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Retrospectives, Programmes & Festivals
Sep 4 - 6
 
Ashkenaz @ Harbourfront
Harboufront celebrates contemporary Jewish music and art with the help of a film sidebar of like-minded documentaries.
 
Sep 9 - 19
 
Toronto International Film Festival
The big kahuna of Toronto film festivals, this year offering new work from (deep breath) Errol Morris, Mike Leigh, Alex De La Iglesia, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Darren Aronofsky, Frederick Wiseman, Werner Herzog, Jerzy Skolimowski, Kelly Reichardt, Kim Jee-woon, Sion Sono, Tsui Hark, Andrew Lau, Takashi Miike, Jia Zhangke, Hong Sang-soo, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Jean-Luc Godard, John Sayles, Ken Loach, Julian Schnabel, Woody Allen, Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood, John Carpenter, Mark Romanek, Stephen Frears, Danny Boyle, Bent Hamer, Sylvain Chomet, Denis Villeneuve, Francois Ozon, Gregg Araki, Bruce LaBruce, Raul Ruiz, Vincent Gallo, Tom Tykwer, Bruce McDonald, Brad Anderson, Michael Winterbottom, and a heck of a lot more. For the ticketless, there's a series of free movies in the festival's new Lightbox HQ.
 
One-Offs And Short Runs
Sep 2 8 1/2 (1963, Italy, D: Fedrico Fellini)
Perhaps the very definition of Fellini-esque, for good or ill. New 35mm print!
 
@ The Bloor 4:15pm
Sep 2 Brazil (1985, UK/USA, D: Terry Gilliam)
 
@ The Bloor 7:00pm
Sep 2 Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1998, USA, D: Terry Gilliam)
 
@ The Bloor 9:30pm
Sep 3 The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension (1984, USA, D: W.D. Richter)
"The man's been through solid matter, for crying out loud!"
 
@ The Bloor 9:00pm
Sep 3 The Panic In Needle Park (1971, USA, D: Jerry Schatzberg)
Heroin addicts hang out in the park of the title. Starring Al Pacino!
 
@ Trash Palace 9:30pm
Sep 8
Sep 9
 
Casablanca (1942, USA, D: Michael Curtiz)
"Play it once, Sam, for old time's sake."
 
@ The Bloor
 
4:20pm
7:00pm
Sep 8 Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral On A Moving Train (2004, USA, D: Deb Ellis & Denis Mueller)
The author of A People's History Of The United States is profiled.
 
@ The Bloor 7:00pm
Sep 8 Casablanca (1942, USA, D: Michael Curtiz)   Cineplex Classic Film Series
"Play it once, Sam, for old time's sake."
 
@ Cineplex 7:00pm
Sep 8 City Idol (2007, Canada, D: Arturo Perez Torres)
Remembering the last municipal election and one group's attempt to inject some life into the campaign. A fundraiser for Karen Sun.
 
@ The Royal 7:00pm
Sep 10 Pressure Point (1962, USA, D: Hubert Cornfield)
A black psychiatrist (Sidney Poitier) counsels a Nazi.
 
@ Trash Palace 9:30pm
Sep 11
Sep 12
 
Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (1989, USA, D: Steven Spielberg)
 
@ The Bloor
 
4:15pm
2:00pm

Compiled by Don Marks (contact)

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