Firmly established as the pre-eminent film event in North America, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) seems less compromised than comfortable. Rumours of a few years ago that TIFF was cutting back on adventurous programming may or may not have been accurate, but quite a few strange little items are still finding their way into [...]
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Dan Sallitt is a New York based filmmaker and film critic. He blogs at Thanks for the Use of the Hall.
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6-15 September 2007 Each year, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) seems a little grander, more populated, more aware of its world-class status. Good planning and the Herculean effort of an army of well-trained volunteers keep the festival running smoothly, but it’s increasingly difficult to get into films at the last minute. My subjective impression [...]
September 8–17, 2005 Returning to the Toronto Film Festival after missing last year’s event, I noticed that the enterprise had moved a few more notches toward world domination. North American filmgoers can still use the festival to catch up with much of the last six months of international film activity, but a greater proportion of [...]
The gap between the public face of the Toronto Film Festival and the experience of festival-goers continues to widen. Improbably enough, mild-mannered Toronto has come to signify movie stars and red carpets for the American mass media, who are hungry for a Cannes closer to home and tired of trying to spray gold paint on [...]
