#TIFF18: TEAM MR. WILL’S TOP TIFF PICPICKS
With tickets now being on sale at TIFF '18, Team Mr. Will come together to give you a few of what we anticipate will be great at the Festival! Check-out our Picpicks!
GEORGE KOZERA
BEAUTIFUL BOY: A tragic story of how drug addiction affects a family, will this be the movie that gives Timothée Chalamet the Oscar he richly deserved to get last year?
A MILLION LITTLE PIECES: Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Nocturnal Animals) reunites with Director Sam Taylor-Johnson after their brilliant ...
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#TIFF18: GUESTS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2018 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
By Mr. Will Wong
The time has arrived. We waited every year with baited breath for those Toronto International Film Festival guest announcements and finally they have been announced! While several marquee titles like Beautiful Boy, First Man, Destroyer, Wildlife, High Life, A Star is Born, If Beale Street Could Talk and Ben is Back embark on their Awards Season trails, Toronto once again readies itself for the massive onslaught of starpower and talent set to shut down the City post-Labour ...
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#TIFF18: “BEAUTIFUL BOY”, “A STAR IS BORN”, “FIRST MAN”, “WILDLIFE” + “THE HATE U GIVE” AMONG GALAS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS ANNOUNCED
By Amanda Gilmore, David Baldwin + Mr. Will Wong
Running Thursday, September 6, 2018 through Sunday, September 16, 2018, the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival is just around the corner. Bringing together Film lovers from all around the world, TIFF is once again set to draw some major talent to our City and Films and their connections get a leg-up on the Awards Season trail. Year after year, the Festival has been a powerful predictor of power-players at the Oscars and this year is no ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR “ROMA”
Alfonso CuarĂłn is back after the masterpiece known as GRAVITY, with TIFF '18 selection ROMA!
Synopsis:
ROMA chronicles a turbulent year in the lives of a middle-class family in 1970s Mexico City. CuarĂłn, inspired by the women from his childhood, delivers an artful ode to the matriarchy that shaped his world.
A vivid portrayal of domestic strife and social hierarchy amidst political turmoil, ROMA follows a young domestic worker Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio) from Mixteco heritage descent and her ...
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#SPOTTED: ALEX GARLAND IN TORONTO FOR “ANNIHILATION”
By David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
In 2015, we were blown away by Ex Machina from Screenwriter and first-time Director Alex Garland. The Film was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards and won Best Visual Effects. Zip-forward three years, and Garland has delivered another mind-blowing piece of Science Fiction in Annihiliation. Garland was present for the first Canadian screening of the highly-anticipated Film at TIFF Bell Lightbox tonight, followed by a Q&AÂ with ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: “LOVE, SIMON” TO PREMIERE AT TIFF’S NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL
Premiering at TIFF's NEXT WAVE Film Festival next month, LOVE, SIMON is setting Twitter on-fire we are told. Check out the Trailer for the Coming-of-Age story starring up-and-comer Nick Robinson. We're getting total The Edge of Seventeen vibes.
Synopsis:
Everyone deserves a great love story. But for seventeen-year old Simon Spier it’s a little more complicated: he’s yet to tell his family or friends he’s gay and he doesn’t actually know the identity of the anonymous classmate he’s ...
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#INTERVIEW: DAVE FRANCO, PAUL SCHEER + ARI GRAYNOR ON “THE DISASTER ARTIST”
Heralded as the "worst movie ever made", 2003's THE ROOM starring, written and directed by Tommy Wiseau has gained Cult Classic status, selling-out screenings on the midnight circuit even to this day. Intended originally as a gripping Drama, the Film is seen as the inverse. Premiering this September at TIFF '17, THE DISASTER ARTIST is an Adaptation of The Room star Greg Sestero's 2013 Memoir of the same title. James Franco directs and stars in the Film as Wiseau in one of the year's ...
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#GIVEAWAY: ENTER TO WIN ADVANCE PASSES TO SEE “BATTLE OF THE SEXES”
Fox Searchlight x Mr. Will want to take Readers in Calgary + Vancouver to see BATTLE OF THE SEXES, hot off its Premiere at TIFF '17!
Screenings take place as follows:
BATTLE OF THE SEXES – Vancouver
Wednesday, September 27
7:00PM
Scotiabank Vancouver
BATTLE OF THE SEXES – Calgary
Wednesday, October 4
7:00PM
Eau Claire
(Note: Calgary screening now is cancelled)
Synopsis:
In the wake of the sexual revolution and the rise of the women’s movement, ...
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#TIFF17: OUR JOURNEY IN THE 2017 HONDA CIVIC 5D SPORT TOURING
This TIFF we were so blessed to be able to test drive the 2017 HONDA CIVIC 5D SPORT TOURING. Compact, fuel-efficient with breathtaking style, this vehicle is an exceptional value which in Rallye Red, gave us that lift of confidence to absolutely 'own it' this Festival. Check-out our coverage TIFF '17 here. You won't wanna miss this!
We've driven many cars from the HONDA family over the years but the 2017 HONDA CIVIC 5D SPORT TOURING stands out as being among the best. It straddles the line ...
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#TIFF17: DAY 9 SIGHTINGS – HELENA BONHAM CARTER, LOUIS GARREL + MICHAEL HAZANAVICIUS
We've made it to the finish line of TIFF '17 and hope you had a blast joining us on our journey! We are thankful to all our partners, sponsors and of course YOU who make it all possible for us!
Our last big sighting of TIFF this year is none other than the highly-recognizable Helena Bonham Carter, in town for 55 Steps. The Film by Bille August is about a mental patients rights lawyer (Hillary Swank) who in her battle for the cause, meets a patient (Bonham Carter) who changes her workaholic ...
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