http://ourladyofperpetualhell.blogsome.com Yet another tedious voice whinging in the wilderness Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:42:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was invited to take part in Peter Howell’s annual pre-TIFF “Chasing the Buzz” feature for the Star again this year, but haven’t had a chance to tell you about it around here yet ‘cause my dry-loop DSL dried up and blew away for a few days so I had ... http://ourladyofperpetualhell.blogsome.com/2008/09/04/chasing-the-buzz-08/ The Toronto After Dark Film Festival has announced its first 8 titles for this year (Oct. 17-24). Two jumped out at me immediately: Red, a story about revenge starring the always wonderful Brian Cox… and Let The Right One In, a Swedish vampire film based on the novel by ... http://ourladyofperpetualhell.blogsome.com/2008/08/27/tad-08-features-announced/ Y’know, I felt expectedly sad but still in control throughout Grant Gee’s documentary about Joy Division—long one of my favourite bands—before finally breaking down and sobbing over a visual pun at the end of it all. Gee had overlaid footage of a New Order performance of “Shadowplay” and footage ... http://ourladyofperpetualhell.blogsome.com/2008/08/26/joy-and-sorrow/ Well, now, this is about as unexpected as the recent X-Files sequel. But infinitely more interesting-sounding to me. Loved Hard Core Logo, and Bruce McDonald’s new film—Pontypool (based on Tony Burgess’ novel about a zombie plague virus spread via conversation in smalltown Ontario)—is at the top of my TIFF08 ... http://ourladyofperpetualhell.blogsome.com/2008/08/26/hard-core-sequels/ With my attention happily diverted by the beach, the sun, vacation, and houseguests, TIFF has snuck up on me this year! When I was poking around the lame-ass website (while all the films have been announced, they still don’t have synopses posted for most of the titles), found ... http://ourladyofperpetualhell.blogsome.com/2008/08/25/new-york-i-love-you-but-youre-bringing-me-down/ I found this in the hotel room toilet after Aaron had been in there… http://ourladyofperpetualhell.blogsome.com/2008/08/18/golden-boy/