Your Special Bulletin on the Festival

Transcription

No.
T O P F I L M S • G I V I N G B AC K • R E D C A R P E T FA S H I O N • W H O WA S W H E R E
Your Special Bulletin on the Festival
11043_Reporter_#05_TIFF 1
9/22/11 5:16 PM
Doss.: 14704 TORONTO STAR FASHION SEPT
Format: 10.875 X 15.375
P.Plan: PDF_Approbation-top menu
Usager: cvilleneuve
Date: 11-09-24
Heure: 17:22:35
nissan.ca/LEAF
World Car of the Year
The 100% electric, zero gas Nissan LEAF. ™
66 judges
24 countries
10 finalists
1 winner
INNOVATION FOR THE PLANET.
INNOVATION FOR ALL.
Find out more at facebook.com/NissanLEAFCanada
N-SA2249-FP-TSR
Format: 10.875 X 15.375
Usager: cvilleneuve
Date: 11-09-24
Heure: 17:22:35
THE REPORTER | BEST OF THE FEST
The Festival might have been short on surprises,
but it was long on outstanding cinema
By Brendan Christie
Drive
Take This Waltz
The Ides of March
ON THE COVER: BRAD PITT & ANGELINA JOLIE / GEORGE PIMENTEL THIS PAGE AND NEXT: FILM IMAGES COURTESY OF TIFF; THE IDES OF MARCH COURTESY OF SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC.
IF EVERY FILM FESTIVAL HAS ITS OWN NARRATIVE AND PLAYS A ROLE IN THE STORY OF A FILM, THEN
THE TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL CERTAINLY TAKES A LEAD IN THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT. WHAT
HAPPENS AT TIFF RIPPLES THROUGHOUT THE CINEMATIC WORLD AND HELPS CREATE STARS AND BOX
OFFICE HITS. SO, WITH THAT IN MIND, HERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU MAY HAVE DISCOVERED AT TIFF11:
GEORGE CLOONEY IS STILL
ANNOYINGLY TALENTED
As you’ve probably already gleaned from all the hype, two of TIFF11’s
top films have George Clooney’s fingerprints all over them. Clooney
is a bankable star (let’s agree to put last year’s The American behind us)
because, simply put, he’s a great and enduring talent, and his misses
are far rarer than his hits.
TIFF’s The Ides of March, a film about the cut-throat politics of a
presidential primary, sees Clooney take the director’s chair again. The
star proved he knew his way around a camera directing films such
as Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) and Confessions of a Dangerous
Mind (2002), and Ides is equal to those efforts – possibly because
Clooney spends a lot of time pointing the camera at Canadian actor
Ryan Gosling (see Ryan Gosling, below). Though having Phillip
Seymour Hoffman, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright and Paul Giamatti
involved doesn’t hurt, either.
Clooney was on the other side of the camera for a better Festival
film – The Descendants – in which the actor plays a middle-aged
father trying to connect with his daughters when his wife ends up
in a coma. Director Alexander Payne (Hung, Sideways) gets huge
performances out of Clooney and young actress Shailene Woodley.
Expect awards to follow.
CONTRIBUTORS
EDITOR
Brendan Christie
ART DIRECTOR
Eric McBain
K9 Design Co.
PHOTOGRAPHERS
George Pimentel
Stephen Hargreaves
AND RYAN GOSLING MIGHT BE
THE NEXT GEORGE CLOONEY
PRODUCTION
Maria Musikka
CONTACT US
Published by GD&C for insertion into
the Toronto Star. For more
information, contact 416-323-2848.
Sure, that may be overstating the point right now, but when he’s not
breaking up street fights in Manhattan, this Canadian star has begun
turning in one excellent performance after another.
Consider Gosling’s last three efforts: Stupid, Crazy, Love, The Ides
of March and his other TIFF-starrer, Drive. Keep in mind, he’s 20
years younger than Clooney, so watch this space.
In Drive, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, Gosling kicks out the
jams as a stunt driver by day/getaway man by night. It’s an intelligent,
fast-and-furious (er, sorry…) thriller with a great cast (Albert Brooks,
Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman) that will pull away at box office.
ERGO, CANADA KICKS ASS
In case you weren’t paying attention at last year’s Festival (uh, Barney’s
Version, Casino Jack, Incendies, Score, Bang Bang Club…), or if you just
insist on labouring under the mistaken belief that Canadian cinema
is somehow ‘lesser’, TIFF11 should prove to you once and for all that
Canada has become a world leader in film.
Ignoring on-screen talents like the aforementioned Gosling and
talented Vancouverite Seth Rogen (who puts in a stellar effort for
Jonathan Levine’s TIFF11 offering 50/50 – let’s not kid ourselves, this
film is going to win some hardware – as well as Sarah Polley’s Take
This Waltz), there are a host of Canadian-directed films that will
impact this year’s festival circuit. (And will hopefully also do well at
box office.)
It’s unfortunate (for her) that the talented Sarah Polley was so
cursed by geography. If she’d only been born a few hundred miles
to the south, she’d be a massive international star by now. But
because Canadians can’t stand the thought of a star system here at
home, Polley is allowed to labour quietly on flicks such as 2006’s
heartbreaking Away From Her, and this year’s TIFF offering Take
This Waltz.
Waltz is a risky film about a woman trying to find herself,
abandoning a comfortable marriage for a chance at romance. It stars
The Reporter | Best of the Fest | 3
9/22/11 6:06 PM
Format: 10.875 X 15.375
Usager: cvilleneuve
Date: 11-09-24
Heure: 17:22:35
Pearl Jam Twenty
From the Sky Down
TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX / MARIS MEZULIS
Moneyball
Coriolanus
Goon
Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Sarah Silverman and a number of
rising Canadian talents worth keeping an eye on.
Talented director Jean-Marc Vallée also continues his success streak
with Café de flore, a complex film that blends story lines forty years
apart. The film stars Vanessa Paradis, the surprising Kevin Parent and
Hélène Florent. Keeping in mind that Vallée is coming off 2009’s The
Young Victoria and 2005’s C.R.A.Z.Y., you have to think that this
thoughtful and creative talent will soon, from failing hands, pick up
the torch of Canadian moviemaking.
Although that’s not to imply that the previous generations’ talents
are all flagging. It’s doubtful whether or not anyone has bothered to
tell David Cronenberg that he’s pushing 70, because it’s quite possible
he may have rolled out his best film ever at this year’s Festival.
A Dangerous Method, which looks at how the intense relationship
of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung created psychoanalysis, is nowhere
near as boring as that synopsis makes it sound. In fact, it’s an
excellent film.
Granted, it stars perennial Cronenberg favorite Viggo Mortensen
(Eastern Promises, A History of Violence, The Lord of the Rings… OK,
Cronenberg didn’t do that last one), as well as Keira Knightley,
Michael Fassbender, Vincent Cassel and others – which means the
director stacked the deck a little – but kudos to Cronenberg for
tackling an impossible subject and making it entertaining.
Lastly on the Canadian directors front: Where the hell did Nathan
Morlando come from? Morlando’s Edwin Boyd got rave reviews
at the Fest. The story of Edwin Alonzo Boyd’s bank robberies in
Ontario in the ’40s and ’50s, stars Canadians Scott Speedman (Good
Neighbors, Barney’s Version), Kevin Durand (Real Steel, I Am Number
Four, X-Men Origins: Wolverine), Charlotte Sullivan (Rookie Blue,
The Kennedys) and the UK’s Brian Cox and Kelly Reilly. Morlando is
definitely one to watch.
HOCKEY IS A POPULAR
SUBJECT AT A CANADIAN FILM
FESTIVAL
The 2010 Toronto Film Fest opened with Michael McGowan’s Score:
A Hockey Musical. And, while the jury is still out on that one, it can’t
be doubted that Canada’s passion makes for good cinema.
This TIFF, viewers got two hockey offerings: Michael Dowse’s film
Goon and Robert Lieberman’s Breakaway.
Goon got more attention than Breakaway likely because of the
cast, which included the hugely talented Jay Baruchel, Seann William
Scott (AKA Stifler), Liev Schreiber (really, Liev Schreiber…), Eugene
Levy and Marc-André Grondin.
The film was directed by Dowse (Fubar, It’s All Gone Pete Tong) and
was written by Baruchel and Evan Goldberg (Superbad, The Green
Hornet). It’s a funny film – just remember that film is escapism. Leave
all the enforcer editorials you’ve read this summer at the door.
For its part, Breakaway is a totally different kind of escapism. Part
musical, part romantic comedy, part social commentary, Breakaway
is a film about a team of Canadian Sikhs trying to prove themselves
in a Toronto league. It stars Vinay Virmani, funnyman Russell Peters
and honourary Canadian Rob Lowe. (He was also Dean Youngblood
in Youngblood and two hockey films makes you Canadian by default.)
Other cameos include Ludacris and Drake.
NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT,
SO IS MUSIC…
While Davis Guggenheim’s US doc From the Sky Down opened the
festival this year, it wasn’t the best music doc to screen at TIFF.
Guggenheim is a world-class documentarian, as evidenced by films
like An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting for Superman and It Might Get
Loud. But while From the Sky Down is a good film, with excellent
4 | The Reporter | Best of the Fest
9/22/11 5:40 PM
Format: 10.875 X 15.375
Usager: cvilleneuve
Date: 11-09-24
Heure: 17:22:35
THE REPORTER | BEST OF THE FEST
A Dangerous Method
The Lady
Café de flore
TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX / MARIS MEZULIS
Edwin Boyd
TIFF @ HOME
TWELVE MONTHS AFTER
IT OPENED THE DOORS TO
THE BELL LIGHTBOX, THE
FESTIVAL HAS GROWN INTO
A YEAR-ROUND CONCERN
BY BRENDAN CHRISTIE
Now an anchor event on the
calendar, TIFF had its nomadic
and humble beginnings in 1976 as
the Festival of Festivals, a worthy
first effort that managed to attract
35,000 attendees. There were
some thin years in there, but the
Festival – renamed the Toronto
International Film Festival in 1995
– managed to grow and thrive, and
has become one of the primary
events in the film world.
In 2010, TIFF came home – to the
TIFF Bell Lightbox, a $200-million
cultural center in the heart of
Toronto designed by worldrenowned architectural firm KPMB.
Beyond the three-story public
atrium, five public cinemas, two
galleries, three learning studios,
the centre for students and
scholars, bistro, restaurant and
lounge, the building represents
something much more – a
permanent home for film in
Canada.
Over the last year, offerings
at the Lightbox have grown and
expanded, anchored by a hugely
successful Tim Burton exhibition
curated by New York’s MoMA.
This fall Grace Kelly will
dominate, as the TIFF Bell Lightbox
kicks off a two-season film program
to complement the ‘Grace Kelly:
From Movie Star to Princess’
exhibition that opens November 4
and runs to January 22, 2012.
Also look for a new free exhibit
presented in partnership with
the Canadian Alliance of Film
and Television Costume Arts
and Design. Running until March
next year, ‘Otherworldly: The Art
of Canadian Costume Design’
explores and celebrates the most
extraordinary achievements of
Canadians in the art.
Breakaway
footage and interviews, it just wasn’t TIFF’s other music doc: Pearl
Jam Twenty.
Cameron Crowe’s chronology is truly phenomenal – that is, if
you’re a Pearl Jam fan or if you grew up listening to the Seattle bands
that shaped the sound of the ‘90s. If you’re not, it’s still a great film…
it just might be a little long for you.
Either way, it’s difficult to recall a year that boasted two truly
groundbreaking rock docs. (The other being James Moll’s Foo Fighters:
Back and Forth. One would be hard pressed to choose between Moll
and Crowe’s contributions to the genre.)
PJ20 gets under the skin of the band and right into its DNA,
covering two decades of history through the use of incredible footage,
recordings and first-person narratives. Although the film clocks in
around the two-hour mark, if you’re a true Pearl Jam fan you’re going
to leave wanting more. Even the end credits are interesting.
ACTUALLY, THERE WERE A
LOT OF REALLY GOOD FILMS
AT TIFF THIS YEAR.
Usually, it’s difficult to pick the handful of break outs at TIFF
because so many great films are screened. This year was no exception.
Bennett Miller’s Moneyball, for example, is exactly as good as you
would expect it to be, given the cast. Granted, Miller doesn’t have a
huge list of credits to his name, but his 2005 film Capote was a massive
surprise hit, and this one will certainly also do well at box office.
In it, Brad Pitt plays Billy Beane, the Oakland A’s GM who
decides to let the numbers lead him. Not really a baseball film, per se,
Moneyball gets excellent performances from stars Jonah Hill, Capote’s
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Robin Wright.
Melancholia, directed by Lars von Trier, is also a Fest stand-out.
The world’s strangest disaster film, Melancholia stars Kirsten Dunst,
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, John Hurt and a host of
other stellar (pun intended) actors. It’s a visually stunning film that
will have a long life on the festival circuit, providing they can keep von
Trier away from live mics.
The story of Burmese activist Aung San Suu Kyi, Luc Besson’s TIFF
offering The Lady will likely be as divisive as some of his other work.
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Besson, whose credits include La Femme Nikita and The Fifth Element
on one side, and Transporter 2 and From Paris with Love on the other,
is a great talent whose films tend to find their own particular audience.
The Lady will be no different.
Michael Hazanavicius’ The Artist is a stylish black and white film
that harkens back to the 1920s, when talking pictures hit Hollywood
like a tsunami. The film gets admirable performances from its French/
American cast, especially Jean Dujardin and John Goodman. It’s been
popular at screenings, but it will be interesting to see what this modest
budget flick does at box office.
Ralph Fiennes made his directorial debut with a modern adaptation
of a Shakespeare play, Coriolanus. In addition to his camera
duties, Fiennes also stars as the titular lead – the hero of Rome (a
different one), and a great soldier whose extremism leads to riots and
banishment. Fiennes is excellent on both sides of the camera, though
there is some talk of Oscar hardware for Vanessa Redgrave. Gerard
Butler, Brian Cox and Jessica Chastain also lead.
Sean Durkin’s Martha Marcy May Marlene stars the other Olsen
– Elizabeth – sister to Mary-Kate and Ashley. And before you stop
reading, she’s great in it. Olsen plays a young girl who is haunted by
memories and paranoia after escaping from a religious cult.
Speaking of haunting memories, We Need to Talk about Kevin is
a creepy thriller that stars Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly (yes, of Walk
Hard: The Dewey Cox Story fame), and Ezra Miller. Swinton plays
mother to a psychopathic Miller, who goes on a school killing spree,
while Reilly takes on the role of estranged husband. Director Lynne
Ramsey is really just finding her legs as a feature director, so she is
definitely another talent to keep tabs on.
Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki’s Le Havre is the story of a shoe
shine man who tries to save a refugee. It’s slightly more complicated
than that, but not too much. At its heart, Le Havre is a warm-hearted
film that mixes comedy and pathos, and is well worth a watch.
In the end, however, any list of the ‘Best of the Fest’ will only scratch
the surface. There were literally hundreds of films worth discovering at
this year’s Festival.
When it comes down to it, that’s the real beauty of TIFF: It will take
you a year to discover them all.
5
9/22/11 5:43 PM
Format: 10.875 X 15.375
Usager: cvilleneuve
Date: 11-09-24
Heure: 17:22:35
THE REPORTER | MAKING A SCENE
Geoffrey Rush
& Don McKellar
Scott Speedman
Head table for a VIP dinner at the Burroughs
Gerard Butler
& Michelle Monaghan
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Sarah Polley & Luke Kirby
Adam Brodie & Chase Crawford
Alexander Skarsgård & Kirsten Dunst
VIP Gifts from
CK Obsession
Premieres, galas and events all provided excellent
opportunity for celebrity sightings. We caught up with some
of the Festivals top stars as they hit the town.
George Stroumboulopoulos’ Hazelton Takeover Party at ONE was
definitely the best party of the Fest - see more on that on page 10.
When it came to the busiest event planner in town, our hats
are off to Nitsa Tsoumaris and her team from Tri-Arc/Uniq, who
hosted Adrian Grenier for two days, not to mention seven private
film studio cast dinners and 11 major studio parties at leading
establishments around town. She and her team hosted many of
filmdoms best and brightest (including several Academy Award
winners) with the grace and style that makes Hollywood love their
time in Toronto during the Festival.
The standout, impossible-to-get-into locations this TIFF were
The Burroughes and The SoHo House. Overall, the SoHo House
wins as favorite celebrity hang-out of the Fest. The extensive list
of VIPs who made an appearance at there over the course of TIFF
included George Clooney with his new girl Stacy Keibler, Keira
Knightley, Ryan Gosling, Gerard Butler, Juliette Lewis, Channing
Tatum, Scott Porter, Olivia Wilde, Jennifer Garner, Ralph Fiennes,
Abbie Cornish and Jessica Chastain.
The Burroughes events were hosted by Jordan Fogle of The
Mint Agency, who offered up the biggest dinner of the Festival,
by far: the soiree for Brad and Angie; followed by the CAA
event, which had every star in the constellation present. Flowers
from Teatro Verde helped set the perfect stage for what was a
classy celebration.
Alexis Bledel
Stacey Keibler in
Swarovski cuff
9/23/11 2:44 PM
Format: 10.875 X 15.375
Usager: cvilleneuve
Date: 11-09-24
Heure: 17:22:35
Doss.:
373592H1_OBMB_TheReporterNewspaper_CAN.indd
1 14704 TORONTO STAR FASHION SEPT
Format: 10.875 X 15.375
Usager: cvilleneuve
Date: 11-09-24
Heure: 17:22:35
9/19/11 4:27 PM
1 First Canadian Place
Bayshore Shopping Centre
Bramalea City Centre
Cambridge SmartCentre
Carlingwood Shopping Centre
Conestoga Mall
Devonshire Mall
Erin Mills Town Centre
Fairview Mall
Georgian Mall
Heartland Town Centre
Hillcrest Mall
Lime Ridge Mall
Mapleview Centre
Markville Shopping Centre
Masonville Place
Oakville Place
Oshawa Centre
Riocan Colossus Centre
Scarborough Town Centre
Sherway Gardens
Shops at Don Mills
Square One Shopping Centre
St. Laurent Shopping Centre
The Pen Centre
The Promenade Shopping Centre
Toronto Eaton Centre
Trinity Crossing
Vaughan Mills
Yorkdale Shopping Centre
Melanie Lyne is also available in:
Calgary - Dartmouth - Edmonton - Kelowna
Montreal - Quebec City - Saanich - Surrey
Vancouver - Victoria - Winnipeg
MLOct2ndADTheReporterF.indd 1
9/19/11 1:52:55 PM
Format: 10.875 X 15.375
Usager: cvilleneuve
Date: 11-09-24
Heure: 17:22:35
THE REPORTER | MAKING A SCENE
CELEBRITY STAND OUTS
REPORTER MARY KITCHEN HELD COURT ON
EVERY RED CARPET DURING THE FESTIVAL.
HERE ARE HER PICKS FOR BEST CELEB
MOMENTS.
Val Kilmer
COTY fragrance models
Handling the microphone as City TV’s entertainment
anchor for TIFF means little sleep, constant digging
around my purse for my security pass, blistered toes…
and the chance to interview the stars as they saunter
down the red carpet for Toronto’s Hollywood moment.
The films, the glamour and the adrenaline take hold,
but best of all, are the candid celebrity exchanges I’ll
talk about all year long.
FAVOURITE CANADIAN CONTENT CARPET:
TAKE THIS WALTZ
Canadian sweetheart Sarah Polley was glowing, and a
mellow Seth Rogen chatted happily away, but it was
Sarah Silverman’s comic relief that made my mascara
run. Although she’s not Canadian, she loved working
in Toronto with her Canadian crew and fell in love with
Fresh - a true celeb gem.
Melanie Griffith
& Antonio Banderas
Sarah Silverman
Sarah Silverman
Mira Sorvino
FAVOURITE PARTY CARPET:
IN STYLE MAGAZINE PARTY
Carpet model moments included Lily Cole dishing
on replacing her five-inch heels with Chanel flats and
Jessica Stam raving about her sequined Louboutins.
Kathy Griffith picked up where they left off chitchatting
about her YSL heels. It was a bright-eyed and bushytailed Katie Couric that stole the spotlight though.
She did her best to talk fashion, but admitted she was
better suited to the evening news. Her vivacious energy
and direct eye contact made her my festival hero.
Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill
FAVOURITE HOLLYWOOD LEGEND CARPET:
KILLER ELITE
This carpet included Jason Statham’s aviators (which
he never took off) and Clive Owen’s sex appeal, but
there was no denying that Robert De Niro owned the
show. Keeping his distance in a golf shirt and slip-on
Nikes, he listened to me intently (hoping I’d ask him a
question that interested him), smiled kindly, thanked
me and moved on.
CK Shock models
FAVOURITE CARPET ADAPTATION:
CORIOLANUS
While Gerard Butler wanted to talk it out, Ralph Fiennes
was in a pensive mood; his directorial debut apparently
weighing heavily on his mind. Then there was Jessica
Chastain. Thrilled to be doing Shakespeare with
Vanessa Redgrave, she may have been the most human
celebrity of the festival.
The Sheepdogs
FAVOURITE DOWNER CARPET:
MELANCHOLIA
Kiefer Sutherland was serious. Alexander Skarsgård
seemed more goofy and taller than I imagined – much
less cold-blooded vampire in person. He was shy
and spoke admiringly about his father, charming this
interviewer. Kirsten Dunst was brilliant in this film and
on the carpet. She laughed heartily and was extremely
open – a publicists’ nightmare. Our exchange upped my
Kirsten Dunst ante dramatically.
Justin Bartha
FAVOURITE ACCIDENTAL CARPET:
SONY CLASSICS PARTY
This party was in full swing when I mistakenly walked
down the carpet and through the doors with Melanie
Griffith and Antonio Banderas by my side. Melanie
looked tiny in her black ensemble and stuck close to her
hubby all night as they mingled in the VIP section with
Geoffrey Rush. These two seem to really like each other.
Arcade Fire
FAVOURITE CARPET FOR CHARITY:
THE RED CARPET FOR A CAUSE/ARTISTS FOR
PEACE AND JUSTICE
Paul Haggis and Gerard Butler lent their star power for
a good cause, but it was Tony the DJ from The Ellen
DeGeneres Show that is my official festival carpet crush.
Bewildered that I knew who he was, he could not have
been lovelier reciting his hit-list of films he planned to
see while in town for this year’s festival.
Even reporters have to look good on the red carpet. Joan Kelley
and Sandra Benjamin both wear Melanie Lyne
The Reporter | Best of the Fest | 9
9/23/11 2:49 PM
Format: 10.875 X 15.375
Usager: cvilleneuve
Date: 11-09-24
Heure: 17:22:35
Zaib Shaikh & Kirstine Stewart
Rob Lowe
Chloe Moretz
Mary Kitchen
Heather Graham
THE CARPET WAS MORE GREEN THAN RED AT SOME EVENTS DURING THIS YEAR’S FESTIVAL.
The Nissan LEAF - the no tailpipe, zero emissions vehicle - was the car of choice for some VIPs looking
to get to parties and events around the city’s core. The Nissan LEAF was also the automotive sponsor
at the Hazelton Takeover on Friday, September 9, and the Sony Classics 20th Anniversary party
at Spice Route that Sunday.
George Stroumboulopoulos’ Hazelton Takeover Party at ONE was definitely one of the best of the Fest. An array of Canada’s best news talents joined George until
4 am, with a long list of celebrities on hand, including Jon Hamm, Woody Harrelson, Kiefer Sutherland, Paul Haggis, Alison Brown, Rob Lowe, Gerard Butler,
Paul Giamatti, Jason Reitman, Chantal Kreviazuk, Morgan Spurlock, Johnny Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten), and Bono.
9/22/11 7:10 PM
Format: 10.875 X 15.375
Usager: cvilleneuve
Date: 11-09-24
Heure: 17:22:35
THE REPORTER | A STAR IS BORNE
Michael Seater, Analiegh Tipton
& Adam Brodie
George Stroumboulopoulos
Milla Jovovich
John “Rotten” Lydon and Woody Harrelson
Jessica Chastain &
Bryce Dallas Howard
John “Rotten” Lydon and Bono
Geoffrey Rush
Morgan Spurlock
George Stroumboulopoulos &
Chantal Kreviazuk
Kiefer Sutherland
World Car of the Year
The 100% electric, zero gas Nissan LEAF. ™
66 judges, 24 countries, 10 finalists, 1 winner
nissan.ca/LEAF
INNOVATION FOR THE PLANET.
INNOVATION FOR ALL.
Find out more at facebook.com/NissanLEAFCanada
N-SA2249-BAN-TSR
CYAN
MAGENTA
YELLOW
BLACK
JOB NO: NC4-BRA-SA2249
#: TORONTO
N-SA2249-BAN-TSR
Doss.:AD
14704
STAR FASHION SEPT
SIZE: 10.392" X 2.2917"
9/22/11 6:55 PM
Format: 10.875 X 15.375
Usager: cvilleneuve
Date: 11-09-24
Heure: 17:22:35
SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY is all
nude: layers of frothy nude
lace and pale pumps lend
Knightley a gothic elegance
in this Elie Saab frock.
ALEXANDER SKARSGÅRD
looks very much alive in
a fitted charcoal suit and
brown shirt (swoon).
ABBIE CORNISH looks like
a breath of fresh beaded air
in this shimmering ivory Elie
Saab gown.
EVAN RACHEL WOOD
gender-bends in the most
feminine way with a fitted
Dolce & Gabbana pinstripe
suit and Louboutin shoes.
RYAN GOSLING is the talk of
TIFF Tinseltown in a beige
Gucci suit and dotted shoes.
9/22/11 6:00 PM
Format: 10.875 X 15.375
Usager: cvilleneuve
Date: 11-09-24
Heure: 17:22:35
THE REPORTER | RED CARPET READY
SURE, THE MOVIES ARE IMPORTANT, BUT THE REAL SHOW AT
FESTIVAL IS ALL ABOUT THE FROCKS AND FASHIONS. THE REPORTER’S
LISA KISBER PICKS HER FAVOURITES FROM THIS YEAR’S TIFF.
ELIZABETH OLSEN steps
out as the latest Olsen
wunderkind, in an ageappropriate and sophisticated
floral Erdem dress.
EMILY BLUNT wears a black
Christian Cota jumpsuit and
channels Studio 54, for a
groovy glamorous look.
ANGELINA JOLIE is in a silk
Vivienne Westwood black
gown and a hand-cuff Louis
Vuitton clutch that totally
steals the show.
GERARD BUTLER highlights
his dreamy peepers in blue
on blue.
OLIVIA WILDE is an actual
goddess in a white Marchesa
dress (despite the postlabour day date).
13
9/22/11 5:50 PM
Format: 10.875 X 15.375
Usager: cvilleneuve
Date: 11-09-24
Heure: 17:22:35
THE REPORTER | CAMERA READY
Smashbox touchup station
at the Sony Classics party
Life is a set and you need to be prepared, believes
Smashbox founder David Factor
By Lisa Kisber
Davis Factor is cool.
That was my first impression when I sat down to chat with him about his life and his brand – Smashbox Cosmetics – at the
Hazelton Hotel during TIFF.
It makes sense that Davis would be cool. He’s the great-grandson of Max Factor (cosmetics empires are in his blood),
the founder and creative director of Smashbox Cosmetics worldwide, and a top photographer.
In fact, the cosmetics line sprouted from his photography career, when he recognized a need for camera-ready makeup…
especially in the face of advancing digital camera technology. “I saw an opportunity to create makeup that would work really well
in a [modern] photo shoot,” he recalls.
Smashbox Cosmetics was bought by Estée
Lauder over a year ago, offering Davis and his
team a chance to take a step back, refocus and
return to their studio roots.
With Smashbox’s campaign for the Girls
on Film Fall Colour Collection, Davis
photographed international ‘it’ girls Amber Le
Bon, Atlanta de Cadenet and Laura Love. The
ultra-talented Terry Richardson documented the
process, giving the brand experience a behindthe-scenes vibe.
According to Davis, the power of the
campaign is less about celebrity, and more about
confidence and energy. “It doesn’t even matter
who they are, it’s that they are just girls who
love to wear makeup,” he observes. “The energy
is so important... Smashbox Studios is a really
energetic place.”
Smashbox takes the approach that life is a set,
and all women need to be camera-ready because
they could be snapped and tagged on Facebook
and other social networking sites at any time.
The Smashbox website itself is fully geared up
for social media and has encouraged tons of usercreated content. Ahead of the curve, QR codes on
Smashbox products can be scanned to send the
user to a makeup tutorial by in-house Pro Lead
Artist, Lori Taylor.
Factor clearly adores being behind the
camera, but it’s his understanding of beauty and
his ability to capture spontaneous moments that
have made him a makeup innovator.
“I am a photographer first, and I am the
creative director worldwide for the brand,” he
says. “Those two things are what I use – that’s my
ammo – for the makeup.“
Ryan Gosling & George Clooney
• Halo Highlighting Wand, a
revolutionary precision highlighter
• Halo Hydrating Powder, a superfine powder, ground fresh for
every use
• 14 new Photo Op Eye-Shadow
Trios, with simpler-to-open pop
tops (all eye-shadows include a
color-by-numbers guide on the
bottom of each package)
• Smokebox and Softbox, two eyeshadow boxes with six colours
each, for a fool-proof smoky eye
and daytime look
• Studio Skin 15 Hour Wear
Hydrating Foundation, complete
with SPF 10
• The belle of the Smashbox
ball: Photo Finish Hydrating
Foundation Primer, in a
squeezable plastic tube, fantastic
on the skin and compact enough
to pop in a purse
Lisa Kisber is a fashion writer/blogger, stylist
and social media consultant.
SETTING THE STAGE
Cee Lo Green performs
MY TOP SMASHBOX
PICKS
Reporter writer Lisa Kisber goes
behind the scenes with Alliance
Films’ Carmite Cohen to find out
what it takes to put on a successful
Festival event.
How do you survive the crazy, star-studded marathon that is
TIFF? According to Carmite Cohen, Vice-President, Publicity and
Promotions at Alliance Films, it all comes down to a sense of humour…
and sensible shoes.
Cohen’s extreme involvement in TIFF means the dividing-andconquering starts ages in advance – “There is so much planning that
goes into it months ahead of time.” Once her team found out what
films were in the festival, they had the tricky task of scheduling 21 films
in five days.
Cohen and her team shared a collegial atmosphere and worked
tirelessly from their media lounge, sponsored by AOL and Ben
Sherman. The gang’s passion for film powered them through around-
the-clock responsibilities. The trick of this trade was not taking it all too
seriously and enjoying the process.
“We were so tired everything just made us laugh,” she confesses.
For a girl on-the-go at TIFF, Cohen recommends comfy shoes and
classic black clothes. Her festival wardrobe consisted of black dresses, a
few clutches and, despite her own advice, heels.
Cohen planned everything from schedules to dinners, special
requests for talent (last year: a mask and a tricycle… really) and, of
course, the Annual Alliance Film Festival Party, highlighting the starstudded film Ides of March.
“It’s almost like a wedding,” she says of the massively successful event.
The whole evening was next-level with A-list talent like George
Clooney and Ryan Gosling in attendance and a performance by Cee
Lo Green. Behind the scenes, her team was busy attending to countless
details to create a seamless experience for over 1,000 guests.
Late in the evening, Cohen just decided to enjoy her own event: “You
just let it go at one point.”
Thankfully with no downtime, she received the star beauty treatment
before the party and an outfit selected by stylist Wendy Natale.
With the festival over, Cohen says, “It’s worth it, because now the
films that you feel so strongly about are going to get the recognition and
coverage that they deserve.”
And she’ll do it all again next year.
Hopefully, in ballet flats. And, no doubt, with a smile.
9/22/11 6:06 PM
Format: 10.875 X 15.375
Usager: cvilleneuve
Date: 11-09-24
Heure: 17:22:35
HugoBoss.indd 1
21/09/11 2:44 PM
Format: 10.875 X 15.375
Usager: cvilleneuve
Date: 11-09-24
Heure: 17:22:35
THE REPORTER | GIVING BACK
With so much of the entertainment world’s attention focused
squarely on Toronto, TIFF offers the perfect backdrop for
charities looking for a helping hand. The Festival - itself one
of the largest not-for-profits in Canada - was also the backdrop
to four causes in particular as they rolled out the red carpet
and put their star power to good use.
By Brendan Christie
Eddie Vedder & Régine Chassagne
PAUL HAGGIS’ ARTISTS FOR PEACE AND
JUSTICE MAKE A HUGE SPLASH AT THE
FESTIVAL
The Artists for Peace and Justice used TIFF11 to good effect, raising over
$600,000 for critical initiatives in Haiti.
Founded by Academy Award-winning writer/director Paul Haggis in
2009, APJ addresses issues of poverty and social justice around the world,
with a primary focus on providing long-term aid for the poorest in Haiti.
Through its fundraising and awareness efforts, APJ has helped
provide education, hot meals, clean drinking water and regular medical
treatments for children in the country. APJ recently also realized a critical
landmark in the rebuilding process – opening the first free secondary
school in Haiti.
While at TIFF, the organization hosted several events, including
TORO After Dark Benefiting Artists for Peace and Justice. Held at AME,
attendees rubbed shoulders with the likes of Gerard Butler, Paul Haggis,
Jason Reitman and Toronto’s own George Stroumboulopoulos.
If soirees weren’t your thing, the charity also hosted the APJ Academy
Brunch at a private home in the Annex. Guests such as Jon Hamm,
Jennifer Westfeldt and Paul Haggis enjoyed intimate performances by
Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, Régine Chassagne from Arcade Fire and DJ
Tony Okungbowa, resident DJ on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.
“We are absolutely thrilled about our Artists for Peace and Justice
events that we hosted at the Film Festival this year,” said Natasha
Ciara Hunt Co-Chair
& Richard Hunt
Kim Cattrall, Kenneth Cole,
Kathy Griffin & Cheyenne Jackson
STARS OFFER ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT AT
THE FESTIVAL’S CINEMA AGAINST AIDS
EVENT
$800,000 for amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research and Dignitas
International.
More than 500 showed up for the event, which was sponsored by
COTY, and hosted by Emmy-winning comedian and performer Kathy
Griffin.The night included cocktails, dinner, a luxury live auction and
performances by Cheyenne Jackson and nine-time Grammy-winning
musician John Legend.
During the auction, Cattrall presented a package titled ‘A Day of
Diamonds and a Night of Theater’, which included tickets to her play
Private Lives, a backstage meet-and-greet and a $10,000 private shopping
spree at Tiffany & Co. But then Cattrall upped the ante, agreeing to have
dinner with the winning bidder, and the lot went for $16,000.
Immediately afterwards, a second group pledged $30,000 if Cattrall
would do a private meeting after her play, and she gracefully obliged.
For her part, Griffin offered up a night that included a weekend stay in
the Fairmont Royal York, dinner for two at the Thompson Hotel’s Scarpetta,
tickets to her upcoming show in Toronto and a post-show meet-and-greet.
The package sold – twice, in fact – for $20,000 each, when Griffin agreed
to sweeten the deal by attending the dinner with the winning bidders.
But the night was also serious business, with amfAR Chairman Kenneth
Cole speaking about extraordinary recent advances in AIDS research,
and Dignitas International Chair Dr. Michael Schull highlighting the
importance of increasing access to HIV/AIDS treatment in developing
countries. Tribute was also paid to amfAR’s late Founding International
Chair, Dame Elizabeth Taylor.
amfAR and Dignitas International share all proceeds from the event,
supporting crucial AIDS research initiatives and efforts to improve the
quality of life for those affected by HIV/AIDS. Over the years, amfAR has
awarded 52 grants to HIV/AIDS organizations in Canada, totaling more
than $2.6 million, making Canada the third-highest recipient of amfAR
funding after the US and Australia.
Toronto-based Dignitas International has been working in Africa to
increase access to life-saving HIV/AIDS-related prevention and treatment
since 2004.
It got personal at the Cinema Against Aids black-tie gala, with event chair
Kim Cattrall promising one-on-one time with some auction bidders, and
host Kathy Griffin offering to break bread with others.
But it was that kind of enthusiasm for the cause that helped raise
WEB WWW.AMFAR.ORG
TWITTER @AMFAR
WEB WWW.DIGNITASINTERNATIONAL.ORG
TWITTER @LIVINGRESULTSVT
Paul Haggis, George Stroumboulopoulos,
& Gerard Butler
FINDING PEACE
Gerard Butler
Paul Haggis, Jennifer
Westfeldt, & Jon Hamm
Koifman, President of NKPR and Chair of Artists for Peace and Justice
Canada. “Collectively through our APJ initiatives – TORO After Dark,
the APJ Academy Lunch and the IT Lounge – we raised over $600,000.
“APJ is committed to Haiti for the long term, and it is because of the
ongoing support from our sponsors, event co-hosts, celebrity supporters
and event attendees that we are able to continue our efforts there.”
With the promise that 100% of funds raised will reach Haiti, the
events attracted sponsors such as Martha Rogers, the Rogers Foundation,
Vhernier and individual attendees who committed $159,500 during a
live auction. The highest-priced auction items? A number of tickets to
Hollywood awards, which raised $60,000 collectively.
WEB WWW.APJNOW.ORG
TWITTER @ARTISTSFORPEACE
GETTING PERSONAL
9/23/11 10:44 AM
Format: 10.875 X 15.375
Usager: cvilleneuve
Date: 11-09-24
Heure: 17:22:35
Format: 10.8752 X 15.3751
Usager: cvilleneuve
Date: 11-09-24
Heure: 17:22:35
THE REPORTER | GIVING BACK
DJ Tony Okungbowa
Elisah Cuthbert & Toronto Maple
Leafs’ Captain Dion Phaneuf
Chloe Moretz
CALVIN KLEIN & IFP CELEBRATE
INDEPENDENT WOMEN
THIS FESTIVAL, EUPHORIA CALVIN KLEIN AND
THE INDEPENDENT FILMMAKER PROJECT
HELD AN EVENT TO CELEBRATE WOMEN IN
INDEPENDENT FILM.
Elisha Cuthbert
Honorees at the event included actress Selma Blair (TIFF special presentation
premiere Dark Horse), We Need To Talk About Kevin director Lynne Ramsay,
Pariah director Dee Rees, Your Sister’s Sister director Lynn Shelton, Hysteria
director Tanya Wexler and Habibi director Susan Youssef.
The exclusive cocktail was held at The Thompson Hotel and was hosted by IFP
Executive Director Joana Vicente, herself wardrobed in Calvin Klein Collection.
Other guests of note included George Clooney, Stacy Keibler, Elisha Cuthbert,
Toronto Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf, Chloe Moretz, indie rock band Arcade
Fire, director and screenwriter Paul Haggis, Arielle Kebbel and singer Fefe Dobson.
Selma Blair
FULL HOUSE
STARS COME OUT TO PARTY,
PLAY CARDS AND MAKE A
DIFFERENCE AT ONEXONE
FESTIVAL EVENTS
WEB WWW.ONEXONE.ORG
TWITTER @ONEXONE
Lupe Fiasco performs
Melanie Fiona performs
Joey Adler, ONEXONE founder
Chef David Rocco
Beth Shak
(pro poker player)
Kardinal Offishall
Pittsburgh Penguins’
Kris Letang & Joey
Adler
ONEXONE PHOTOS / NICOLE GRANT
More than 1,500 party-goers attended
ONEXONE’s event at Kool Haus on the
first weekend of Festival. The concert
featured Lupe Fiasco and performances
by Kardinal Offishall and Melanie Fiona.
ONEXONE is a non-profit
organization set up in 2005 to
improve the lives of children in North
America, Haiti and around the world,
with programs dedicated to five
fundamental pillars: water, health,
education, play and food.
The night before the concert, more
than 350 people came out to the Four
Seasons for the annual ONEXONE gala,
which featured an intimate performance
by Grammy winner Harry Connick
Jr., followed by the Hold’em for Life
Celebrity Charity Challenge – a poker
party that brought Vegas to Toronto for
a good cause.
“These events are celebrations of
the work we are doing every day
through ONEXONE,” said Joey Adler,
the non-profit’s Founder and Chair. “By
combining passion with action, we can
work together to improve the lives of
vulnerable children around the globe,
one by one.”
Last year, ONEXONE raised over $13
million in donations and supplies, 95%
of which were distributed directly to
programs and projects that give children
access to the five fundamental pillars.
9/22/11 6:14 PM
Format: 10.875 X 15.375
Usager: cvilleneuve
Date: 11-09-24
Heure: 17:22:35
SHOPPERS DRUG MART, SEPHORA, MURALE.
Format: 10.875 X 15.375
Usager: cvilleneuve
Date: 11-09-24
Heure: 17:22:36
© 2011 Calvin Klein Cosmetic Corporation ckone™
new fragrances for her and him
Format: 10.875 X 15.375
9/14/11
Usager: cvilleneuve
Version: 1
Date: 11-09-24
Heure: 17:22:36

Your Special Bulletin on the Festival

Transcription

Similar documents

press kit - B-Hen

Naqsh Short Films

Pop Up Movie Night press release FINAL

Printable pdf - Oakton Community College

ABB Kimmswick Map small

here - Lawctopus

TriBeCa Film Festval 2016 Roundup

Polish Film Festival Flyer 8_5x5_5

Inti Raymi Incan Festival of the Sun

PROJECT INFORMATION Original title “Nemuri Yusurika” Directed