In celebration of the 40th anniversary of TIFF, I will be revisiting one film from each year I attended the festival. Please be aware that these discussions may include SPOILERS. We are now one day away from the 2015 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. That means it is time for my final post in celebration of…
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of TIFF, I will be revisiting one film from each year I attended the festival. Please be aware that these discussions may include SPOILERS. If there is a theme for the 24 films that I saw at TIFF in 2013, it is that many of them were weird. This was a year,…
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of TIFF, I will be revisiting one film from each year I attended the festival. Please be aware that these discussions may include SPOILERS. The 2012 festival was another busy year for me, with seeing 25 films over the course of the festival. While it was great seeing so many films, this…
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of TIFF, I will be revisiting one film from each year I attended the festival. Please be aware that these discussions may include SPOILERS. 2011 was a major turning point of my TIFF experience, since it had my largest ever film line-up. I saw 26 films over the course of that year’s…
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of TIFF, I will be revisiting one film from each year I attended the festival. Please be aware that these discussions may include SPOILERS. With me have just graduated from York University, I was free to expand my involvement in TIFF’s volunteer program, which in turn allowed me to see more films…
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of TIFF, I will be revisiting one film from each year I attended the festival. Please be aware that these discussions may include SPOILERS. Of the nine films that I saw at TIFF in 2009, a film that still stands out for me is J Blakeson’s crime thriller, The Disappearance of Alice Creed, which…
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of TIFF, I will be revisiting one film from each year I attended the festival. Please be aware that these discussions may include SPOILERS. Some of the standout films that I saw at TIFF in 2008 included the IRA drama 50 Dead Men Walking, Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler, and the Canadian comedy Real…
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of TIFF, I will be revisiting one film from each year I attended the festival. Please be aware that these discussions may include SPOILERS. My fifth year attending the Toronto International Film Festival was the first where I saw a decent number of films. In fact, many of the ten films that…
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of TIFF, I will be revisiting one film from each year I attended the festival. Please be aware that these discussions may include SPOILERS. In 2006, I made the decision to begin volunteering for TIFF, while also beginning studying for a degree in Film Studies at York University. Since a perk of…
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of TIFF, I will be revisiting one film from each year I attended the festival. Please be aware that these discussions may include SPOILERS. In 2005, the Toronto International Film Festival celebrated its 30th anniversary. In hindsight, I kind of wish that I saw more films during this year of the festival….
