Mike Jones has two sets of additions to the Toronto International Film Festival lineup at The Circuit. The first, detailing nine Gala and Special Presentations, informs us of the existence of a documentary about A Chorus Line, as well as the news (I *think* it’s news–I haven’t been following TIFF updates closely enough to remember [...]
Nailed, that David O. Russell film that keeps having to halt production because of THINKFilm’s financial troubles, has shut down for the fourth time. Meanwhile, yesterday THINK closed its Toronto office, which housed 25 employees as recently as the end of 2007. Randy Manis, VP of acquisitions and a co-founder of the company, is one [...]
Spike Lee has spent his own money to acquire Time Traveler, “a memoir by Ronald Mallett, one of the nation’s first African-Americans to earn a Ph.D in theoretical physics.” He’ll co-adapt and direct.
David Gordon Green’s The Pineapple Express will screen at the Just For Laughs Film Festival on July 19, three weeks before Sony opens [...]
January 9, 2008 – 1:33 pm
…Bloggers To Pretend Like They Didn’t See It Coming.
September 21, 2007 – 6:00 am
INTO THE WILD opens tonight. Sean Penn tells us about first reading the book. We compare the film to THE MOSQUITO COAST. Karina explains why everybody must see HEAVY METAL IN BAGHDAD and interviews the filmmakers.
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September 17, 2007 – 4:53 am
Plus: Another batch of YouTubers are called up to the majors.
September 14, 2007 – 3:00 pm
You can expect one more Toronto-related segment on next week’s FilmCouch, but until then, our coverage of the 2007 Toronto Film Festival is complete. Here’s a round-up of our reviews; all were contributed by Karina, except where otherwise noted.
Across the Universe: “The tween and teen girls fueling the success of High School Musical and Hairspray, [...]
September 13, 2007 – 6:06 am
As a portrait of post-Sadaam Iraqi youth, Operation Filmmaker doesn’t have the “wow!” factor of that other Toronto movie about Iraqi kids looking for refuge in American popular culture. But although I have some issues with director Nina Davenport’s treatment of her subject, for a film that began life as a vanity project designed to [...]
September 12, 2007 – 5:45 am
The final installment of ReelerTV in Toronto, starring Peter Bogdanovich.
September 11, 2007 – 11:00 am
Big, classy, Oscar-bait World War II dramas don’t really get much better than Atonement, Joe Wright’s swooning adaptation of Ian McEwan’s 2001 novel. If the last half hour or so seems to drag to a bit of an anti-climax, it’s only because the first forty minutes are so exhiliaratingly jam-packed with style, plot and character [...]
