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Straight from Cinema Blend's fiercely independent entertainment reporters. David Cronenberg's Films Becoming An Augmented Reality Game Could you possibly think of a more fitting tribute (or retrospective) for David Cronenberg, the man known for his exploration of the mind, the body and our ever changing and immersive relationship with technology, than an augmented reality game that explores the worlds of his films? I don't fully know what to expect, all I know is I can't wait to find out more... but I'm not getting a bio-port. filed under: tiff
Madonna Reportedly Agrees To Make Cuts To Maligned Romance Drama W.E. The pop icon did appear at a Toronto press conference, where she pleaded with journalists not to let their opinion of the singer color their reviews. But she should be happy that The Weinstein Company is allowing her a chance to go back and make edits before the film sees the light of day. Precious few filmmakers get such a second chance. filed under: tiff
Abigail Breslin And Alessandro Nivola Share The Stage In Janie Jones Poster Director David M. Rosenthal’s Janie Jones has been kicking around since it premiered one year ago at the Toronto International Film Festival, and then showed at Tribeca last April. The film has been landing solid reviews and will finally be seeing a release on October 28th filed under: tiff
Lovely Molly Trailer And Clip: Horror Film By Eduardo Sanchez In the case of the horror film Lovely Molly, the phrase “the pst comes back to haunt you” takes on a more literal meaning and judging by this trailer, haunt seems to be a bit of an understatement. The film, which is directed by Blair Witch Project co-director Eduardo Sanchez, premiered this weekend at TIFF and now the trailer, and an eery clip have made their way online. filed under: tiff
Martha Marcy May Marlene Gets Beautiful New Poster, Creepy Long Trailer Fox Searchlight brings Sean Durkin’s Martha Marcy May Marlene to the Toronto International Film Festival next week, making it the third fest stop for this buzzed-about thriller after Sundance and Cannes (where it largely received raves). In preparation for the splashy TIFF premiere, the studio has released a longer trailer and teased a gorgeous poster for the film. filed under: tiff
Humpday Director Lynn Shelton Lines Up Laggies As Her Next Project The Seattle native is ready to lens Laggies, which centers on a 28-year-old woman in a state of arrested development who responds to her boyfriend’s marriage proposal by fleeing. She tells him she’s going on a retreat, when, in fact, she ends up hanging out with high-school-aged friends who continue to let her escape the reality of growing up filed under: tiff
Exclusive TIFF Interview: Bunraku Director Guy Moshe Makes His Crazy Labor Of Love The look of the film is some crazy combination of puppet theater, video games, comic books and Hong Kong action; the added fact that this is all taking place in a world with no guns filed under: tiff
TIFF Exclusive Interview: Errol Morris Embraces Sleaze With Tabloid With his new film Tabloid Morris is still exploring how one American caused a stir overseas, but with comedic and hyperbolically unreal results. His subject this time is Joyce McKinney filed under: tiff
Passion Play Miraculously Picked Up For Distribution At Toronto The Megan Fox and Mickey Rourke starring Passion Play, which was so odd and widely loathed at the festival I predicted no one would ever distribute it, has been picked up for a theatrical release filed under: tiff
TIFF Wrap-Up: The Winners, Losers, And Weirdos Of Toronto 2010 Nobody can comprehensively cover a festival as large as Toronto-- with 246 movies on the slate, you'd practically need a month to get through them all-- so the best I can do is give you my take filed under: tiff
TIFF Review: Ceremony Is Clever, Sweet, And A Little Rough Around The Edges It took me some time to warm up to Max Winkler's Ceremony, a jaunty comedy starring the familiar cinematic figure of a confident young man filed under: tiff
TIFF Review: Repeaters Knocks Off Groundhog Day And Gets Away With It Be warned-- I may have only enjoyed this so much because it came in the middle of a film festival, and watching a movie with zero subtext and limited narrative logic was an odd pleasure filed under: tiff
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