Alan Ball's feature directorial debut is more Six Feet Under than American Beauty in tone, and more of the latter in story. There are more than a few structural similarities to Beauty, including the typical but still wonderful Thomas Newman score, an older man who becomes sexually infatuated with a young girl, and a series…
Read More
A few films have sold at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. Here is a round-up of the deals so far. In Bloom to Magnolia Pictures [added 9/12] George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead to The Weinstein Company for $2 to $2.5 Million Alan Ball's Nothing is Private to Warner Independent and Netflix's Red…
Read More
Today I finally found some time to sit down and sift through the 352 official selections of the 2007 Toronto Film Festival. Many hours later, I present to you 65 must see movies at the Toronto International Film Festival. I did the work so that you don't have to. So why should you care about…
Read More