#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR TIFF ’16 SELECTION “ARRIVAL” STARRING AMY ADAMS
Premiering at TIFF '16 next month, here comes a First Look at ARRIVAL starring Amy Adams, from Canada's v. own Denis Villeneuve (Prisoners, Sicario)!
Synopsis:
When mysterious spacecraft touch down across the globe, an elite team - lead by expert linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) - are brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time for answers – and to find them, she will take a chance that could threaten her life, and ...
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#TIFF16: SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS + GALAS ANNOUNCED FOR 2016 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
It's 21 days till TIFFmas and part of the fun is that lead-up to the world's greatest Film Festival! Announcements were made in July at TIFF Bell Lightbox for some of the Films premiering at TIFF '16 this September, including Galas and Special Presentations. Week by week, more Films were unveiled including Canadian titles Documentaries, Midnight Madness, Vanguard and City to City Programme Films were announced!
Highlighting the Festival this year are marquee titles and Awards Season ...
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#SPOTTED: DANIEL FRANZESE IN TORONTO FOR SPECIAL PRIDE SCREENING OF “MEAN GIRLS”
Few films in the new millennium have had as great a cultural impact on a generation as 2004's Mean Girls. Directed by Mark Waters, Tina Fey's adaptation of the book Queen Bees and Wannabes, would go on to both Box Office success and cult hit status, making bona fide movie stars out of Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, Lizzy Caplan, Amy Poehler and Fey herself.
Shot right here in Toronto, it is only appropriate that TIFF and Pride Toronto team-up to celebrate on a Wednesday, ...
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#TIFF: NEXT WAVE FILM FESTIVAL 2016 RUNS THIS WEEKEND!
Taking place between Friday, February 12 and Sunday, February 14, the NEXT WAVE FILM FESTIVAL gives Toronto's youth something fun an exciting to experience. And the coolest part - it's curated and programmed by their own peers!  The Festival, held at TIFF Bell Lightbox promises amazing guests and Q&A sessions, industry workshops and panels, a 24-Hour Film Challenge and a Battle of the Scores!
We had the pleasure of speaking to one of the Festival's Programmers, 17-year-old Macy ...
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#TIFF: “IN LOVE WITH THE STARS” EXHIBIT AT TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX
In honour of TIFF's 40th anniversary this year, TIFF Bell Lightbox is hosting an exhibition celebrating love of celebrity.
On the fourth floor of the building is an exhibition which takes place through April 2016. It is comprised of scrapbook collections of German-born Edith Nadajewsky, photographs by Russian-born Jack Pashkovsky and snaps from the Festival's archives since its modest days to the full-fledged Red Carpet extravaganza it has become.
Long before Celeb Selfies existed, some were ...
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#REVIEW: “ROOM”
Fans of Emma Donoghue's novel Room have much to look forward to in this Film adaptation by Irish Filmmaker Lenny Abrahamson, premiering at TIFF '15 last month.Proving to be the sleeper hit of the festival, going on to win the People's Choice Award, now is your chance to enjoy the Film that is winning hearts throughout the festival circuit, while at the forefront in the Awards Season race.
Centering on Ma (Brie Larson) and her five-year-old son Jack (Jacob Tremblay), we quickly realize ...
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#TIFF15: DAY 10 SPOTTINGS – SAM ROCKWELL, ANNA KENDRICK, MAX LANDIS + MICHAEL EKLUND
What a way to wrap-up TIFF '15 a high note! Â Despite almost not making it across the border in time for her Mr. Right Premiere, Anna Kendrick would not disappoint fans tonight after missing her Press Conference completely. Premiering twice - at Princess of Wales Theatre and Roy Thomson Hall - fans had a chance to connect with the stars of the Comedy!
Max Landis. This funnyman arrived at the Roy Thomson Hall Red Carpet for Mr. Right with a red nose!
#MaxLandis at #TIFF15 for ...
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#TIFF15: “THE DANISH GIRL”
No Film at TIFF '15 affected me greater than the latest from Oscar-winning Director, Tom Hooper. The Danish Girl is a biographical drama based on the memoir of Lili Elbe, known as one of the first recipients of gender reassignment surgery. Although much of the story centers on the build-up to the surgery, what we witness first and foremost is a heartbreaking love story between two Artists, Gerda (Alicia Vikander) and Einar (Eddie Redmayne) and the deeply-fascinating outcome of what happens when ...
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#TIFF15: “MR. RIGHT”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Director Paco Cabezas takes the incredible screenplay from Max Landis (American Ultra, Chronicle) and creates absolute magic with the incredibly quirky fun romantic action comedy Mr. Right. Both Sam Rockwell and Anna Kendrick were certainly right in taking on this project as it is beyond entertaining.
We meet Martha (Anna Kendrick) who’s just gotten out of a relationship after her boyfriend cheated on her very blatantly. On a trip to the store one ...
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#TIFF15: MR. WILL’S 2015 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS!
We're sad and in ways glad to see TIFF '15 ending and although we love the excitement, it's nice to get back to normal again. We worked ourselves into the ground and got quite ill, but we're fighting it. We believe in transparency and admit this wasn't the most exciting Festival in memory, but we had fun and look forward to TIFF '16.  With rain drowning-out a lot of the fun on the Festival's three busiest days, fans were forced to make the most out of the situation and in these times we see ...
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