Tag: Bloor Cinema

Canada’s Top 10, Doc Soup, and CanCon 101: Death Ship (1980)

Canada’s Top 10, Doc Soup, and CanCon 101: Death Ship (1980)

January 5, 2013 | By | Add a Comment

Quick tally of notable screenings in T.O., including The Bloor’s Doc Soup: Portrait of Wally (with director Q&A) + Cinema Politica: Doctors of the Dark Side (with guest Q&A), and Canada’s Top 10 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. Speaking of Canadian cinema heritage (ahem): I’ve uploaded a lengthy review of Alvin Rakoff’s Death Ship (1980), recently released in a crisp Blu-ray special edition by Scorpion Releasing, which somewhat replaces the 2007 Region 2 DVD from Nucleus Films.

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Detroit on the Big Screen

Detroit on the Big Screen

October 11, 2012 | By

Editorial blather plus Reviews of Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s Detropia (2012), which screened at HotDocs this year and finally gets its theatrical run in Toronto at The Bloor alongside a related doc by Julien Temple, Requiem for Detroit? (2010), made for the BBC.

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Film Music at the TJFF: May 5-12, 2012

Film Music at the TJFF: May 5-12, 2012

May 5, 2012 | By

Yes, the Toronto Jewish Film Festival is on, and today marks the beginning of a major sidebar series on film music. Check out the week’s tally, and plan your week accordingly.

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Festivals-a-Go-Go

Festivals-a-Go-Go

February 19, 2012 | By

Classic films & Cageian extremes continue at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, ballet tiptoes to the NFB Mediatheque, authentic Japanese kabuki is broadcast in HD at Cineplex’s Front Row Centre Events, the Bloor Cinema is set to reopen in March, and Abel Gance’s Napoleon returns to the big screen in a 4-day engagement because Francis Coppola saw the widsom.

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This is MY Christmas Movie

This is MY Christmas Movie

December 16, 2010 | By | 1 Comment

There are two ways to appraise the act of writing a piece on a film you saw a long, long time ago, one that predates the birth of the average, present day film student: a nostalgia piece, which can delve into cranky-old-fart syndrome; or just elaborating on why a particular movie you saw during its original engagement is still a damn fine film…

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