Philip Seymour Hoffman is one of my favorite contemporary actors, and he’s perfectly charming in Jack Goes Boating, which is also his debut as a film director. Hoffman plays a shy, awkward New York limo driver whose friends (John Ortiz and Daphne Rubin-Vega) try to help him get his life on-track by fixing him up with an equally shy, awkward young woman played by Amy Ryan.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman in Jack Goes Boating: A Definite Grooming ‘Don’t’
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James Gunn’s SUPER just concluded its Midnight Madness world premiere, and if there’s any early favorite on that list of bidding-war candidates coming out of Toronto. This would probably be the one. I’ll have more on this one later from the ground, but for now, some first — i.e. lasting — impressions of what promises to be the effed-up belle of the ball…
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9 First Impressions of Rainn Wilson’s Instant Cult Classic SUPER
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Maybe Tyler Perry got tired of having to constantly say, ” Precious: Based on the Novel Push By Sapphire “? Whatever the reason, Movieline has confirmed that Lionsgate shortened the title of Perry’s award season ensembler For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf to just For Colored Girls (the new title just got its debut in these character posters ). First 5nal Destination goes bland , now this! [ Yahoo ]
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Tyler Perry’s For Colored Girls Gets a Title Makeover
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Considering the dull thud with which last year’s opening-night film Creation landed here, the Toronto Film Festival decided to go more traditional with tonight’s fest opener. And while Score: A Hockey Musical is quite possibly the most distinctly Canadian product I’ve seen since, well, ever , there is no denying that this one also throws tradition under the Zamboni. It’s more like a hockey opera — and yes, that really is Theo Fleury doing his own singing.
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Score: The Hockey Musical Opens TIFF With Jaw-Dropping, Head-Scratching Slap Shot
Two nights ago here in Venice, John Woo received a Golden Lion lifetime-achievement award, which may not mean much to people who have seen only his American movies. In fact, while waiting in line for a screening the other day, I heard one badge-holder (speaking English with an English accent) explaining to another who he is. I would have thought anyone in the world who’d managed to get accreditation to a major film festival would know John Woo, but apparently not.
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Postcard from Venice: On John Woo, Tsui Hark and the Glorious Nuttiness of Detective Dee
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The hardest thing about being an American critic covering a European festival is that almost anything you write is bound to smack of “I’m here, in a fantastic European city, seeing things that you can’t.” So here I am in Venice, one of the most beautiful cities in the world, looking at brand-new movies that many of you won’t be able to see for weeks or months, or maybe ever.
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Postcard From Venice: Black Swan Could Stand to Go Even Blacker
Because New York moviegoers shouldn’t have to endure this ordeal alone, organizers at the Toronto International Film Festival have confirmed they are fighting bedbugs at the Scotiabank Theater — the primary venue for press and industry attendees from around the world . “Before bedbugs becomes today’s meme: we’re on it, we’re talking to Cineplex & are planning for an itch-free #TIFF10,” tweeted TIFF co-director Cameron Bailey. Mm-hmm. Sorry, Europe! Good luck, Asia and Latin America! Bring your duct tape and bug spray, Los Angeles! We’re all blood brothers now. [ THR ]
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Now the Bedbugs Are Threatening the Toronto Film Festival
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Good news, finally ! The sure-to-be-WTF-inducing Essential Killing , featuring Vincent Gallo as an escaped Taliban soldier in Europe (?) who “must use his wits to evade his pursuers whilst battling bitter winter cold and lack of food,” is set to have its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival — which means it’s all that much closer to reaching screens in the States. Maybe. Probably even closer: The Whistleblower , the Rachel Weisz drama about a Nebraska cop on the trail of a sex-slave ring in Bosnia. As predicted , that’ll be a world premiere up north; more to come here about this and many others… [ TIFF ]
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Vincent Gallo’s Insane Taliban Film Heading to TIFF
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The Film Society of Lincoln Center this morning announced its selections for the 48th New York Film Festival, which includes the U.S. premiere of Clint Eastwood’s mortality drama Hereafter among other work by Jean-Luc Godard, Mike Leigh, Olivier Assayas, centenarian Manoel de Oliveira and this year’s Palme d’Or winner Apichatpong Weerasethakul. And while we’re importing from Cannes, we might as well include that notorious Mexican cannibal flick while we’re at it. Click through for the full line-up (Including previously announced opening-night and centerpiece selections).
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Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter to Close 2010 NY Film Festival
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The Toronto International Film Festival just announced the line-up for its Real-to-Reel documentary slate as well as its experimental Wavelengths program, both of which could probably stake at least some claim to Werner Herzog’s 3D spelunking extravaganza. But the docs side has the world premiere, along with other new efforts by Errol Morris, Ondi Timoner, Alex Gibney, and a revealing look inside the studio with old-school Bruce Springsteen. Read on for the complete program.
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Werner Herzog’s 3D Cave Journey Leads Docs Premiering at TIFF
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