TIFF Bell Lightbox
Beginning on Saturday, June 16, 2012, TIFF Bell Lightbox will be screening a new series of films that chart the rise to fame of strongmen Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone in The Rise of Beefcake Cinema. Perhaps it’s something we take for granted, but whether you’re a fan of one, both or neither, Schwarzenegger and Stallone defined a whole new genre of action film. Prior to their arrival, the action heroes of the ’70s were often ordinary, and sometimes weedy looking in physique. Both Schwarzenegger and Stallone were more akin to comic book heroes than to actual people, but perhaps...
This week at TIFF Bell Lightbox, enjoy a screening and discussion about film adaptation with Roger Avary and Colin Geddes; take in a couple of 1950s classic Hollywood films; view examples of established and up and coming female directors; or attend special screenings being put on in partnership with the Luminato festival. Events On Sunday, June 10 at 8:00 pm, director and screenwriter Roger Avary will join Colin Geddes (TIFF’s International Programmer) for a special screening and discussion about Avary’s adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ The Rules of Attraction. Ongoing Series The Hollywood Classics series, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Blonde...
This week at TIFF Bell Lightbox: indulge your guilty pleasure for singing along to Grease; explore the varying degrees of religious conflict (both internal and external) with new releases, Habemus Papam and Where Do We Go Now?; enjoy the 1953 classic Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; or attend a conversation about Body Heat from renowned sexuality researcher Dr. Robin Milhausen. Events The first screening of Sing-a-Long-a Grease begins this week. Enjoy the brand new sing-along version of this classic, hosted by writer/performer Shawn Hitchins, it includes a free goody bag with items to help you participate. Your host will begin with a...
This week at TIFF Bell Lightbox discover the next big filmmaker with the Student Film showcase or enjoy the antics of a hormone crazed Norwegian teenager in new release, Turn Me On, Goddammt! Events The Student Film Showcase, now in its 9th year, gives you a peek at the next big filmmakers with a carefully selected lineup of the best student films from across Canada. A variety of genres including drama, documentary, animation and experimental are represented in the following films: The Great Maldini, Swift, Sax, Open Invitation, Eraserman, In Here, Life Doesn’t Frighten Me, Tam and Lingo. Schools represented...
Coming this summer to TIFF on June 21, 2012 is a celebration of First Peoples films. Cinema: 1500 Nations, One Tradition is a film retrospective that will explore the history of indigenous films from around the world. The schedule includes 28 features and over 30 shorts from Canada, the US, New Zealand, Australia, Samoa and the Philippines. Home on Native Land, a free major gallery exhibition of new media work by First Peoples artists, will open in conjunction with the film series and includes exciting new work from such notable artists as Kent Monkman....
Two legends are coming to TIFF Bell Lightbox this week: director Guillermo del Toro and actress Kathleen Turner! Film Programmes Beginning Monday, May 7 Guillermo del Toro will present and discuss his favourite Alfred Hitchcock films in Hitchcock Master Classes with Guillermo del Toro. Four different Hitchcock classics will be presented over four nights with Notorious and Frenzy playing this week: In Notorious a secret agent uses the daughter of a convicted Nazi spy to help him infiltrate a spy ring. It’s suspense and a love triangle in this classic starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman. Screens Monday, May 7...
This week at TIFF Bell Lightbox, kids have taken over with the TIFF Kids International Film Festival and the digiPlaySpace. This fabulous event for children is only running until April 22 so this is your last week to experience it. In new releases, the new documentary West Wind: The Vision of Tom Thomson opens. Exhibition digiPlaySpace 2012 is Toronto’s first digital playspace for kids and will be running until April 22 as part of the TIFF Kids International Film Festival 2012. Featuring the FunkyForest installation by artists Theodore Watson and Emily Gobeille, Roomracers by Lieven van Velthoven, Mini-Makers Zone, TIFF...
Geeks have known for decades that comic books and video games go hand in hand so it was just a matter of time before the rest of the world caught up. Inspired by the artxgame projects in Los Angeles and San Francisco, TIFF Nexus has teamed up with Miguel Sternberg of the Hand Eye Society to present TIFF Nexus’ Comics vs Games....
This week at TIFF Bell Lightbox see what happens to Nicolas Cage after a romantic encounter with a vampire in Vampire’s Kiss, catch the Studio Ghibli retrospective before it ends, discover the pioneering cinema of Toronto director John Greyson, enter a post-apocalyptic future where humans are manufactured in Golem, explore the profound affect gaming culture has had on advertising and media in Packaged Goods: Gaming the System, and don’t miss talks with master pastry chef Jacquay Pfeiffer and author Will Aitken. Film Programmes Not much time left to see the Studio Ghibli retrospective which runs until April 13. This week...
