OVER YOUR DEAD BODY: TIFF Twitter Buzz!

You may regret skipping this movie. Just sayin'. 

For the past few days, acclaimed director Takashi Miike has been giving moviegoers a ride of their lives at screenings of Over Your Dead Body. Part play, part revenge story, all sorts of WTF, this is one film that'll have people talking after. If you want to join in the conversation, you have one last chance to catch this film on Saturday evening. Oh, how perfect. You were looking to something to do together with you date. What could be more perfect than this movie?! RIGHT?! Aha. Check out the Twitter buzz and screening time below.

OVER YOUR DEAD BODY screening time:
Sat., Sept. 13th, 6:30 PM, TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX 2

GOODNIGHT MOMMY: TIFF Twitter Buzz!

It's, uh, a fun-time family film. We promise. 

If you've missed out on your chance to be completely shocked and literally on the edge of your seat (or maybe hiding under it) at a screening of Goodnight Mommy, you've got one more chance! ONE MORE CHANCE. It may be in the middle of the day on a Friday but that's okay because you can just call in sick to work. And maybe after seeing this film you'll feel a little sick to your stomach anyway so it won't really be a lie, right? Check out what Twitter has been saying about this tension-filled horror story (twins, need we say more *shudder*) including a really exciting announcement from Radius at the end!

Goodnight Mommy is screening at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival as part of the Vanguard Programme. Check out more Vanguard films on the official Festival website.

GOODNIGHT MOMMY screening times:
Friday, Sept 12th, 3:00 PM THE BLOOR HOT DOCS CINEMA

LUNA Twitter Buzz!

Stay right there, little Tweet...

Only one screening left for Dave McKean's haunting new film Luna. Fortunately, you have a few days to get your tickets. We've gathered up all the Twitter buzz we could for your perusal, but so many tweets flit away like butterflies or little moth children...

LUNA's Final Screening:
 Sun., Sept. 14, Scotiabank 9 8:45 PM

THE WORLD OF KANAKO: TIFF Twitter Buzz!

"Twitter?! I don't have time for Twitter. I have extreme acts of violence to enact!"

Well, don't say we didn't warn ya, but The World of Kanako is definitely one of those polarizing films. If you're into graphic, graphic violence and strong imagery like the people quoted from Twitter below, then we highly recommend catching the last screening of this one. It's on a Saturday so at least you'll have Sunday to recover. Phew

The World of Kanako is screening at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival as part of the Vanguard Programme. You can check out more Vanguard films on the official Festival website. 

THE WORLD OF KANAKO screening times:
Saturday, Sept 13 9:00 PM THE BLOOR HOT DOCS CINEMA

DUKE OF BURGUNDY Twitter Buzz!

There's only one more screening of The Duke Of Burgundy. We've shared an interview with director Peter Strickland. We've shown you the beautiful poster. We've shared some reviews. And we've discussed mole crickets at some length. But if you're still not sure if it's a movie for you, maybe you'd like to read what some other people who saw it think.

THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY Final Screening:

Monday, Sept 8th 3:15 PM SCOTIABANK 12

SHREW'S NEST: TIFF Twitter Buzz!

Don't look so sad, Montse. There's still one more chance for everyone to see Shrew's Nest. 

It's been a busy opening weekend for the Festival and with so many movies premiering, it's hard to make decisions. If you've caught the first or second screening of Shrew's Nest, though, we have to say you're making the right decision. This twisted, macabre tale has been keeping audiences on the edge of their seat. Check out some of the Twitter buzz that's been, uh, buzzing (sure?) around. And after that since we know you'll be dying to catch it, we've listed the final screening information below. That's right, you have one more chance to see this darkly beautiful film! Don't mess this up!

Shrew's Nest is screening at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival as part of the Vanguard Programme. You can check out more Vanguard films on the official Festival website. 

SHREW'S NEST screening times:

Sunday, Sept 14th 6:30 PM TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX 2

THE VOICES: Sundance Buzz!

"What, I'm excited. This is my excited face."

The Voices is a lot to take in on first glance. Ryan Reynolds? Talking animals? Wait, is that a head on that table? And what is up with those couch cushions?! So, it's totally understandable that you might be hesitant to add it to your Festival list. That's okay. There, there. We forgive you. This blog is going to help you get over your hesitation and running (literally to the box office or figuratively to the TIFF website) for a ticket before they go off-sale. You might wanna have your credit card ready before you start reading...

We still stand firmly on the belief that the less you know about this movie, the better so we've carefully selected reviews that don't give away too much. 

Joey Paur at Geeky Tyrant admits that "The Voices isn't for everyone, as it's extremely bloody and very disturbing, but in the best possible way, especially if you kind of have a demented mind."

Demented minds? Say no more, as we know all you readers have a little bit of dement...ness (Eh? Well, it's a word now.) lurking around in those delicious brains of yours. Paur also says:

I knew this movie was going to be a dark comedy going in, but I didn't know just how dark it would be. It goes into some very black places, but at the same time you can't help laughing because it's seriously funny as hell. There's definitely a lot of uncomfortable laughter. Reynolds plays such a great character in this movie. He has to show a lot of range and be funny, dramatic, and psycho, and he pulls it off seamlessly. This could very well be one of Reynolds' best performances to date.

Adam Chitwood at Collider declares that "The Voices is an insane movie about insanity" and "that [it] wears its crazy right on its sleeve."

We might even go as far to add that it's an insanely-insane movie about insanity. If such a thing didn't exist before, it does now. He goes on to compliment the style of the film:

The visual cues in the film are remarkably executed. When on his pills, Jerry sees the world as colorful and bright, almost as a picturesque 1950s society. He wears bright colored jackets, smiles a lot, and eats the same delicious cereal every day. This is the style in which the movie opens, but when Satrapi gives us a glimpse of the reality of what Jerry is seeing, these visual themes are all the more impressive. Moreover, Satrapi plays with a number of horror tropes throughout the film, bringing an air of familiarity to some of the more tense scenes but always playing them with a slight twist that makes them feel fresh and odd. 

And we're wildly in love with the three things Eric D. Snider at Film.com wrote that you need to know about The Voices:

One: Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian filmmaker whose autobiographical “Persepolis” made waves a few years ago, is a major directorial talent. Two: there is a demented screenwriter named Michael R. Perry who should probably be on some kind of watch list. Three: if Ryan Reynolds will keep making risky, offbeat aberrations like this, we’ll overlook the “Green Lantern”s and “R.I.P.D.”s and love him forever.

Enough with the reviews! Bring on the tweets! Below that you'll find the screening information. We recommend taking a date to this movie. You'll know if they run out screaming it wasn't meant to be.

The Voices is screening at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival as part of the Vanguard Programme. Check out more Vanguard films on the official Festival website.

THE VOICES screening times:

Thursday, Sept 11th 9:00 PM RYERSON
Friday, Sept 12th 6:00 PM THE BLOOR HOT DOCS CINEMA

THE CELESTIAL WIVES OF MEADOW MARI: Twitter Round Up!

Seems like people have enjoyed Alexei Fedorchenko's Celestial Wives of Meadow Mari. Don't believe us? Check out Twitter.

If that whole "Russian folklore" thing makes you question the appeal of this movie, you should check out this review from Trista Devries at Toronto Film Scene:

Whether this is subject matter you would normally find interesting or not, this is a stunningly beautiful film designed to help audiences participate in a gorgeous, dying culture.

See? Everyone wins.(And go read Siân's article on Russian folklore!)

THE STRANGE COLOUR OF YOUR BODY'S TEARS: Twitter and Review Round Up!

The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears is not a movie that can be easily explained. There have been both awestruck and overwhelmed reactions to the film--not surprising considering its over-the-top visuals and Last Year At Marienbad-style "narrative."

Here's a sampling of what folks have been saying on Twitter as well as choice quotes from some of our favorite reviews of the film.

"You have absolutely never seen anything like The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears."

--Anton Sirius, Ain't It Cool

"It's tempting to reference Strange Colour as a sort of neo-giallo, a term applied frequently to its predecessor. But it's not, really. It's something else, a strange new language that uses those familiar elements as their base while going off in some other direction."

--Todd Brown, Twitchfilm

"Lengthy passages are unrelated to any discernible narrative, and seem to exist in that interzone your mind travels through just before it goes to sleep. You may be familiar – it’s often the time when your leg twitches, heart skips a beat and you slam open your eyes again."

--Jordan Hoffman, Film.com

"The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears, a visual masterpiece that will confuse, confound, and hypnotize you as it’s one of the most visually extravagant explorations of the gaudy and grotesque ever committed to film . . . if you give into its lusty charms, you won’t be disappointed in its endless delights, surpassing the intensity of many titles it owes its existence to."

Nicholas Bell, Ion Cinema

 

"Cattet and Forzani treat the camera like a murder weapon, slashing it across rooms, penetrating characters' eyeballs in extreme close-ups, emphasizing the garish color schemes, and obscuring conversations with multiple split screens. They're not telling a story so much as transmitting hallucinations."

--Matt Barone, Complex Mag

"I don't think I can win here. I looooooooove The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears. Love. I'm in love, you guys. I'm not fucking around. I think it's one of the best horror movies I've ever seen."

--Travis Lee Bean, Film Colossus

For those of you planning to attend Austin's Fantastic Fest, there is great news! The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears will be screening there this year.

PROXY Twitter Round-Up!

Are you sitting at home right now wonder what you should do with yourself tonight? Laundry? Dude, that's lame--even for us. A restaurant? Ehhhhh. Food is alright. Know what's better than food, though?

THE FINAL SCREENING OF ZACK PARKER'S PROXY! Yes, that did need to be written all in caps. Deal with it.

Anywho, tonight is your last chance at the Festival to see the absolutely disturbing Proxy. Bring your mum! Bring your grandma! The whole family! And if--heaven forbid--you miss your chance tonight, the film was picked up for distribution from IFC Midnight. Super big congrats to Zack Parker and the entire Proxy crew; we here at the Vanguard blog couldn't be happier! Especially now because the rest of the world can soon experience the shocking, twisty tale for themselves.

Check out some of the Twittery thoughts and start planning your evening appropriately.

PROXY Final Screening time:

• Saturday (TODAY, AUGH!), Sept 14, 8:00 PM SCOTIABANK 9

PROXY Final Screening:

Saturday, Sept 14th, 8:00 PM SCOTIABANK 9

GERONTOPHILIA Twitter Round Up!

Gerontophilia is the latest film from Bruce LaBruce (now playing at the Festival's Vanguard Programme) and it is not to be missed. I'm not ashamed to admit, that when I wasn't laughing during the film, I was crying. It's just that great. You don't have to take my word for it (although you should); here is what the Twitterverse has been saying.

See? I told you so. Now make sure you catch one of the remaining two screenings of Gerontophilia. Or both!

GERONTOPHILIA Screening Times:

Wednesday, Sept 11th, 9:30 PM SCOTIABANK 11

Friday, Sept 13th, 12:15 PM SCOTIABANK 3

BLUE RUIN Twitter Round Up!

 

If you missed Monday's premiere of Blue Ruin at the Festival, we are going to make you wish you hadn't. But good news! There is another screening of the film on Wednesday. In the meantime, check out what people on Twitter are saying about Blue Ruin. (Hint: it's really good stuff.)

I agree with all of these comments. Find out what all the fuss is about and check out Blue Ruin on Wednesday.

BLUE RUIN Screening Times:

Wednesday, Sept 11th, 12:00 PM TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX 1

THE SACRAMENT Twitter Round-Up Part 1!

Okay, okay, so today is the day you have to figure out how to clone yourself. Or, at the very least, be in two places at once. Why? Because tonight Zack Parker's Proxy premieres and Ti West's The Sacrament has its second screening around the same time.

Whoa, whoa. Hold up: does this mean that Joe Swanberg (who appears in both films) will officially be in two places at once?! Curse him and his awesomeness; first he has a burger named after him and now this. We guess it only makes sense--he is the Unofficial Vanguard Mascot after all. [We're gonna print up shirts ~ The Editor].

Anyway, we can't tell you which film to pick. Proxy may just be frightening enough to kill you, but so far the Twitterverse reviews from The Sacrament are pretty effin' amazing. Luckily there are more screenings of both later in the week. YOU MUST BE SO RELIEVED, EH?

To those of you attending the Proxy premiere, we eagerly anticipate your Twitterverse reactions. And for those planning on attending The Sacrament, here's a little Twittery sampling to get you even more excited:

PROXY Screening Times:

• Tuesday, Sept 10th, 10:30 PM THE BLOOR HOT DOCS CINEMA
• Thursday, Sept 12th, 5:00 PM SCOTIABANK 1
• Saturday, Sept 14th, 8:00 PM SCOTIABANK 9

THE SACRAMENT Screening Times:

• Tuesday, Sept 10th, 9:45 PM SCOTIABANK 7
• Friday, Sept 13th, 8:45 PM SCOTIABANK 3

SEX, DRUGS & TAXATION Twitter Round-Up!

If you were smart, your weekend would have included the hilarious Danish biopic Sex, Drugs & Taxation. It played twice over the weekend to amazing reviews. Completely off the wall and completely (sort of) true, this is one Festival film not to be missed--you know, because of scenes lke the one with the gorilla and the penis, among many, many others. You've got one more chance to prove yourself (phew) and your smartness (that's a word, right?) with a final screening later this week.

Check out some of the Twitterverse conversation and information about the last screening time below.

SEX, DRUGS & TAXATION Screening Times:

Saturday, Sept 7th, 9:30 PM THE BLOOR HOT DOCS CINEMA

Sunday, Sept 8th, 7:45 PM THE BLOOR HOT DOCS CINEMA

Friday, Sept 13th, 12:00 PM SCOTIABANK 2