Podcasts – In a TIFF

As we head into award season I wanted to do a roundup of some of the best things I’ve seen and who better to join me than Norm McGlashan from Flickhunter. We talk about the films we enjoyed at Toronto International Film Festival, Windsor International Film Festival and Blood in the Snow.

What better way to re-start my obsessive relationship with the festival than to do another user experience stumble through TIFF.net. Joined once again by Lindsay Hutchison professional strategist, researcher, designer, and facilitator as we talk through how to do the most basic things on the TIFF.net site as I panic internally.

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Norm and I discuss the two big announcements from TIFF this past week. We pour one out for the 31 fallen – and then discuss the current plans for the TIFF20 Festival. 

Big question – do we plan to go for in person screenings if they have them this year?

Includes many Disney+ tangents – weirdly more because of the Mandalorian and not as much because of Hamilton.

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Rian and I reboot my Keanu rewatch mission and figure what better time to Constantine than now at this prequel to end times we are all experiencing together.

We rediscover our love of Keanu, Rachel Weisz Tilda Swinton in a suit, Djimon Hounsou in genre things, Shia LeBeouf, Peter Stormare, Max Baker, Pruitt Taylor Vince and Gavin Rossdale.

This film happens after the matrices but long before the Wick era – a period where one of our favourite Canadians seemed to have the money / time / comfort level with his ability to keep working to say – “sure why not” and the result is this gem that truly deserves a rewatch. 

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Alternate title – Sam Rockwell needs to talk to his people

Alternate title #2, “Where’s my reparations Oscar?” “You’re a woman Glenn”

Returning co-host Norm and I should produce the Oscars. We discuss the coming termination point of awards season. Topics include:

• Best Performance in a movie you didn’t love
• Soundtrack that made you buy or listen to music
• Movie we wish had a better marketing team
• Movie that we recommended the most to others
• Film that we loved at TIFF that you haven’t thought much about since

And then we finish up with ranking the nominees for best picture Oscar from least to most likely to win.

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Andrew from Geek Hard and I have some troublesome views on what the endgame should be for creepy children in genre films. We manage to stay somewhat on topic about our experience at the 2019 Blood in the Snow (BITS) film festival that took place in Toronto from November 21 to 26 at The Royal cinema.

We discuss some of the films that we enjoyed including:

• Now is the printer of our discontent
• Docking
• New Woman
• Giltrude’s Dwelling
• EXT
• Z
• Puppet Killer
• Majic
• She Never Died
• Deep Six
• Dead Dicks
• The Last Last Heist

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TIFF19 roundup with Norm.

Categories are (imagine Pray Tell levels of enthusiasm)

• Best bathrooms in a theatre
• Most feels in a film
• Best Q&A moment
• TIFF Audience winner trends are questionable
• Who/what will be in the awards season conversation
• Our fave TIFF rising stars
• Movie you’ve thought about the most since the festival
• What programmer will fill my Jane Schoettle-shaped hole
• Changes to TIFF in 2019
• Norm’s top 12

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Second pre TIFF19 pod with Norman McGlashan of http://flickhunter.blogspot.com/

We discuss our favourite venues – past and present, how he selects his films, challenges of the Industry screenings and bathroom tips for the Ryerson. Norm will be seeing 50ish movies as an industry pass holder. 

Norm’s top 5 heading into the festival

• THE TWO POPES
• WAVES
• PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
• MARRIAGE STORY
• JOKER

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Pre #TIFF19 pod with Ryan where we discuss our prep, our picks and our favourite thing about the festival. It’s a whole new world folk – no printed magazine, no tote bag and no Pizza Nova coupon. Ryan is continuing his mandate to only select films directed by women.

Ryan is looking forward to

• BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
• SAINT MAUD
• ATLANTICS
• ZANA
• MARIA’S PARADISE

I am looking forward to

• GUNS AKIMBO
• JOJO RABBIT
• BLOOD QUANTUM
• BLOW THE MAN DOWN
• A BUMP ALONG THE WAY

We like to eat/drink at

• DARK HORSE
• BANG SUE
• ROXY BAR
• MASCOT BREWERY
• GENERAL ASSEMBLY
• BURRITO BOYZ
• Illstyl3 SAMMIES

I miss you Jane Schoettle.

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Although the podcast normally shifts to TIFF prep this time of year as I am still dealing with the loss of Jane Schoettle I’ve decided to pivot and just start re-watching everything Keanu Reeves has ever done as my form of self care for 2019.

Youngblood according to IMBD is the first feature in which Keanu Reeves had a named character. This movie stars Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze with a small appearance by a very young Keanu.

We talk (perhaps too much) about the amount of sweaty and or sweaty and shirtless scenes in the locker room. We have a lot of questions.

Directed by Peter Markle – features Robb Lowe, Cynthia Gibb, Patrick Swayze and Ed Lauter

In the Keanews section we try and guess what other MCU roles Keanu would have been considered for – Martin has the idea.

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