It’s not every day that you can say your first order of business is going to the movies with Charlize Theron, but that’s exactly what we did at 3:00 PM today. Joining the ‘Lize in support of their new film Battle in Seattle (6/8) were Michelle Rodriguez, Andre Benjamin, Martin Henderson, Woody Harrelson, and of …
9-8-2007 That’s right. You read correctly: Roger Ebert. After several Ebert-free years in a row, and my fears that our paths would never again cross at a film fest of otherwise, it happened. Roger and me. Same theater. Across-the-aisle buddies. But I’m getting ahead of myself… I began the day very early, but not early …
Today began, surprisingly, around 12:30 PM. Who knew I would require 11 hours of sleep after my 13 1/2-hour snooze-athon the previous night? It’s very, very fortunate that our first movie didn’t start until 2:45 PM, because it could easily have been a few hours earlier, and we would have slept through 50% of our …
TIFF 2007 (Eric’s diary): Waking late, feeling great Read More »
9-7-2007 It’s been quite the eventful Friday. I began the day with my annual TIFF haircut at the Aveda Institute (meaning I had to skip my 11:45am screening of Jodie Foster’s The Brave One), and had a wunderkind dynamo working her magic scissors on me. The result? Fantastic. Unfortunately, due to the heeeeat and humidity, …
TIFF 2007 (Vickie’s diary): Michael Moore, Joy Division, and sweltering theatres. Read More »
I guess today is technically our first full day in Toronto, although Dan and I spent much more time awake and doing stuff yesterday, since we arrived in town at 6:30 AM and didn’t sleep until 9 PM. Kind of shockingly and kind of unsurprisingly, we slept for a whopping 13 1/2 hours last night. …
9-6-2007 Dear lord. It’s 1:34am, I have The Skulls on in the background and I am only just now starting this blog entry. It’s been a very long day… most of which was not spent TIFFing. I met up with Eric and Dan for dinner before a walking tour north through the city from Commerce …
TIFF 2007 (Vickie’s diary): The lanyard-wearing festers flood the city as TIFF begins! Read More »
I’m writing this from my hotel room in Toronto, where I’ll be attending the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the next seven days. This has been a huge dream of mine since I started going to the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) in 2001. I’ve always wanted to visit Toronto, I’ve always read Vickie’s …
9-3-2007 Every year, something somewhere goes awry with TIFF’s ticketing system. We all know how I feel about their lottery but, random drawing aside, there is still an abundance of annual flaws with the way orders are handled and processed. This year, it seems, a number of out-of-town packages wound up stalled in customs, so …
TIFF 2007 (Vickie’s diary): Lamenting TIFF’s ticketing system Read More »
Hey, did you hear? It’s TIFF time! Welcome back to readers from past diaries and a big “well, hi!” to anyone surfing through for the first time. Please, grab yourself a cocktail or a coffee, kick your feet up and settle in for Moviepie’s annual coverage of Toronto’s magical cinematic circus! If you’re here for …
TIFF 2007 (Vickie’s diary): Hey, did you hear? It’s TIFF time! Read More »