Friday we saw four movies and all of them were quite good, plus we ate delicious upscale Chinese at another Chef Zach recommendation, Sunny’s Chinese. The first movie of the day was The Christophers, directed by Stephen Soderburgh, about an aging artist Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) whose messy life seemed to me to be similar … [Read more…]
On Wednesday we had a leisurely morning. Coffee at the Balzac’s at the public library and then breakfast at the AirBNB, then went to see Ballad of a Small Player with Colin Farrell as a gambler with Tilda Swinton as a dowdy collection agency employee chasing him. Which was quite enjoyable, but a bit confusing. … [Read more…]
TIFF (Toronto International Film Fest) is celebrating its 50th this year, and we are here for the 7th time. We got in in the later afternoon Friday, taking the train from the airport which was super easy, then transferring to the subway with our suitcases, which was less easy, because of all the stairs. The … [Read more…]