Toronto Envy
"Chocolate" - This is the kind of stuff I miss when I can't make TIFF.
In 2005, I went to the Toronto Film Festival, which turned out to be the best film festival I’ve ever attended. It’s the kind of fest where Shane Black gets as much applause as Val Kilmer and Robert Downey Jr at the Kiss Kiss Bang Bang premiere. It’s the kind of fest where you see two future Best Picture nominees back to back in one afternoon (Capote and Brokeback Mountain).
I haven’t been able to make it back, so every year I look longingly at the selections on their site. The Midnight Madness program alone is usually enough to whet my appetite. Here’s a few from this year that caught my eye…
An Old West creature feature with character actor/Lost faves William Mapother and Clancy Brown.
Ong Bak creators Prachya Pinkaew and Panna Rittikrai introduce Jija Yanin, the female answer to Tony Jaa.
Post-modern Jean Claude Van Damme. Seriously.
It’s rare that a doc makes it into Midnight Madness, so when it does, I pay attention. Here we have a look at Australian exploitation cinema of the 70’s and 80’s, which was apparently pretty effed up.
Looks as silly as the title, but in that awesome Midnight Madness kind of way.
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