Zapped!

Scott Baio and I have been up late adding a links section to the blog. All the sites relate, in some way or another, to Toronto's film scene, so have a look.

Er, wrong CIA...

The Rebel Film Series at OISE (252 Bloor Street West, @ St. George Subway Station) will be screening the film "CIA Covert Operations: The War Against The Third World" on Thursday, Oct. 4 at 7PM. The screening is free and will be followed by commentary and an open-floor discussion. Check out the list of up-coming films in this series over at rabble.ca.

Nuit Blanche

Nuit Blanche is coming up this Staurday (Sept. 29). Here's a list of film/video-related pieces that will be on display, their respective artists and locations. For more info, go to the official Nuit Blanche website.

"Non-Specific Threat"

Willie Dohetry

The Burano Development Site, 832 Bay St. (at Grenville St.)

"Deeparture"

Mircea Cantor

Isabel Bader Theatre at Victoria College, U of T, 93 Charles St. W.

"Onscreen/Offscreen"

Curated by Barbara Fischer and Charlie Keil

Cineam Studies at Innis College, 2 Sussex Ave.

"Sleepless Night of Encounters: The Satoyama Story & Togitatsu's Revenge"

Vivian Reiss, Hideki Noda & Kanzaburo 18th

The Japan Foundation, 131 Bloor St. W., Suite 213

"Watcher"

Millie Chen

6, 35, 39 & 91 D'Arcy St.

"Traces"

Adad Hannah

The Rex Hotel Jazz and Blues Bar, 194 Queen St. W.

"Magical World"

Johanna Billing

First Baptist Church, 101 Huron St.

"Iconoclash: Night of Awe Dance Party"

Melissa Shiff

Grange Park (Grange Rd. and McCaul St.)

"Everybody Love You 2"

Daisuke Takeya

Rosalie Sharp Pavillion, 115 McCaul St.

"Midnight Mirage"

Vessna Perunovich

Anne Tanebaum Gallery School (parking lot), 60 McCaul St.

"Les Vampires"

Louis Feuillade

Cinematheque Ontario, AGO's Jackman Hall, 317 Dundas St. W.

"Blender"

Theo Buchinaskas, Dan Thornhill, Kris Alexander

National Film Board of Canada Mediatheque, 150 John St.

"Short films by students from Ryerson"

Gladstone Hotel Art Bar, 1214 Queen St. W.

"City Glow"

Chiho Aoshima

Massey Harris Park, 945 King St. W.

"We Are Not Home Free"

Chris McCarroll

847 Adelaide St. W.

"LIFE"

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Trinity Bellwoods Park, Tennis Court, 790 Queen St. W.

"Indie Filmmaking with Broken Pencil"

Gallery 129, 129 Ossington Ave.

"One Minute Film & Video Festival"

Various filmmakers

Rhino Bar and Grill, 1249 Queen St. W.

"Dance Efficiency"

Derek Mainella and Matthew Bennett

The Social, 1100 Queen St. W.

"Private Moments in Public Spaces"

Laura Madera

Tatar Gallery, The Spoke Club, King St. W. & Portland St.

Suo Gan

Seen '3:10 to Yuma'? Need a little more Christian Bale in your life? The East Asian Studies Student Union at the U of T is having it's first event of the year - a screening of Steven Spielberg's 'Empire of the Sun', the film adaptation of J. G. Ballard's classic novel, which stars a young Christian Bale alongside John Malkovich. The screening is in Robarts Library, Room 14353 on Sept. 27 (this Thursday) at 7:15PM (light refreshments will be served).

"She's a fox. In French she would be called 'la renarde' and she would be hunted with only her cunning to protect her."

The Fox Theatre (2236 Queen Street East) is reopening October 1. But before then, be sure to check out 'Free Weekend At The Fox', Saturday, September 29 and Sunday, September 30, from 10AM to 4PM. You'll be able to inspect the newly renovated theatre and chat with the chaps in charge (the word for today is 'alliteration').

For more info, or to contact the Fox, try the theatre's website or Facebook group.

The Lantern Review

I should have posted this earlier but a cold has kept me bedridden for the last few days. A friend from high school sent me info on a film-related event she's involved in at Cinecycle and asked that I spread the word:

"THE LANTERN REVIEW:

Saturday 21st at 8:30pm.

Location: Cinecycle (129 Spadina) + BAR + PWYC

film.video.dance.music. by:

NEIL CAVALIER + JACQUES MINDREAU

dual projection film/video and live sound

LUO LI + LESLEY CHAN

video + installation + live sound

GRAHAM BOYES

live audio/video mixing mangling

LISA KENNEDY + CARA SPOONER + ALIA O'BRIEN

film projection, live movement and score

LESLEY CHAN

mobile projection video storytelling

DAVID STEIN + ERIN MERRIFIELD

dance based video projection and live score"

Hope you have a chance to check it out!

Toronto After Dark Film Festival

TIFF is over and done with. Still in need of a film festival fix? Well, coming this October is the Toronto After Dark Film Festival and founder and festival director Adam Lopez has been kind enough to send me some info about what's in store for this years festival:

"Toronto After Dark Film Festival is delighted to announce half its lineup of new horror and fantasy feature films which will premiere at its second annual edition, this October 19-25, at the Bloor Cinema, in Toronto, Canada. The first seven feature films revealed are: THE TRIPPER, David Arquette’s star-studded debut horror film as writer-director; POULTRYGEIST: NIGHT OF THE CHICKEN DEAD, Lloyd Kaufman’s much anticipated new zombie musical; THE WOLFHOUND, the most expensive Russian fantasy film ever made; AACHI & SSIPAK, a groundbreaking new sci-fi animation from Korea; MULBERRY STREET and AUTOMATON TRANSFUSION, two critically acclaimed and gut-renching new zombie outbreak films; and AUDIENCE OF ONE, a hilarious, award-winning documentary about one priest’s disastrous attempt to shoot a Christian version of Star Wars.

Seven more feature film premieres, and a collection of 36 cutting-edge horror and fantasy short films will complete this year’s Toronto After Dark program, when they are announced online at the festival website on Sept. 26. Fans can watch trailers to the announced films, and pre-order Festival Passes at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival website here."

Check out a full sampling of trailers for these flicks over at Youtube.