“Well, the time has come,”: Oscar 2010
The Oscars are the best day of the year for me — bar none. I do little on this day that resembles work. I have a yearly tradition of Pilsbury Ready-to-Bake cookies, popcorn, pizza and absolutely no calorie count. My friends know not to call me during the broadcast, except on a commercial to squee. It’s my SuperBowl. So why did I feel so disconnected this year? Read more
Becel “Heart” Short Film and Contest
Toronto Film Scene is honoured to present a contest in support of Becel’s Love Your Heart campaign. Reuniting the crew from Away From Her, a prominent Canadian director has created a short film called simply Heart which will premiere on Sunday, March 7th during the Academy Awards broadcast and will be seen by millions. Read more
TRON Legacy Virals Come to Toronto
This past week was chock-full of TRON Legacy viral campaign. On Wednesday, February 24, after a countdown on www.flynnlives.com/zerohour led to an in person pick-up of a wallet containing arcade coins, vintage TRON cards, a code, plus a cell phone and more. Here’s a link to a guy who didn’t get it, but got there seconds later and got to film the guy who got the package. Read more
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Trista DeVries
Chief Movielover
Toronto Film Scene
David Cronenberg and Videodrome at Cinematheque
On Thursday, October 22 an excited audience packed into the tiny 200 seat Jackman Hall, home to Cinematheque at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO). The audience was excited for two major reasons. First, they were there to see a screening of Videodrome, Daivd Cronenberg’s 1983 forecasting of the age of internet, video and media and, second, Mr. Cronenberg himself was slated to attend the screening and chat to the crowd. Now if that’s not enough to get a Toronto film fan excited, then nothing can. Read more
A MUCKing Wrap-up
So the MUCK Film Festival wrapped it’s first year on Sunday October 4. I’m not sure what the festival directors think of it, but I’d call it a great success. The MUCK Festival (Movies of Uncommon Knowledge for the uninitiated) was a documentary film festival that was designed to spark a specific reaction in its attendees and it did a very good job of it too. You see, when I sat down in the theatre and watched the documentaries chosen by Dr. Stuart Samuels, Festival Director, I didn’t feel like I was being preached at or told how bad I am or how if the world ends it’s all my fault. Instead these documentaries informed me, got me thinking about my world and the way in which I live in it. In addition, the audience discussions after the screenings were a great way to debrief and get a local perspective on the topic that was just discussed in the film. In short, this festival is very valuable to Toronto and I sincerely hope they do it again next year. I know I’ll attend for sure.
Toronto After Dark
It’s very easy to see that I love this festival, but I love it on a personal and professional level. I love to go to this festival because it’s just so awesome. Festival Director Adam Lopez does a brilliant job – every year – of choosing staff and movies to create a near perfect combination and film experience. When I walk through the doors of The Bloor for the first time on the Friday of the festival and breathe in the smell of popcorn, butter and must (likely mold too) it feels like coming home. Read more
Hey Toronto!
I think it’s safe to say that I’m a movie fan. A big movie fan. Have been my whole life. So long as I can remember I’ve been moved by film, be it seeing Empire and Jedi as a four year-old or being so compelled by the end of Terminator 2 that, empowered by Lew Hunter’s Screenwriting 434, I wrote a feature length script for Terminator 3 at the age of 12. Maybe it was the movie quote shorthand my family used to communicate with one another. I can’t put my finger on it but, whatever it was that I loved about movies, it had me and it had me good. Read more
