TIFF 2015: My Schedule
***Subject to change***
Thursday, September 10: 7:00pm:
In Conversation With…Matthew Weiner:
TIFF: We are thrilled to welcome Matt Weiner — the Emmy-winning creator and show-runner of Mad Men and writer and producer on The Sopranos — for this onstage conversation about the art of serial storytelling and his career on both the small and big screens.
Friday, September 11: 12:00pm:
Demolition:
TIFF: Grief-stricken after a family tragedy, a New York investment banker (Jake Gyllenhaal) engages in random acts of destruction, in the highly anticipated new film by Jean-Marc Vallée (Dallas Buyers Club, Wild).
Friday, September 11: 3:00pm:
The Lobster:
TIFF: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz and John C. Reilly star in the deliciously bizarre new film from Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth, ALPS), about a curious hotel where the residents are charged with finding a new mate within 45 days — under penalty of being transformed into animals should they fail.
Friday, September 11: 6:00pm:
I Saw the Light:
TIFF: Tom Hiddleston and Elizabeth Olsen star in this biopic of country-music legend Hank Williams.
Saturday, September 12: 6:15pm:
The Danish Girl:
TIFF: Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) stars as Lili Elbe, the 1920s Danish artist who was one of the first recipients of sexual reassignment surgery, in this biopic directed by Oscar winner Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech).
Sunday, September 13: 3:45pm:
Equals:
TIFF: Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult star in the ambitious new film from director Drake Doremus (Like Crazy), about a utopian future society where crime and violence have been eradicated through the genetic elimination of human emotion, and where those afflicted with the emotional “disease” are forced to go on the run.
Sunday, September 13: 9:30pm:
High-Rise
TIFF: Tom Hiddleston and Jeremy Irons star in the new film by cult British director Ben Wheatley (Kill List, A Field in England), an ambitious adaptation of the J.G. Ballard novel about a London apartment tower that becomes a battlefield in a literal class war.
Monday, September 14: 12:00pm:
Beasts of No Nation:
TIFF: Directed by Cary Fukunaga (True Detective), after his parents are killed, a young African boy is forced to become a child soldier in a rebel army led by a brutal commandant (Idris Elba, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom), in this adaptation of the acclaimed book by Nigerian-American author Uzodinma Iweala.
Monday, September 14: 6:00pm:
Spotlight:
TIFF: Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams and Michael Keaton star in this true story about a team of Boston Globe reporters who uncovered a massive scandal of child abuse and cover-ups within the local Catholic Church.
Tuesday, September 15: 2:45pm:
Black Mass:
TIFF: Johnny Depp stars as notorious Irish-American gangster Whitey Bulger, who spent thirty years as an FBI informant while rising to the top of the Boston underworld, in this adaptation of the book by Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill.
Tuesday, September 15: 6:00pm:
Room:
TIFF: Escaping from the captivity in which they have been held for half a decade, a young woman and her five-year-old son struggle to adjust to the strange, terrifying and wondrous world outside their one-room prison.
Wednesday, September 16: 11:00am:
Anomalisa:
TIFF: Charlie Kaufman, the celebrated screenwriter of Being John Malkovich and Adaptation and director ofSynecdoche, New York, and Duke Johnson venture into the world of stop-motion animation with this fable about a motivational speaker seeking to transcend his monotonous existence.
Thursday, September 17: 3:00pm:
The Martian:
TIFF: Stranded on Mars, a NASA astronaut (Matt Damon) struggles to survive on the arid planet while his ground crew races to mount a rescue mission, in this interplanetary epic from director Ridley Scott.
Friday, September 18: 6:15pm:
The Witch:
TIFF: The astonishing feature debut by director Robert Eggers evokes Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining in its tale of a family of settlers in 17th-century New England who encounter mysterious, possibly supernatural forces when they are exiled from their village and forced to live on the outskirts of an ominous forest.
Saturday, September 19: 4:30pm:
The Program:
TIFF: Stephen Frears (The Queen, Philomena) directs Ben Foster in this thriller about disgraced cycling champion Lance Armstrong’s doping scandal and downfall.
Saturday, September 19: 9:15pm:
Legend
TIFF: Tom Hardy gives a bravura double performance as Reggie and Ronnie Kray, the identical twin brothers who became the rulers of the London underworld at the height of the swinging ’60s.
Posted on September 4, 2015, in TIFF and tagged TIFF 2015. Bookmark the permalink. 13 Comments.
Great to see you Joseph! I’m also super envious of all these great films you’re about to see. I’m most geared up for ‘Black Mass,’ ‘The Witch’ and to see Eddie Redmayne transform himself for ‘The Danish Girl.’
Hey Tom! It’s been a long time. I’m really looking forward to the festivities, can’t wait to report back on the quality of my line-up🙂.
Very jealous man. Star-studded line-up you have here. Have heard good buzz about Spotless (especially Keaton) and The Witch which I’m really excited for.
Beasts of No Nation doesn’t particularly interest me. But I’m intrigued, and hopeful, about how Netflix’s entry into this kind of major film territory will play out.
You going to be posting much from the fest?
Haha, don’t be jealous🙂. Really looking forward to The Witch as well, but if I’m to be honest, I’m pretty damn scared too. I’ll definitely do my best to post on every film I see. I’m hoping to end The Cinema Monster’s hiatus!
Hey mate; great post. That is a fantastic list of movies for sure; I can’t wait for High Rise. Wheatley is such a talent.
Totally agree, Wheatley is, without question, one of the most talented directors out there. Sadly, he’s also one of the most underrated.
I still have six more films to pick tomorrow, but I know for sure we will be at the same screening of The Witch.
Also, you should stop by the pub night that after your screening of Spotlight. A lot of film bloggers, writers, critics, cinephile will be there talking TIFF movies and having a few drinks.
Really looking forward to The Witch! Sounds good, send me the details and I’ll see what I can do!
Hey, you’re back! Superb selections there, Joe! I hate you a little bit. Really want to check out most of these. Have fun!
Hey Fernando! Yes I am back. Haha, thanks a bunch, I’ll report back with my thoughts on the selections🙂.
Looking forward to that!
Hey Joe, great to see you blogging – Cool list – I have a few of these on my must see list also🙂
Thank you! It was a great festival, really pleased with my selections.