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From the archives: photos from TIFF of yester-year
My computers are filled with photos and videos that I’ve shot over the years. Ignoring all of the photos I haven’t even scanned from my film days, I’ve got close to a terabyte of content that I’ve shot...
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Interview: Dan Stevens and Maika Monroe on ‘The Guest’
One of the hits of Midnight Madness this year, during the Toronto International Film Festival, was director Adam Wingard’s, and writer Simon Barrett’s The Guest, a twisted, funny, clever action and...
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Laura Dern talks ‘Wild’, women in film, and Jean-Marc Vallée
Laura Dern is refreshing in almost every way–on screen and off. In her latest film, Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallée’s Wild starring Reese Witherspoon, Dern plays a role that is tough and beautiful,...
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Benedict Cumberbatch on the life of Alan Turing and ‘The Imitation Game’
Alan Turing is one of the geniuses who helped bring an end to the Second World War, thanks to his efforts with early computer science that were used to decrypt Nazi communication, but his life was a...
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Catherine Keener talks Charles Binamé’s ‘Elephant Song’
Catherine Keener has a passion for Canadian film that she earned while working on director Charles Binamé’s Elephant Song alongside actors Bruce Greenwood, and Xavier Dolan, and she’s proud to talk...
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Toronto International Film Festival going Primetime with television programme
This September, when the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival starts rolling, a new programme called Primetime is going to bring some of the best in international television to the big screen. The...
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Volunteer at the 40th Toronto International Film Festival
Do you love film? The Toronto International Film Festival celebrates 40 years in 2015, and they’re looking for passionate film lovers to volunteer and help make this another spectacular year at the...
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Get to know the TIFF 2015 film programmers
The lineup for the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival will be announced over the next few weeks, leading up to the launch on September 10, and behind those selections for this year’s 40th...
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TIFF 15: 15 years covering the film festival
For as long as I’ve been running The GATE, I’ve been covering the Toronto International Film Festival. It’s a highlight of my year, a struggle, a challenge, and one of the best events I have the honour...
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‘Ville-Marie’, ‘Into The Forest’&‘Born to Be Blue’ highlight Canadian films...
Throughout the forty years of the Toronto International Film Festival, the developing and fostering and incubating of Canadian films and Canadian cinematic talent has always been an important priority,...
View ArticleReady, set, stargaze at TIFF 2015
This is a big year for the Toronto International Film Festival, with the former “Festival of Festivals” celebrating its 40th anniversary, and it just wouldn’t be the same without a few filmmaking...
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The GATE’s Interview Lounge at TIFF 2015 | Omni King Edward Hotel & Awake...
TORONTO (August 28, 2015) – The GATE is pleased to announce that its Interview Lounge at TIFF 2015 will be hosted at the Omni King Edward Hotel from September 10 to September 14. Located in the heart...
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The GATE’s Interview Lounge at TIFF 2015 | Hamilton Watch
TORONTO (September 4, 2015) – The GATE is pleased to announce that luxury stylemakers Hamilton Watch and their powerful timepeices will join The GATE’s Interview Lounge as a brand partner at the 2015...
View Article“Take On Me” the TIFF 2015 edition
This is not a drill. We’re three days away from the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, and while the panic sets in for some of us (organizers, PR folks, and media) it’s still the most wonderful...
View ArticleAnd so it begins – a day early: TIFF 2015
Like the holiday season, the lead-up to the Toronto International Film Festival seems to start earlier and earlier if you’re a journalist in Toronto. It’s really hard to complain though. Since...
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Live from TIFF 2015: ‘Remember’ and ‘Land of Mine’
Welcome to the second day of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. It seems like I’m overdue for posting an update, so here’s the run down of the last 24 hours which have been filled with...
View ArticleTIFF 2015 capsule reviews: ‘Land of Mine’, ‘Remember’, ‘Miss You Already’
The 2015 Toronto International Film Festival will deliver hundreds of films for cinemaphiles before it wraps up on September 20, and I have been trying to watch as many films as possible to give you a...
View ArticleRobert Budreau talks ‘Born to be Blue’
During the Toronto International Film Festival I talked to writer and director Robert Budreau about his film Born to be Blue, which stars Ethan Hawke as Blues legend Chet Baker. The film received...
View ArticleTIFF Studio opens call for Canadian writer-directors
By Danielle Tinning. Canadian filmmakers have a new resource to help hone their skills as the Toronto International Film Festival announced changes to their industry development program, Studio. Now in...
View ArticleDirector Terence Davies, stars Agyness Deyn and Kevin Guthrie talk ‘Sunset Song’
It took 18 years for writer and director Terence Davies to bring author Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s classic novel, Sunset Song, to the screen, and in speaking to the fascinating, talented filmmaker at last...
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