The Toronto film community lost one of its own yesterday when Adam Lopez, founder of the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, passed away at the age of 52. Lopez had been battling Stage IV cancer of the head and throat since 2021. Initially given only a year to live, Lopez defied all odds and went…
As someone who is quite open to watching international cinema, I ended up rolling my eyes at the opening sentence of a Variety article announcing the US release of Watch the Skies, originally known as UFO Sweden: A foreign language action comedy is headed to U.S. movie theaters this spring, but audiences won’t have to…
Sean Baker‘s Palme d’Or-winner dramedy Anora won the 97th Oscars, taking home five statues for Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Director, Best Actress for Mikey Madison, and Best Picture. In his acceptance speech for Best Director, Sean Baker called for preserving the theatrical movie viewing experience. Movie theaters, especially independently owned theaters, are struggling,…
This Editorial Contains Some Spoilers for Emilia Pérez On October 30, 2024 I attended a morning press screening of Emilia Pérez in advance of its theatrical run at the TIFF Lightbox. A month or so earlier, the film was a runner-up for the TIFF People’s Choice Award. My first reaction upon exiting the theatre is…
The Blood in the Snow Film Festival just announced the line-up for their 2024 edition. This year’s festival will include 7 features, 1 short film anthology, and 5 short film programs. As I have previously seen three of the features at the 2024 Fantasia Film Festival, I will explain why I should consider seeing them…
It was somewhat quietly reported last June that the Cineplex Cinemas Queensway theatre in Etobicoke is being proposed for demolition for a condominium complex and park, to be built on the lot at Queensway and Islington, which already has a pair of condos under construction. Curiously, this news began to spread in the last month…
In some bad news that seemed inevitable, but still is quite sad, Toronto After Dark Festival Director Adam Lopez released a statement last night stating that due to forces beyond his control, the 2024 edition of the Toronto After Dark Film Festival has been postponed until 2025. In addition, Lopez noted that he will be…
Back in January, it was first reported by TMZ that Mia Goth, director Ti West, and distributor A24 were all defendants in a lawsuit filed by a background actor on MaXXXine, alleging that Goth intentionally kicked him in the head while he was playing a corpse during a nighttime shoot. In the lead-up to the…
The 2024 edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival is less than two weeks away. This morning, tickets went on sale for this year’s selection of films. As such, I thought I would list, in chronological order, ten of the films that I am most interested in seeing during the week that I will be…
One day after it looked like this would be the final weekend in operation for the Revue Cinema, the Revue Film Society headed by Grant Oyston received an injunction from the Ontario Superior Court preventing their landlord Daniel Mullin from evicting the society from the premises on Monday, July 1. The landlords are prevented from…
