kicks off at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.
