TIFF13 Blast

Heya readers!

*listens to crickets chirp*

Yes, while this rare appearance is to say that I'm currently having a blast at TIFF13, it's also my way of saying despite the insanity that has been my life these past months, I still did think of this blog and you at the business time of my year.  So understandably I'll keep news/updates/shoutouts short as I can...

It's Day 8 and to address the top questions I get asked:
Fav film so far:  Dallas Buyers Club
Hidden gem:  Friends From France

Other movie notes:

• Horns has received widely varied reviews - I personally liked it, but didn't love it.  I like how each character had good/bad within themselves, but there was a seriously cheesy plot point, and I had some minor issues with the acting.  Decent soundtrack too.
• Only Lovers Left Alive lived up to my expectations
• Seeing Jessica Lange at the Therese Q&A was a definite highlight, she mentioned that The Postman Always Rings Twice (one of her early roles) was actually based on Therese Raquin by Emile Zola.  Nifty trivia
• The opening monologue in Dom Hemingway delivered by Jude Law about his penis is the monologue to end all monologues.  That is all.

Other notes:

• Jessica Chastain just might be one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen.  I wouldn't even consider myself a fan of hers, but from two feet away she's flawless, elegant, natural, and warm.
• Tom Felton has grown up to be a good looking young man as well.
• Liberte greek yogurt has some very tasty flavours (check em out next to the box office at Metro Centre)
• Give yourself some extra travel time while in the heart of Festival village.  Between road closures, celeb-seeking crowds, freebies, running into. friends who want to chat, and the insane line-ups at Scotia this year, you'll need it.  I'd also like to note that EcoCabs are not as abundant this year for whatever reason

As usual I had a great time volunteering at my favourite theatre - the Elgin/Winter Garden.  For those who don't know me from there or within the festival (you are in the minority btw) I'm a volunteer captain at the Elgin have have been since 2002, which is longer than most of the staff.  We've laughed, we've cried, played jokes, had incidents, lost celebs in the underbelly of theatre, had Yonge St business owners spray ticketholders with water because they were blocking his display window, had Viggo Mortensen hop over police barcades, been swarmed by 300+ Johnny Depp fans and the tales go on.  We have a very high returning rate for volunteers at the theatre and I hope we will all do this again next year.  In the meantime I'm done my volunteer commitment and I'm happy to be watching the films instead of working them.

For those who have wondered where I've been lately in terms of my writing/reviews/blogs... You can find them all on www.thetfs.ca

Specifically my review of Belle:

http://thetfs.ca/2013/09/04/tiff-review-belle/

A couple articles from August, our comic books & movies month:

http://thetfs.ca/2013/08/20/anti-heroes-and-indie-comic-adaptations/

http://thetfs.ca/2013/08/07/the-tfs-list-comic-book-documentaries/

One of my sorta recent blogs:

http://thetfs.ca/2013/08/01/paris-vs-new-york-luc-besson/

Happy TIFFing!

Ada