Shane: Festival Diary Sept. 14

Nothing brings out the large population of nerds in this city like a chance to spend the majority of 11 days in darkened cinemas, talking about movies a bit, then lining up to do it all over again. Read more

TIFF ’10: Midnight Madness programming announced

The line up of TIFF’s Midnight Madness program is one of the things I look forward to most at the festival.  This year’s selections, programmed by Colin Geddes, looks to be packed with action, thrills, and chills, and not an insignificant number of big names. The list of world and North American premieres includes filmmakers as John Carpenter, James Wan, James Gunn, Brad Anderson and Dante Lam. And the films feature performances by Demi Moore, Ellen Page, Josh Hartnett, Liv Tyler, Hayden Christensen, Kevin Bacon, Thandie Newton, John Leguizamo, Rainn Wilson, Woody Harrelson and Rose Byrne. Read more