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The documentary Looking for Romeo (5/8) was at turns fascinating and frustrating. This glimpse into the world of hustlers is a series of interviews with a handful of young,...
The feature The Big Gay Musical (1/8) represents all that I find excruciating about modern gay cinema. Not that there’s anything wrong with gay cinema, but, well, when films...
Count me among those who loved loved LOVED the 1999 German film Run Lola Run (no commas… she’s too rushed!). It seems a little odd to make an homage...
Once again it’s time for the Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, or as we like to call it, The Festival of the Gays! You can catch a bunch...
If Friday’s theme was “girls behaving badly,” Saturday’s was most certainly “adoption.” I began with Mother and Child (7/8), the latest from writer-director Rodrigo García (Nine Lives, Things You...
Sometimes, when I select my TIFF films, I try to create some kind of theme, whether it be for the overall collection of screenings or just the movies I...
Only one film on the docket yesterday – the documentary Cleanflix (7/8), which examines Utah-based companies that “sanitize” Hollywood films by editing out sex, nudity, profanity and violence. Co-directors...
Yesterday, I found myself living my TIFF life of years gone by. That is to say: I saw three films in one day (still, not much compared to the...
If I haven’t said it before, allow me to say it now: seeing one film a day is terribly relaxing. There’s no wild sprinting from one theater to another,...
The festival’s been going for a few days, but my attendance has been somewhat thin. I tried to go to the Whip It! derby event at Yonge/Dundas Square on...
Today was the official start of my TIFF ’09 moviegoing and, to mark the occasion, I decided to walk to my inaugural screening. I chose a route right through...
TIFF officially kicks off tomorrow with the opening-night film, Creation, which is getting mixed buzz. I’ve picked up my tickets, and still have a few left to redeem. I...
