Showing posts with label Toronto International Film Festival 2009. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Toronto International Film Festival 2009. Show all posts

Friday, September 11, 2009

Toronto 2009


I've got a Canadian $10 bill in my wallet. It's been there since September of 2006, a leftover from the last time I went to Ontario to watch movies. Every time I open my wallet to pay from something, I'm given a pleasant reminder.

For one reason or another, I've had to take a couple of years off from heading north, but this year things broke my way. I leave in five minutes; here's what I plan on seeing:

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

12:45-2:02 INDEPENDENCIA (Martin) Scotiabank 3
3:45-5:19 L’ENFER DE HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT (Bromberg) Jackman Hall
6:30-8:20 LE PERE DE MES ENFANTS (Hansen-Love) Scotiabank 4
9:00-11:15 WAVELENGTHS 3: LET EACH ONE GO WHERE HE MAY (Russell) Jackman Hall


SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

10:00-12:00 HADEWIJCH (Dumont) AMC 6
12:15-1:51 DOGTOOTH (Lanthimos) AMC 5
3:00-4:42 THE HOUSE OF BRANCHING LOVE (M. Kaurismaki) AMC 3
6:00-8:29 A PROPHET (Audiard) Elgin Theatre
9:15-10:51 MY YEAR WITHOUT SEX (Watt) Scotiabank 3

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

9:00-10:45 A SERIOUS MAN (Coen and Coen) Scotiabank 1
12:30-2:00 GEORGE A. ROMERO’S SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD (Romero) Scotiabank 2
3:15-4:31 GOOGLE BABY (Frank) Varsity 2
5:00-6:56 CASTAWAY ON THE MOON (Lee) AMC 3
7:30-8:52 MALL GIRLS (Roslaniec) Varsity 5

9:30-10:57 COLONY (Gunn and McDowell) Varsity 7 [attempt to rush]

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

9:30-11:14 LES HERBES FOLLES (Resnais) Scotiabank 4
12:00-2:35 ENTER THE VOID (Noe) Scotiabank 1
3:30-4:57 SNOWBLIND (Jayanti) AMC 7
6:30-8:12 WHITE MATERIAL (Denis) Scotiabank 1
9:15-11:03 VENGEANCE (To) Ryerson

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

9:45-11:15 PARTIR (Corsini) Scotiabank 2
12:15-2:29 SCHEHERAZADE, TELL ME A STORY (Nasraliah) Scotiabank 2
3:00-4:15 KARAOKE (Chan) AMC 5
4:45-6:11 BETWEEN TWO WORLDS (Jayasundara) Varsity 4
6:15-8:21 LIKE YOU KNOW IT ALL (Hong) Varsity 1

9:00-10:33 MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE (Herzog) Elgin [attempt to rush]

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

9:15-11:15 AJAMI (Copti and Shani) Scotiabank 3
12:15-2:00 JAFFA (Yedaya) Varsity 3
2:00-4:09 MOTHER (Bong) Varsity 8
5:00-6:58 HELP GONE MAD (Khlebnikov) AMC 3
8:45-11:06 FACE (Tsai) Scotiabank 4

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

8:30-10:38 VINCERE (Bellochio) Scotiabank 2
10:45-12:12 MEN ON THE BRIDGE (Ozge) Scotiabank 4
1:00-3:25 THE WHITE RIBBON (Haneke) Scotiabank 4
5:45-7:30 LEAVES OF GRASS (Nelson) AMC 6

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

9:00-10:53 POLICE, ADJECTIVE (Porumboiu) Varsity 4
12:30-2:26 AIR DOLL (Kore-eda) Scotiabank 4