Hard to believe it was already the mid point of the festival, day three was the final visit to the Innis Town Hall before moving to the Royal for the weekend festivities. Greeted by a large furry lion head I knew I […]
Sweet Twilight Highlights
Day two of the festival let me sample the sensation of a little opening night nerves, although on a smaller scale. My heart fluttered a little faster as I hosted Reel Asian’s Industry series panel on Social Media Strategy for Film […]
Review: BananaTimes on The Journals of Musan
BananaTimes strikes again! Makes you wonder where they get the time to watch and review all these selections…Check out their review of The Journals of Musan. This film is screening on Saturday, November 12, 12:00 PM at The Royal. Watch […]
Heart Heat Happenings – Lover’s Discourse
The Isabel Bader could have quite possibly hovered, if not lifted a little off the ground with the high spirits of the crowd, special guests and some helium filled birthday balloons as opening night finally took flight. A few extra peddles down […]
Review: Fortune Teller
By Barnett Chow, 2011 Reel Asian Marketing Committee FORTUNE TELLER Director Xu Tong | China 2010 | Mandarin w/English subtitles | Toronto Premiere While the news publishes stories of the incredible pace of modernization in China, Fortune Teller is a stark […]
Staff Picks: what we like…and YOU should too!
With less than one week away from the fest, we know you all have so many decisions to make about next week’s annual Reel Asian…what to wear, what to see, who to meet…so we thought we would make it easier […]
Review: BananaTimes on Surrogate Valentine
BananaTimes reviews Surrogate Valentine and tells us why it sucks to be in “The Friend Zone”. Surrogate Valentine is screening at Reel Asian on Sunday, November 13, 3:00 PM at The Royal. Philbert Lui is a 2011 Reel Asian Marketing […]
Review: Docs at Reel Asian
By Grace Wang, 2011 Reel Asian Features Programming Committee SUMMER PASTURE Directors Lynn True, Nelson Walker | Tibet/USA 2010 | Tibetan w/English subtitles | Canadian Premiere | TRAILER For four thousand years, the nomads of the Kham region of eastern […]
Barnett’s Picks
Barnett Chow is a member of this year’s 2011 Reel Asian Marketing Committee…he also happens to write a mean haiku. Here are his picks for this year’s festival: Surrogate Valentine (Director Dave Boyle, USA 2011) Low-key charm from lead actor […]
Review: BananaTimes on Bleak Night
Check out TheBananaTimes’ review of one of this year’s Korean selection, Bleak Night here. The Toronto premiere of Bleak Night will be screening at Reel Asian on Saturday, November 12, 2:45 PM at The Royal and again in Richmond Hill […]