According to Dave » tiff http://dave.samojlenko.com/blog The personal blog of Dave Samojlenko Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:09:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 TIFF09: Day 1 – On our way (almost)! http://dave.samojlenko.com/blog/2009/09/10/tiff09-day-1-on-our-way-almost/ http://dave.samojlenko.com/blog/2009/09/10/tiff09-day-1-on-our-way-almost/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:14:27 +0000 dsamojlenko http://dave.samojlenko.com/blog/?p=1407 Continue reading →]]> In a couple of hours we’ll be boarding our flight, and then a short while later we’ll land in Toronto for the opening night of TIFF09!  We’re just in town for a weekend this year but we managed to get tickets for 13 films, the big day being Friday when we’ll be in and out of the theatre all day seeing 6 films starting at 9:30am and ending sometime around 2:00am.

Tonight is the Diablo Cody written horror flick Jennifer’s Body starring Megan Fox.  I have always loved the Midnight Madness series at TIFF, and I’m so glad to be able to catch the opening night flick this year.  Actually, we’ll be catching all the midnight flicks while we’re in town, so I’m really excited about that.

I think we got a decent cross-section of films – some mainstream stuff, some indie, some Canadian, some international… since we were just buying individual tickets, obviously some of the more buzzed-about films were sold out long before we got to them.  We didn’t get a lot of first screenings, so we may not see as many Q&A’s, but that’s ok.  Most of what we got I’m pretty excited about regardless, and really it’s all about the films this week.

As I have in the past, I’m going to try to blog when/if I can, but will tweet throughout so be sure to follow me on Twitter.  Below is the trailer for Jennifer’s Body again – can’t wait to see the Midnight Madness crew out for this one tonight!

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We’ll be seeing Valhala Rising on Sunday September 13 at Toronto International Film Festival

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We’ll be seeing The Informant! on Saturday September 12 at Toronto International Film Festival

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We’ll be seeing Creation on Friday September 11 at Toronto International Film Festival

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We’ll be seeing Huacho on Friday September 11 at the Toronto International Film Festival

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We’ll be seeing The Happiest Girl in the World on Friday September 11 at the Toronto International Film Festival

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It took some effort, as the TIFF website crumbled under the demand for single tickets this morning, but we got our order in and got a decent list of films to see next weekend!  We’re still going to try to fill in some gaps, but here’s what our schedule looks like right now:

Thursday September 10
Midnight – Jennifer’s Body

Friday September 11
9:30am – The Happiest Girl in the World
12:15pm – Huacho
3:00pm – Creation
5:45pm – Perrier’s Bounty
9:00pm – Passenger Side
Midnight – Daybreakers

Saturday September 12
10:30am – The Informant!
2:15pm – All Fall Down
9:00pm – A Serious Man
Midnight – George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead

Sunday September 13
10:00am – Cracks
2:30pm – Vallhalla Rising

As expected, we didn’t get a lot of first-screenings, so we’ll be missing out on some of the Q&A, usually a highlight.  But really it’s all about the films, so TIFF09 HERE WE COME!!

UPDATE:  And now that we’re officially on our way, I’m filing this link here for later reference:  Where to get late-night drinks during TIFF – establishments that are open until 4am during the festival.

UPDATE 2: Added two more films to our list: Passenger Side and A Serious Man!

]]> http://dave.samojlenko.com/blog/2009/09/04/tiff09-what-we-got/feed/ 0 TIFF09: Midnight Madness! http://dave.samojlenko.com/blog/2009/09/02/tiff09-midnight-madness/ http://dave.samojlenko.com/blog/2009/09/02/tiff09-midnight-madness/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:52:28 +0000 dsamojlenko http://dave.samojlenko.com/blog/?p=1368 Continue reading →]]> At FanExpo in Toronto last weekend the Midnight Madness crew were selling advance tickets to screenings at TIFF09 – a (newly favourite) friend of mine happened to be there and hooked us up with our first set of tickets for next weekend!  We didn’t get an advance package this year, so we’re kinda really taking a shot in the dark by going down… so it’s nice to have at least a few tickets in the bag – here’s what we’re seeing so far at TIFF09:

Jennifer’s Body

Daybreakers

George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead

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Directed by Werner Herzog, executive produced by David Lynch, starring Willem Dafoe, Michael Shannon and Chloe Sevigny.

Yes please.

]]> http://dave.samojlenko.com/blog/2009/08/18/my-son-my-son-what-have-ye-done-trailer/feed/ 0 TIFF 08 – Days 4&5 – Briefly http://dave.samojlenko.com/blog/2008/09/09/tiff-08-days-45-briefly/ http://dave.samojlenko.com/blog/2008/09/09/tiff-08-days-45-briefly/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:33:04 +0000 dsamojlenko http://dave.samojlenko.com/blog/?p=1054 Continue reading →]]> Haven’t had much time to write.  Got another busy day today, so just a few quick things:

  • Ghost Town:  an otherwise completely ordinary film was quite funny thanks to Ricky Gervais
  • The People Speak:  Howard Zinn, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin and Chris Moore along with surprise guests Marissa Tomei and Viggo Mortensen discuss the documentary based on Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States.  Spotted in the crowd were Tim Robbins, Danny Glover, and Naomi Kline.
  • Zack and Miri Make a Porno:  Kevin Smith at his best – probably his best work.
  • Not Quite Hollywood:  “Rock”umentary about Oz-sploitation films – crazy and fun.
  • L’Heure d’ete:  SNOOZEfest!
  • Good:  it took some discussion afterwards for me to decide if I liked this film.  I do.

I’ve taken lots of good video and some not so good pictures but the computer I’m using is wayyyy too slow – will upload when I’m home.

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