As many of you may have noticed, during this year’s Toronto International Film Festival I couldn’t stop gushing about Canadian short film-maker Jamie Travis and his sheer genius. His short film The Saddest Boy in the World was my favorite entry at the festival (yes, even better than Borat) and remains my favorite short […]
November 2006
Kicking and Stunting with Alex Chung
(Cross-posted to blogTO)
A little while ago on vidTO, Jerrold featured a video by Torontonian Alex Chung: actor, martial artist, stuntperson, fight choreographer. To be honest, I was intrigued. The rapid rise in popularity of parkour and tricking in mainstream culture — and especially here in Toronto — has always been fascinating to me, […]
Robert Altman Will Be Missed
So here’s my admission. My initial exposure to Robert Altman’s movies was the remarkably awful Pret-a-Porter, and saying that I was less than impressed would be saying it lightly. Luckily, a friend of mine urged me to see MASH only two weeks later, and it was then that I realized that even great […]
The Hat Factory and Coworking
During my recent trip to San Francisco, there came a time when I had a bunch of work to get done, and sitting in the hotel room just didn’t cut it. I needed to find a place where I could work independently, but still have access to resources such as a wireless internet connect, […]
Drafts
Yes, I know you’re all complaining about how I haven’t updated the blog in over a week. And I apologize, but to tell you the truth, I’ve got about seven half-written posts done and I just need to find some time to finish each one and tighten them all up. With work being […]