VIFF Preview: 10 Films To See
Tim Basaraba – My IFF trifecta (SIFF, TIFF, and VIFF) is almost complete, and I couldn’t be more grateful that the last jewel in my IFF crown is the beautiful city of Vancouver, British Columbia,
Tim Basaraba – My IFF trifecta (SIFF, TIFF, and VIFF) is almost complete, and I couldn’t be more grateful that the last jewel in my IFF crown is the beautiful city of Vancouver, British Columbia,
Tim Basaraba – Timo Tjahjanto’s latest blood fest, The Shadow Strays, is one of those rare film festival entries that’ll soon be available for home viewing. It premieres on Netflix on October 17, less than a month after its TIFF debut.
Tim Basaraba – Stephen King’s novellas have often led to some great films, arguably more so than his full-length novels. Stand By Me (1986), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), and The Green Mile (1999) were all based on King’s novellas.
Tim Basaraba – I feel sorry for kids these days. If they want to watch fantastical coming-of-age live-action stories, they usually have to commit to an entire series like Stranger Things on Netflix or a franchise like Harry Potter. Stand-alone original films, which were common in my youth, are now rare.
Tim Basaraba – Paul Walter Hauser has made a career out of playing painfully unaware losers. In Samir Oliveros’s first English-language film, he portrays a painfully unaware winner, walking away with $110,237 (equivalent to one-third of a million in today’s economy).