In honour of the huge David Cronenberg exhibit and retrospective currently happening at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto (running until January 19th), That Shelf talks to a plethora of film writers, personalities, programmers, podcasters, and filmmakers about what their favourite Cronenberg films are.
We talk to current Orphan Black writer Karen Walton about her debut feature, the iconic Canadian horror film Ginger Snaps - showing at the TIFF Bell Lightbox on Halloween - and about the film's still growing notoriety, why her initial hesitation to write the film seems somewhat silly in hindsight, how hard it can be to be honest in horror movies, and why she’s moved by the analysis the film has received over the years.
We take a look at some of the best goings on in Toronto this Halloween from movies, to TV, to theatre, and one really kick ass party. And we might have some surprises in store... if you dare.
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
Thanks to some great performances and Claire Denis’ always exceptional ability to mine suspense out of the purposefully vague, Bastards saves itself from needless convolution and a story that’s pretty much on the level of a late 90s American boilerplate thriller.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This Saturday, the TIFF Bell Lightbox will have a special sing-along to R. Kelly's labyrinthine Trapped in the Closet saga (the first 22 parts, anyway). But what is it that makes this kitschy R&B phenomenon so popular?
We take a look inside this years TIFF Kids showcase, including several of the films being screened and a look at some of the other great events for the whole family (and especially, you know, the kids) going down at the TIFF Bell Lightbox from April 9th to the 21st.
Just in time for March Break, the TIFF Bell Lightbox has arranged a selection of superheroes and comic book saviours for your viewing pleasure.
