First movie was a wonderful film called Lovely, Still. A sweet, surprising romance between senior citizens played by the amazing Martin Landau and Ellen Burstyn.
Robert Malone (Martin Landau) is a lonely old man. He lives by himself in a house that he has occupied for 48 years, a house with minimal furniture and no pictures on the walls. The only gift under his Christmas tree is one he wrapped himself, addressed to himself. Across the street, a widow named Mary (Ellen Burstyn) and her daughter Alex (Elizabeth Banks) have just moved in. Mary, seemingly smitten upon first laying eyes on the old man, invites Robert to dinner. Soon the two are dating, with Mary taking charge and Robert awestruck by her attention. He cannot believe that love has finally found him, so late in life. For the first time, he will have someone to spend Christmas with.That alone would have been enough as the two actors are delightful to watch, but there is more to the film then that, a twist that I won't even hint at as I don't want to give anything away. Not much else to add except to say that we loved the film, it's well crafted and extremely well acted and I really hope it gets a distributor and a release as it deserves to be seen by a wide audience.
Next film was the Spanish Sexykiller and it couldn't have been more different then Lovely, Still. The movie is about, well, a sexy killer. It's a funny, action-packed, gory horror-comedy and it's a blast to watch!
Barbara is a medical student in an exclusive Spanish university. She is young, beautiful and attractive, surrounded by the best and brightest that her country has to offer. Barbara adores fashion, compulsively consumes Cosmo, and is a man-eater par excellence. She is, in essence, the culmination of the American dream: beautiful, sexy and with nowhere to go but up. But Barbara also has a dark side. When not in classes or out shopping she is a brutally violent serial killer carving her way through the university population, students and faculty alike. The police are at a loss. Assuming that the killer must be a man they have no chance of ever catching Barbara, no chance at all until a pair of students in school on research grants develop a brain wave analyzer with the ability to project the last images to be imprinted upon the brain ...It was lots of fun and we, along with audience, greatly enjoyed ourselves. Lots of laughs, clapping and cheering. This one should do very well with the Cult film crowd.
We had a third film but we decided to pass and head home. It was an awesome week but we were glad it was over. Until next year!
A few more photos coming up and then that's it for TIFF.
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