TIFF12 schedule, first draft

With the help of tiffr.com--an invaluable site--I’ve scraped together a tentative schedule for the Toronto International Film Festival 2012. The hours of work that went into planning it are likely to be destroyed once it’s time for me to redeem my package tickets and find that half of my preferred choices are off-sale, but it’s a starting point. I’m publishing the schedule here because I thought it might be of interest, especially to fellow TIFF-attending friends, and to help me keep everything straight.

I’m sorely tempted to see Paul Thomas Anderson’s THE MASTER, but with it scheduled to open in Columbus on September 21, it’s hard for me to justify doing so, even if it will be projected in 70mm. Among those films of interest screening after I will have departed are Marco Bellocchio’s DORMANT BEAUTY, Hong Sang-soo’s IN ANOTHER COUNTRY, LEVIATHAN, MOTORWAY, and ROOM 237. While they aren’t currently on my schedule, I may--so help me--check out the new films from Harmony Korine and Rob Zombie.

Even if each ticket redemption were to fall in my favor, which it surely won’t, I’m likely to tweak this schedule, be it due to not being committed to all of these or hearing festival buzz. For now, these are the tickets I’ll be pursuing.

Thursday, September 6

*6:15-8:05 p.m. TABU (Miguel Gomes, 2012) (Portugal/Germany/Brazil/France) TIFF Bell Lightbox 1

*9:15-11:30 p.m. DIAL M FOR MURDER (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954) (USA) TIFF Bell Lightbox 4

Friday, September 7

*12:00-2:00 p.m. RUST & BONE (DE ROUILLE ET D’OS) (Jacques Audiard, 2012) (France/Belgium) Ryerson Theatre

*3:00-4:35 p.m. THE GATEKEEPERS (Dror Moreh, 2012) (Israel/France/Germany/Belgium) Bloor Hot Docs Cinema

*5:30-7:29 p.m. KON-TIKI (Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, 2012) (Norway/Denmark/United Kingdom) Winter Garden Theatre

*9:30-10:56 p.m. FRANCES HA (Noah Baumbach, 2012) (USA) Ryerson Theatre

Saturday, September 8

*7:30-9:40 a.m. ANNA KARENINA (Joe Wright, 2012) (United Kingdom) press screening

*11:00 a.m.-1:20 p.m. THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (Derek Cianfrance, 2012) (USA) Ryerson Theatre

*3:15-4:55 p.m. JACKIE (Antoinette Beumer, 2012) (The Netherlands) Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 7

*6:00-8:07 p.m. AMOUR (Michael Haneke, 2012) (Austria/France/Germany) VISA Screening Room (Elgin Theatre)

*9:00-11:02 p.m. SOMETHING IN THE AIR (APRÈS MAI) (Olivier Assayas, 2012) (France) VISA Screening Room (Elgin Theatre)

11:59 p.m.-1:25 a.m. NO ONE LIVES (Ryûhei Kitamura, 2012) (USA) Ryerson Theatre

Sunday, September 9

*9:00-10:49 a.m. LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE (Abbas Kiarostami, 2012) (Japan/France) Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 7

*12:30-2:17 p.m. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Joss Whedon, 2012) (USA) Isabel Bader Theatre

*3:30-5:43 p.m. THE LAND OF HOPE (KIBÔ NO KUNI) (Sion Sono, 2012) (Japan) Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 3

*6:45-8:25 p.m. THE BRASS TEAPOT (Ramaa Mosley, 2012) (USA) Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 5

*9:00-10:58 p.m. BYZANTIUM (Neil Jordan, 2012) (United Kingdom/Ireland) Ryerson Theatre

Monday, September 10

*11:00 a.m.-12:50 p.m. THANKS FOR SHARING (Stuart Blumberg, 2012) (USA) VISA Screening Room (Elgin Theatre)

*3:00-4:36 p.m. WRITERS (Josh Boone, 2012) (USA) Ryerson Theatre

*7:00-8:52 p.m. TO THE WONDER (Terrence Malick, 2012) (USA) Princess of Wales

*10:00-11:43 p.m. THE ICEMAN (Ariel Vromen, USA) Princess of Wales

Tuesday, September 11

*1:00-2:40 p.m. TAI CHI 0 (Stephen Fung, 2012) (China) TIFF Bell Lightbox 1

*3:30-5:53 p.m. FOXFIRE: CONFESSIONS OF A GIRL GANG (FOXFIRE, CONFESSIONS D’UN GANG DE FILLES) (Laurent Cantet, 2012) (France/Canada) Cineplex Yonge & Dundas 7

*8:00-9:38 p.m. PASSION (Brian De Palma, 2012) (France/Germany) Winter Garden Theatre