Peter Strauss

It’s that time of year again.. TIFF time. That means I obsessively comb through the selection and pick best bets about what to see. I update and re-arrange as new info becomes available. I’ll also add showtimes. Hope this helps you. Oh, 1. No Galas will be added 2. Suggest anything I might have missed This is: Update 1 (15 movies added) Update 2 (3 movies removed; Midnight Madness, Vanguard, Docs, and Masters added) Update 3 (3 new Canadian movies added; several movies with near release dates removed) Update 4…read more

As my sixth year at TIFF, I decided to try something a little different. Rather than trying my hand at the toughest tickets, I would experiment with the smaller stuff. I wanted to see what kind of output was coming from Canadian short directors who range from students to veterans. I’ve been to many short festivals and screenings for Canadian stuff, but TIFF is probably the place to get the cream of the crop, one could only assume.