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Art, Architecture, Design Film Festival | @ Hot Docs | |
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Shape the world.
This week:
Neutra: Survival Through Design (2019, Austria/Germany/USA/Switzerland, D: P.J. Letofsky) -- Jan 22, 6:30pm Finn With An Oyster (2015, Canada, D: Michael Kainer) -- Jan 23, 4:00pm City Dreamers (2018, Canada, D: Joseph Hillel) -- Jan 23, 7:00pm Integral Man (2017, Canada, D: Joseph Clement) -- Jan 24, 1:00pm The Gardener (2016, Canada, D: Sebastien Chabot) -- Jan 24, 3:30pm The Price Of Everything (2018, Canada, D: Nathaniel Kahn) -- Jan 24, 6:00pm The Maestro And The Master: Building The New Marlinsky (2014, Canada, D: Yosif Feyginberg) -- Jan 25, 3:00pm Beyond The Visible: Hilma af Klint (2019, Germany/Sweden/Switzerland/UK, D: Halina Dyrschka) -- Jan 25, 5:30pm Gateways To New York: Othmar H. Ammann And His Bridges (2019, Switzerland, D: Martin Witz) -- Jan 26, 1:30pm Coast Modern (2012, Canada/USA, D: Mike Bernard & Gavin Froome) -- Jan 26, 4:00pm Eames: The Architect And The Painter (2011, USA, D: Jason Cohn & Bill Jersey) -- Jan 26, 6:00pm |
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Best Of The Decade: An Alternative View | @ Lightbox | |
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Top picks from the 2010's, with a bend towards
artiness.
This week:
Zama (2017, Argentina/Brazil/Spain/France/Netherlands/Mexico/Portugal/USA, D: Lucrecia Martel) -- Jan 23, 6:30pm Goodbye To Language (2014, France, D: Jean-Luc Godard) (3D) -- Jan 24, 6:30pm Toni Erdmann (2016, Germany, D: Maren Ade) -- Jan 25, 3:00pm The Assassin (2015, Taiwan, D: Hou Hsiao-Hsien) -- Jan 25, 6:15pm Transit (2018, Germany, D: Christian Petzold) -- Jan 26, 3:20pm Sieranevada (2016, Romania, D: Cristi Puiu) -- Jan 26, 5:40pm |
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Catherine The Great: In Praise Of Catherine O'Hara | @ Lightbox | |
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The Canadian comedy legend is feted with four of her
finest features.
This week:
Waiting For Guffman (1996, USA, D: Christopher Guest) -- Jan 16, 6:20pm Best In Show (2000, USA, D: Christopher Guest) -- Jan 17, 6:30pm; Jan 24, 4:30pm A Mighty Wind (2003, USA, D: Christopher Guest) -- Jan 22, 6:30pm |
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Last Night
The apocalypse unfolds in a very Canadian fashion. |
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Prosecuting Evil
The final surviving Nuremberg Trial prosecutor continues to crusade for justice. Part of a program of Continuing Professional Education events, so tickets are on the pricy side. |
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Booksmart
Academically-inclined high-schoolers decide to let loose. |
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Ugetsu
Men pursue dreams of riches and glory in spite of family responsibilities and the looming spectre of war. Presented by the Japan Foundation. |
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2020 Texas Gladiators
Warriors fight evil in post-apocalyptic Texas. |
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Wilcox
vulture A man retreats into the wilderness; farm animals roam together. Côté and Hoffman will be in attendance. |
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The Dirties
Pretend revenge on school bullies may not be as much of a fantasy as one participant thinks. Director Johnson and actor Owen Williams will be present for a post-screening Q&A. |
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On The Waterfront
Ex-boxer Brando reconsiders his allegiances after witnessing a murder by corrupt union goons. |
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The Dark Knight
Gotham's crime problem turns more chaotic and diabolical than usual when The Joker arrives on the scene. |
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My Neighbour Totoro
Kids befriend forest spirits when they move to the country after their mother takes ill. A Studio Ghibli classic. |
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American Dharma
Extreme-right guru Steve Bannon talks Breitbart, Trump, movies and winning elections. Morris will beam in for discussion via Skype. |
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My Country, My Country
Citizen Four Laura Poitras x 2! Iraqi life unfolds under American occupation; Edward Snowden blows the whistle on his country's clandestine internal spying program. Screening in conjunction with the gallery's exhibit Hito Steyeri: This Is The Future. |
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The Chef Of South Polar
A Japanese chef cooks for the isolated men of an Antarctic research team. |
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A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
A hijab-wearing vampire stalks the streets of a dead city. |
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Forrest Gump
A simple man is present at the great moments of modern American history. |
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The Divide
The Abominable Dr. Phibes Fear x 2. |
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Ghost In The Shell
A cyborg cop investigates body hackers in a world where consciousness can be transferred. Animated. |
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The Stabilizer
A special agent's anti-drug mission becomes personal when he discovers the identity of his target. |
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The Kingmaker
Former First Lady of the Philippines, the infamous Imelda Marcos, stages a comeback. For supporters only. |
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The Addams Family
A creepy family of monsters moves to the conformist suburbs. Animated. |
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The Cloud-Capped Star
A young woman finds herself in the position of breadwinner for her increasingly unstable family. |
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Free Solo (IMAX)
Rock climber Alex Honnold scales Yosemite's El Capitan Wall. Showtimes: |
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Seven Songs For Malcolm X
The legacy of the assassinated civil rights leader looms large. |
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I've Heard The Mermaids Singing
A temp with a vivid imagination transforms her everyday existence. Actress Sheila McCarthy and producer Melissa D'Agostino will conduct a Q&A following the film |
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Symbiopsyschotaxiplasm: Take One
A film's meandering Central Park shoot is recorded by an ostensible documentary team and pondered by a crew ready to mutiny. A pioneering fiction/doc hybrid. |
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Bullet In The Head
Pals looking to make big bucks in Saigon's black market instead face the horrors of war. |
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Mountaintop
Neil Young and Crazy Horse make a new record. |
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Cats
Dumpster Raccoon turns this season's cinematic disaster into an opporunity for sing-along and performance, a veritable Jellicle ball! |
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The Silent Partner
Bank teller Elliott Gould finds himself in danger when he stymies Christopher Plummer's Christmas bank heist for his own benefit. A Toronto neo-noir classic! |
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Ponyo
A goldfish princess is pursued by her sea-wizard father when she assumes human form ... for love. |
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Regarding Susan Sontag
Enter the life of esteemed cultural critic Susan Sontag. |
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The Mortal Storm
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Rope
The Trouble With Harry Hitchcock x 2! A pair of killers socialize while their victim's body is hidden nearby; the discovery of body prompts a great deal of self-guilt amongst townsfolk. |
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Golda's Balcony
Tova Feldshuh's one woman show depicting the former Israeli Prime Minister is reconstructed from surviving footage. |
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My Twentieth Century
Twins lead wildly different lives as they encounter the emerging modernity of the 20th century. |
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The Garden Of Secrets: The Future Of Sustainable Design
Scientists find solutions in nature. A panel discussion follows the short film. |
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Heart Of A Dog
Multimedia legend Laurie Anderson reflects on loss. Plus: discussion with Anderson in person! |
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The Mask
Smokin! A mild-mannered bank clerk turns into an uninhibited cartoon-faced hero when he dons a strange mask. Boozy drag queen commentary provided by Allysin Chaynes. |
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There Are No Fakes
The purchase of a Norval Morrisseau painting unravels a large-scale case of art fraud. TVO presents. |
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Barry Lyndon
Ryan O'Neil's schemes bring him improved social standing ... for a time. |
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Tkaronto
Urban aboriginals try to find the balance between modernity and heritage. Director Belcourt will be joined by actors Melanie McLaren and Duane Murray for a post-screening Q&A. |
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Mystify: Michael Hutchence
A brain injura and ensuing depression derails a rock star. |
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Pretty In Pink
"You're ashamed to go out with me. You're terrified that your goddamn rich friends won't approve." Teen romance crosses class lines. A benefit for St. Joseph's Health Centre. |
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The Professionals
A quartet of washed-up mercenaries are hired to rescue an inudstrialist's wife from a Mexican bandit. With Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan and Jack Palance! Presented by Sellers & Newell. |
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Dim The Fluorescents
Toronto creatives pay the rent doing corporate presentations. Director Warth will be joined by actors Naomi Skwarna and Claire Armstrong for a post-screening Q&A. |
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Predator
Arnold vs alien. |
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Brain Candy
The sketch troupe targets anti-depressants and the pharmaceutical industry. |
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Gone To Earth
A beautiful, animal-loving country girl is desired by a self-centered squire. Screening in its original British version. Plus: a burlesque performance by Delicia Pastiche. |
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The Plagiarists
The rescue of white urban creatives from a breakdown by an older Black man reveals cultural preconceptions and expectations. |
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Psycho
"A boy's best friend is his mother." On-the-run Janet Leigh runs into a spot of trouble at the Bates Motel. Sady Doyle provides a feminsist look at the film's female archetypes. |
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Weird Science
"Making a girl. Actually making a girl. Like Frankenstein ... except cuter." Plus: drinking games! |
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The Color Of Pomegranates
The life of Armenian poet Sayat Nova is rendered in images iconic, earthy, pagan, Christian, medieval and modern. |
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The Iron Giant
A boy befriends a giant robot as goverment agents try to ferret out its location. "Sooooperman ..." |
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Nobody Waved Goodbye
A young man finds making his way in '60s Toronto more daunting than it looked from his suburban enclave. |
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Marie Antoinette
France's doomed queen revels in decadence. |
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How To Train Your Dragon
A Viking child learns to be friends with rather than fear the dragons his clan raises him to hunt. The second show will be a 'relaxed' screening. |
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The Shop Around The Corner
Squabbling shop employees unintentionally connect as anonymous romantic correspondents. |
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Waiting For Guffman
Guest and company send up small-town community theatre. |
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The Golem
A Rabbi creates a living clay creature to protect the Jewish people. |
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Canada's Top Ten Shorts Programme 1
Canada's Top Ten Shorts Programme 2 The cream of 2019's Canadian short stuff - including new films from Michael Snow, Brandon Cronenberg and Chloe Robichaud - as chosen by TIFF. |
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Tales From The Big Smoke
Shorts from the last 60+ years provide myriad vantage points from which to view our beloved Toronto. |
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