Sunday, September 30, 2012

September Cultural Roundup

Utter movie madness this month with TIFF. Haters gonna hate but I love love love the festival.

Films:
The Hunger Games (U.S., 2012) directed by Gary Ross
Io e Te (Me and You) (Italy, 2012) directed by Bernard Bertolucci (review)
Frances Ha (U.S., 2012) directed by Noah Baumbach (review)
Ginger and Rosa (UK/Denmark) directed by Sally Potter (review)
The Iceman (U.S., 2012) directed by Ariel Vromen (review)
Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners (U.S., 2012) directed by Shola Lynch (review)
To the Wonder (U.S., 2012) directed by Terence Mallick (review)
Passion (U.S., 2012) directed by Brian DePalma (review)
Argo (U.S., 2012) directed by Ben Affleck (review)
Blondie (Sweden, 2012) directed by Jesper Ganslandt (review)
Great Expectations (U.K., 2012) directed by Mike Newell (review)
The Secret Disco Revolution (Canada, 2012) directed by Jamie Kastner (review)
Much Ado About Nothing (U.S., 2012) directed by Joss Whedon (review)
English Vinglish (India, 2012) directed by Gauri Shinde (review)
Imogene (U.S., 2012) directed by Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman (review)
40 Year Old Virgin (U.S., 2005) directed by Judd Apatow
House at the end of the street (U.S., 2012) directed by Mark Tonderai
Looper (U.S., 2012) directed by Rian Johnson

Books:
Mother's Milk by Edward St. Aubyn
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (review)
Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark by Brian Kellow
About Alice by Calvin Trillin
Slouching towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

Museums:
Spadina House, 385 Spadina Ave., Toronto, September 7, 2012

Literary:
Word on the Street, September 23, 2012
Martin Amis at the Toronto Reference Library, September  26, 2012
Quattro Books Fall 2012 Book Launch, Q Space, September 27, 2012

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