We had breakfast at the St Lawrence Market. Then headed off to our first movie, a really good movie in one of the kinda sucky Scotia Bank Mall multiplex theaters. The Husband, about a guy who is taking care of his baby while his wife is doing jail time for having sex with a 14-year-old. […]
Friday was a three movie day – starting with The Love Punch at 11:00 at the Elgin. Romantic comedy with Pierce Brosnan and Emma Thompson as a divorced couple who reunite to steal a diamond from the hedge fund manager who’s stolen Brosnan’s company’s retirement fund. They bring in their next door neighbors, played by […]
When we got home [our airbnb condo home, that is] on Wednesday, around 8:00ish, I tracked my passport to see if it had arrived, and the website said that the driver had tried to deliver it, but could not because there were funds due …. which baffled me, because I knew Rach had NOT sent […]
We got up and secured tickets for Mary Queen of Scots, a 9:00AM show at TIFF Bell Lightbox, the festival’s classy theater. We took the streetcar downtown, and Mark went for tickets, while I went for coffee. The first Starbucks I thought I’d try was in the mall, so not quite open – though […]
Tuesday, we slept in a bit, then walked to the St Lawrence Market and bought eggs, butter, ham, bacon, lettuce, little tomatoes, a few more bagels, a few plums. The we came back to the apartment and had breakfast and headed off for our first movie, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her/Him. It’s kind of […]
I’m going kind of a day behind on these – now writing this post on Tuesday AM, on my iPhone, still in bed at 8:03, tho I could argue that it’s only 7:03 at home in Central time. [at least started; gonna move over to the “real” computer to do the pics] On Monday, we […]
The Senator, Philomena, BBQ, and Dom Hemingway. Winners – Senator & Philomena. Second place – Dom; dead last – BBQ. We set the alarm for 6:45 in the morning and tried to add a film, but just didn’t quite make it. The Senator was a great breakfast in a warren of wooden booths – […]
Our first Saturday at TIFF was rainy. We only had one movie, our second of the festival, at 9:30 in the morning – Palo Alto, directed by Gia Coppola – her directorial debut. I thought she must be Sofia Coppola’s little sister – but instead, Sofia is Gia’s aunt. Gia is the daughter of Sofia’s […]
Tumblr: First movie line at TIFF – going into Southcliffe[/caption]
We turned Sunday into a three movie day, by adding Sightseers (a pick of the day from the TIFF artistic director Cameron Bailey) to the two we already had tickets for, Disconnect and Yellow. It’s already Tuesday and I’m back in Madison, but I’m just too tired to write up these last three – it’ll […]