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What to Watch at TIFF 2013: day seven

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The Toronto International Film Festival has descended upon the city, and with hundreds of choices, picking the right film to see can be overwhelming. We’ll be bringing you recommendations every day, from major Hollywood features to compelling docs — the best from around the world. These are films that deserve to be seen, either during the festival or after.

Top picks from Toronto’s new theatre season

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Toronto theatre-goers have a lot to look forward to this fall. From Mirvish mega-musicals to silly scenes from The Second City, we’ve got a busy theatre season ahead of us. Here are our top picks.

Eating Gross Things: garbage from the streets of Toronto

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The life of a gross food columnist is not always peachy. Every time I think I’ve found something gross, it ends up being delicious. The sense of failure, really, is unbearable. Well, this week I got serious. I literally (as in actually) ate Toronto garbage. Garbage, for God’s sake. And the stupidest part about it is that I enjoyed it. I feasted on it. Relished it.

What to Watch at TIFF 2013: day six

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The Toronto International Film Festival has descended upon the city, and with hundreds of choices, picking the right film to see can be overwhelming. We’ll be bringing you recommendations every day, from major Hollywood features to compelling docs — the best from around the world. These are films that deserve to be seen, either during the festival or after.

Wanted: this made-in-Toronto leather varsity jacket

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The benefits of buying locally produced garments are not to be underestimated. Sure, you probably won’t find a polyester dress for $20, but by paying a little more, you get the satisfaction of knowing that the things you adorn your body with are strengthening our local economy, won’t cause further environmental damage through the extensive use of transport energy and aren’t contributing to the proliferation of sweatshops.

What to Watch at TIFF 2013: day five

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The Toronto International Film Festival has descended upon the city, and with hundreds of choices, picking the right film to see can be overwhelming. We’ll be bringing you recommendations every day, from major Hollywood features to compelling docs — the best from around the world. These are films that deserve to be seen, either during the festival or after.

What to Watch at TIFF 2013: day four

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The Toronto International Film Festival has descended upon the city, and with hundreds of choices, picking the right film to see can be overwhelming. We’ll be bringing you recommendations every day, from major Hollywood features to compelling docs — the best from around the world. These are films that deserve to be seen, either during the festival or after.

What to Watch at TIFF 2013: day three

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The Toronto International Film Festival has descended upon the city, and with hundreds of choices, picking the right film to see can be overwhelming. We’ll be bringing you recommendations every day, from major Hollywood features to compelling docs — the best from around the world. These are films that deserve to be seen, either during the festival or after.

Q&A with Toronto filmmaker Don McKellar

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Toronto filmmaker Don McKellar is one of the faces everyone expects to see at the Toronto International Film Festival. Before appearing in his first TIFF film — Bruce McDonald’s Roadkill — he worked at the festival. But he hasn’t had a film at the festival since Blindness in 2008. But he’s back.

What to Watch at TIFF 2013: day two

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The Toronto International Film Festival has descended upon the city, and with hundreds of choices, picking the right film to see can be overwhelming. We’ll be bringing you recommendations every day, from major Hollywood features to compelling docs — the best from around the world. These are films that deserve to be seen, either during the festival or after.