Cinemablographer: Festival Coverage

Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)

Anna Karenina - my pick for 'Best of the Fest' for TIFF 2012

TIFF 2012:

TIFF 2012: Festival Scorecard and 'Best of the Fest'
American Beauty Live Read (not starred)
Rust & Bone ★★★★½
On the Road ★★½
Anna Karenina ★★★★★
What Maisie Knew ★★★★
Frances Ha ★★★★½
Imogene ★★★★
Inch'Allah ★★★★
Thanks for Sharing ★★★½
Something in the Air ★★★★
Midnight's Children ★★★★½
Quartet ★★★★★
Writers ★★½
To the Wonder ★★★
Byzantium ★★★
The Sessions ★★★★
The Lesser Blessed ★★★
Therese Desqueyroux ★★★½
Great Expectations ★★★★
All That You Possess ★★★★
Smashed ★★★★½
Twice Born ★★★★½
Passion ★
The Paperboy ★★★½
Rebelle ★★★★
Lore ★★★★½
Capsule Reviews: Middle of Nowhere, Hannah Arendt, Jump, Ginger & Rosa
Capsule Reviews: Burn it Up Djassa, Jackie, Dangerous Liaisons, Reluctant Fundamentalist
F rost ★★★★★
Asian Gangs ★★★★
Dear Scavengers ★★★★
Let the Daylight into the Swamp ★★★★½
Bydlo ★★★★
Predicting the Blackberry People's Choice Award
Where Film Meets Foodie: The Festival Diet
TIFF Names More Galas, Special Presentations and Contemporary World Cinema
Which Film Will Be Canada's Oscar Pick? (Looking at the Canadian titles in the festival)
Canadian Titles for TIFF12
TIFF Announces Docs, Midnight Madness, and More!
Where Prestige Meets Popcorn (Looking at the films in TIFF's first announcement)

'Looper' to Open TIFF 2012
Where Indie Meets Epic

The Descendants - My pick for 'Best of the Fest (as qtd on king-family-tree.com) '

TIFF 2011 (correspondant for Awards Daily)

Film Scorecard
Day 1: Pina
Day 2: We Need to Talk About Kevin, Moneyball red carpet
Day 3: The Artist, Moneyball, The Descendants, Take this Waltz
Day 4: CFC BBQ, Shame, The Skin I Live In
Day 5: Rampart, 388 Arletta Avenue, Dark Horse, Martha Marcy May Marlene
Day 6: Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding; Monsieur Lazhar; Pariah; Carre Blanc
Day 8: That Summer and Kotoko
Day 9: Hysteria, Take Shelter, Tyrannosaur, Wuthering Heights
Day 10: Winnie, Nuit #1, The Deep Blue Sea, Albert Nobbs
Day 11: Violet & Daisy, Page Eight, Countdown
My TIFF Line-up!
#Cdnfilm at TIFF!

Black Swan - my pick for 'Best of the Fest' for 2010

TIFF 2010

Black Swan ★★★★★
The Conspirator ★★★★
The Housemaid★★★★½
Last Night ★★★★½
Late Autumn ★★★
Little White Lies ★★★½
Love Crime ★★½
Made in Dagenham ★★★★½
A Night for Dying Tigers ★★★
Oliver Sherman ★★
Rabbit Hole ★★★★
Sarah's Key ★★★★
Trigger ★★★★★
The Whistleblower ★★★★★
Weekend 1 Recap
Weekend 2 Recap
CFC BBQ
Two 'Short' Reviews: How to Rid Your Lover of a Negative Emotion Caused by You! and Champagne
TIFF ups its CanCon

Hot Docs

15 Reasons to Live - My pick for 'Best of the Fest' for 2013

Hot Docs 2013 (accredited media)

Wrap-up: Oscar Talk and ‘Best of the Fest’

Review: The Manor
Review: 15 Reasons to Live
Review: Alias
Review: Alphée of the Stars
Review: Anita
Review: The Auctioneer
Review: Blackfish
Review: Blood Brother
Review: Chi
Review: Chimeras
Review: Continental
Review: The Devil's Lair
Review: Downloaded
Review: Felix Austria!
Review: Ghosts in Our Machine
Review: The Human Scale
Review: I Will Be Murdered
Review: Interior. Leather Bar.
Review: The Kill Team
Review: Last Woman Standing
Review: The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne
Review: Muscle Shoals
Review: Our Nixon
Review: Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
Review: Sick Birds Die Easy
Review: Tales from the Organ Trade
Review: We Always Lie to Strangers
Review: Who is Dayani Cristal?

Capsule Reviews: Which Way is the Front Line from Here?, The Unbelievers

Capsule Reviews: As Time Goes by in Shanghai, The Crash Reel

Capsule Reviews: The Punk Singer, Finding the Funk, Mistaken for Strangers

Capsule Reviews: Terms & Conditions May Apply, American Commune, Let Fire Burn

Capsule Reviews: Ballerina, Narco Cultura, Dragon Girls

Capsule Reviews: Alcan Highway, The Last Black Sea Pirates, Brave New River

Capsule Reviews: The Last Station, Fall and Winter

Hot Docs Announces Festival Guest List

Hot Docs Completes Line-up

Hot Docs Announces First Films of ‘Special Presentations’

We Are Wisconsin - My pick for 'Best of the Fest' for 2012

Hot Docs 2012 (accredited media)

Wrap up: Best of the Fest & Festival Score Card

Hot Docs Awards Top Honours to 'The World Before Her', 'Call Me Kuchu'

Days 10 & 11: Theo Fleury Playing with Fire, Detropia, Peace, Out

Day 9: Her Master's Voice, Smoke Traders, Pot Country

Day 8: Legend of a Warrior

Day 8: The Law in These Parts

Day 7: We Are Wisconsin

Day 7: Canned Dreams, China Heavyweight

Day 6: The Final Member

Day 6: The Prophet, The Frog Princes, Petra's Poem

Day 5: The Imposter

Day 5: Boxing Girls of Kabul, Mystery of Mazo de la Roche, Radioman

Day 4: About Face, The Job, Ping Pong

Day 3: Despite the Gods, Big Easy Express, Aida, Meanwhile in Mamelodi

Day 2: Shadows of Liberty, The Invisible War

Hot Docs Welcomes Subjects, Record Number of Directors

Hot Docs Announces Films for 2012

Project Nim - My pick for 'Best of the Fest' for 2011

Hot Docs 2011:

Festival Recap

CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival (WSFF)

Withering Love - My pick for 'Best of the Fest' for 2012

WSFF 2012 (accredited media)

Best of the Fest

Worldwide Short Film Festival Award Winners

WSFF Days 4 & 5: "Stranger in a Stanger Land", "Scene not Herd", Master Class with Jean-Marc Vallee

WSFF Day 3: "Superfans", "All Tomorrow's Parties", "Someone to Watch Over Me"

WSFF Day 2: "Family Compact", "Creative Control"

Official Selection: Who's Your Dada?

Official Selection: Iron Ladies

Official Selection: Love Hurts

Opening Gala: Award Winners From Around the World
Celebrity Shorts
Date Night

CFC Short Dramatic Films
Slap 'N' Tickle
The Night Shift
Christmas in June

Shorts for Shorties: Flick-Nic

CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival Announces Lineup

Something Left, Something Taken - My pick for 'Best of the Fest' for 2011

WSFF 2011 (accredited media)

WSFF: Awards and Best of the Fest
WSFF: Day 4 - Date Night!
WSFF: Day 3
WSFF: Day 2
WSFF: Day 1
WSFF: Award Winners From Around the World
Kick Off Party
Festival Preview: It's Not the Size of Film Strip, It's How You Use It...

Ottawa International Film Festival (OIFF)

Undercurrent - my pick for 'Best of the Fest' for 2012

OIFF 2012:

Review: Marilyn
Review: Charles Bradley: Soul of America.
Review: OIFF Shorts (Callbacks, The Hold-up, Invention, and more)
Review: Undercurrent
Review: Thirteen Downs (Opening Night Selection)
Ottawa International Film Festival Announces Line-up

A Violent State - my pick for 'Best of the Fest' for 2011

OIFF 2011:

OIFF: Day 3 - Running Mates and The Righteous Tithe
OIFF: Day 2 - Highway Gospel and Kennyville
OIFF: Day 1 - A Violent State
Ottawa International Film Fest This Week! (Preview)