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A BUMP ALONG THE WAY (DISCOVERY)
Synopsis: With her charismatic smile and formidable wit, Pamela
(Bronagh Gallagher) knows how to have a good time — and she's not about to let
a little thing like middle age stop her. The night of her 44th birthday, Pamela
has it off in a van with a donna ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774169458453037057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323857464079346328.post-5930744541524867162019-09-02T10:10:00.000-04:002019-09-03T10:39:53.288-04:00
I was reviewing past coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and realized that as good as it is to use social media, I missed having a record of the films I saw and my thoughts about them. I took a break from this blog because I prioritized getting you the information as fast as I could. A quick post on Instagram which links to my Facebook page as well as twitter, is donna ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774169458453037057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323857464079346328.post-1443157066119366642018-04-20T17:19:00.003-04:002018-04-20T19:33:59.383-04:00A Sweet Liar: Theatre Francais de Toronto's Le Menteur/The LiarThe tag line is "Don't believe a word he says", but you can believe me, Le Menteur/The Liar is a fun way to spend a night at the theatre.
(left to right) Nico Racitot, François MacDonald, Alex Coté
Le Menteur/The Liar by Pierre Corneille
Synopsis: NEW TO PARIS, YOUNG DORANTE is immediately lifted into a world of gallantry and prestige. Intoxicated by this new environment, hedonna ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774169458453037057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323857464079346328.post-2788508589145436022017-09-26T18:36:00.000-04:002018-01-18T18:58:42.804-05:00On Hiatus
Hey, readers, I'm on hiatus! Follow me here: Instagram @tmtmwithdonnag
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donna ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774169458453037057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323857464079346328.post-56971282685005760602017-09-19T15:08:00.000-04:002018-01-18T15:38:40.497-05:00TIFF17: What I Saw/My Favourite Film
Sally Hawkins as Elisa in "The Shape of Water"
Photo source: www.tiff.net
Of the 34 features that I saw at TIFF17, my absolute favourite is The Shape of Water, directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by del Toro and Vanessa Taylor.
Ava
Disappearance
Euphoria
Euthanizer
Ex Libris - The New York Public Library
Eye on Juliet
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
I Love You Daddydonna ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774169458453037057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323857464079346328.post-35942093972214408532017-09-07T15:40:00.000-04:002018-01-18T16:28:30.673-05:00TIFF17: The First Film
"Ex Libris - The New York Public Library"
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I wanted to ease into TIFF17, so my first screening was the Frederick Wiseman documentary Ex Libris - The New York Public Library. Yep, you got that right. I decided to kick off the festival with a three-hour film. Why? Because I'm a library geek and how could I go wrong with a master documentarian? Still, I donna ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774169458453037057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323857464079346328.post-1145677980158551812017-09-04T16:35:00.000-04:002018-01-18T16:53:20.587-05:00TIFF17: Chatting Short Cuts Programmes with Jason Anderson
TIFF17 kicks off Sept 7 and I don't want you to forget the Canadian and International short films that will be screening at the festival. The beauty of the Short Cuts programmes is that you get the chance to see little gems communicating ideas that you can ponder or laugh about later. I haven't see all the films, but I did get the opportunity to let TIFF programmer, Jason Anderson share his donna ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774169458453037057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323857464079346328.post-69582581373037701282017-08-11T12:31:00.000-04:002017-08-12T12:31:17.090-04:00SummerWorks 17 Review: Mother Sea/Manman la mer & What Do You See?DOUBLE BILL: Mother Sea/Manman la mer teamed with What Do You See? Please note that you will be stamped for reentry as there is a changeover break between the two shows.
Mother Sea/Manman la mer
Written by Djennie Laguerre
Directed by Rhoma Spencer
Program Description: In the tradition of Haitian storytelling, Mother Sea / Manman la Mertakes us on a journey that joins magic, donna ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774169458453037057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323857464079346328.post-54801727759064368572017-08-11T00:35:00.000-04:002017-08-12T11:00:54.531-04:00SummerWorks 17 Reviews: DIVINE, SPAWN
DIVINE
Written by Natalie Frijia,
Directed by Claire Burns
Program Description: Ontario is out of water and a pair of bandits search for their last hope – a water diviner by the name of Penn. Stories say she can crack the world like a coconut and make water bubble to the surface with nothing but her hands. But the bandits aren’t the only ones hunting her down. nithungAnd what donna ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774169458453037057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323857464079346328.post-2239716517922255012017-05-04T21:37:00.000-04:002017-05-05T21:37:40.305-04:00Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
Its fascinating to watch the historic battle play out between Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses in Matt Tyrnauer's documentary, Citizen Jane: Battle for the City. Voicing Jacobs is Marissa Tomei while Moses is voice by Vincent D'onofrio. Archival documents and communication about city planning as well as footage of cities like New York and Chicago illustrate some of the damage created by donna ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774169458453037057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323857464079346328.post-5694713235448862982017-04-07T17:00:00.000-04:002017-04-08T08:10:27.726-04:00"David Lynch: The Art Life", A Painterly Doc
courtesy of Pacific Northwest Pictures
Filmmaker Jon Nguyen and his team adroitly capture a cinematic reflection of subject David Lynch in the aptly titled documentary, "David Lynch: The Art Life". The colours of Lynch's artistry and recollections are painted in tones of smoke, charcoal and dirty silver, the occasional burst of natural yellow (enrobing donna ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774169458453037057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323857464079346328.post-59376248358306256052017-03-26T19:53:00.000-04:002017-03-30T23:37:33.444-04:00Drabinsky's Sousatzka A Waste of Talent
Sitting in the audience of Sousatzka on Opening Night, there were moments when I hung my head at what was allowed to be presented on the stage of the Elgin Theatre.
Montego Glover and Victoria Clark
photo by Cylla von Tiedemann
Based on the novel Madame Sousatzka by Bernice Rubens, this incarnation is a Garth Drabinsky produced version in which a young piano prodigy (actor donna ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774169458453037057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323857464079346328.post-823862132069367502017-03-16T15:06:00.000-04:002017-03-30T23:47:15.773-04:00Director John Shooter on Radiant Vermin
Note: Apologies to all for this late interview post. I was blindsided by a horrible cold that sapped my energy and concentration.
donna g: Radiant Vermin makes the second time that Precisely Peter Productions is presenting a play by Philip Ridley. Was this always the intent, or were you spurred on by the success of Pitchfork Disney?
John Shooter: Philip Ridley is one of my donna ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774169458453037057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323857464079346328.post-10777496929375392312016-11-30T23:54:00.002-05:002016-11-30T23:56:59.107-05:00Ross Petty's Sleeping Beauty BFFs: Meet Alexandra Beaton & Taveeta SzymanowiczFall/winter theatre favourite Ross Petty Productions is back with another fairy-tale pantomime! This year's treat is Sleeping Beauty-The Deliriously Dreamy Family Musical. The beauty is Kinky Boots star, AJ Bridal and playing her best pals are Alexandra Beaton and Taveeta Szymanowicz of Family Channel's The Next Steps. Taveeta and Alexandra were in rehearsals but donna ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774169458453037057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323857464079346328.post-87728568422745304622016-10-26T16:48:00.001-04:002016-10-26T17:42:48.398-04:00Festival Founder/Director Marcelle Lean Welcomes All to Cinéfranco 2016!
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Cinéfranco International Festival opens tomorrow and runs until Nov. 1st, and
Founder/Artistic Director, Marcelle Lean couldn't be more
excited to welcome you to the Francophone festival!
donna g: Cinéfranco (CF) is celebrating its 19th year, but it donna ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774169458453037057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323857464079346328.post-11329669680704065042016-09-12T19:13:00.000-04:002016-09-13T19:15:03.552-04:00TIFF16 Day 5: Lion, (re)ASSIGNMENT, Julieta and a monkFive days into TIFF16 and I'm exhausted. Its a happy tired for most of us who cover the festival, because we love film and we want others to love film too, which is why we share what we've been up to. We want to communicate the passion that is in the air around the central hub at King and John streets, the cinemas, and the stages that show the films and host the conversations.donna ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774169458453037057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323857464079346328.post-68903985250599179042016-09-08T19:01:00.003-04:002017-01-29T18:32:59.233-05:00Happy First Day of TIFF16: Are You Ready?
TIFF 2016 kicks off today and if you're a regular at the festival you know it's like back to school for film lovers: we meet up with other regulars, some of whom we only see once a year, and we make new friends who we will see next September. Sometimes we chat in line, on the street, and sometimes it's a quick "hi" and "bye" as we dash off to the next film.
If you're donna ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774169458453037057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323857464079346328.post-45915108913424216072016-08-12T23:32:00.005-04:002016-08-12T23:44:21.782-04:00A Moment of Silence--Lost in Translation?
A MOMENT OF SILENCE
by Mohammad Yaghoubi
Nowadays Theatre
Playing at SummerWorks 2016
PROGRAMME DESCRIPTION:
Shiva wakes up to find she has been asleep for three years. In that time, the world around her has changed drastically. Her friends and family seem different. Strangers act oddly. It’s Iran in 1980 and she has just slept through the Islamic Revolution. For the next ten years, donna ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774169458453037057noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323857464079346328.post-62386095980548443182016-08-10T15:20:00.002-04:002016-08-10T15:20:36.805-04:00d'bi.young anitafrika on BLEEDERS at Summerworks
d'bi.young anitafrika, mother to moon and phoenix, dub poet, playwright, actor, director, educator
My chat with d'bi.young anitafrika about the final part of the Orisha Trilogy, SummerWorks and running The Watah Theatre.
donna g: What has it meant for you to return to SummerWorks?
d'bi: SummerWorks has always been my festival of choice because of the love and solidarity that donna ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774169458453037057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323857464079346328.post-58756901746240337712016-05-10T00:16:00.002-04:002016-05-10T07:30:26.130-04:00Director John Shooter on The Pitchfork Disney
I recently had the opportunity to see The Pitchfork Disney, directed by John Shooter. The play centres around a pair of siblings (Hayley and Presley Stray), living in a squalid East London flat, reminiscing about their dead parents while consisting on a diet of chocolate, mystery meds, and fear. To pass the time the siblings invent stories that are fantastical and nightmarish. Intruding ondonna ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774169458453037057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323857464079346328.post-44834535939888827802016-05-01T08:02:00.000-04:002016-05-05T13:14:01.559-04:00Hot Docs 2016 Interview: Katja Gauriloff on KAISA'S ENCHANTED FOREST
Kaisa's Enchanted Forest is a very personal documentary for filmmaker, Katja Gauriloff', as it relates the Skokt Sámi culture and history of her great-grandmother, Kaisa (pictured left). Kaisa's story is inextricably linked to Swiss writer, Robert Crottet, whose dreams/hallucinations while suffering from tuberculosis, direct him to seek out the magical creatures and stories of donna ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774169458453037057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323857464079346328.post-144922880019104152016-04-29T23:33:00.003-04:002016-04-29T23:35:16.738-04:00Hot Docs Interview: Maria Armalovsky on Future Baby
Maria Armalovsky, director of Future Baby
Austria's Maria Armalovsky's documentary Future Baby raises some interesting questions about the ways in which people will be able to select their version of family. We are far from the days of "test tube baby" Louise Brown, but in years ahead, the question of "where do babies come from?" will be answered in a more ways than we ever donna ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774169458453037057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323857464079346328.post-67532409384555729482016-04-28T15:53:00.000-04:002016-04-29T15:53:27.957-04:00Hot Docs is ON! April 28 - May 8th
Coming soon: interviews and film reviews from Hot Docs 2016. In the meantime follow me on Instagram and twitter @tmtmwithdonnag and Facebook The More the Merrier with donna g.
www.hotdocs.ca
Box Office: 416.637.5150
http://www.hotdocs.ca/p/passes-and-packagesdonna ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774169458453037057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323857464079346328.post-91115150335562003732016-02-23T13:31:00.001-05:002016-02-23T16:11:05.369-05:00Seven Siblings Theatre Tackles Steve Martin in a Bar
Director, Erika Downie
courtesy of www.sevensiblingstheatre.ca
Seven Siblings Theatre presents
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
By Steve Martin
Directed by Erika Downie
DESCRIPTION: " Sparks fly as Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein debate the meaning of the universe and its inescapable ties with art in this surreal comedy." -SST
donna g: Steve Martin is not a name that readily donna ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774169458453037057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323857464079346328.post-49190742336782762932015-11-13T07:33:00.000-05:002015-11-19T07:57:06.840-05:00Precisely Peter Production of Alan Bennett's Talking Heads Dark And HilariousThank you John Shooter for leaving England and coming to Canada, or to be more precise Toronto. Because of your desire to create theatre in your new city, I have been delighted to attend plays by Mike Leigh (Abigail's Party) and Alan Bennett (Talking Heads).
Shooter is back with Talking Heads 2 and as the program notes state: "Step into the lives of six ordinary people, each concealing a donna ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774169458453037057noreply@blogger.com0