Toronto Stories

as in good short story writing -....Shame that Toronto Stories , in its home city, is only playing on a single screen.....is anchored nicely by the solidly understated performance by K.C. Collins as an ex-con trying to go straight....The camera loves both young actors, especially in the ghostly moonlight..... ... Full Review

Still, Toronto Stories is a movie to be graded on a curve, and it only hints at what these four filmmakers are capable of. Weaver brings the movie home, spotty results and all, with Lost Boys, in which Gil Bellows (Ally McBeal) delivers Toronto Stories best performance, as a homeless man who seeks redemption by saving children from a predator. ... Full Review

the film passionately embraces the city, which may be true....Offensive or not, this latter discovery probably would have been far more interesting than the series of four short films within this little anthology..... ... Full Review

Toronto Stories is neither romantic, exciting, nor funny;.... ... Full Review

the film passionately embraces the city, which may be true....Offensive or not, this latter discovery probably would have been far more interesting than the series of four short films within this little anthology..... ... Full Review

May 1, 9:15pm, Bloor; May 9, 4:15pm, Isabel Bader Theatre. Visually sumptuous and audacious in every regard, John Greyson's celebration of the struggles and achievements of two AIDS activists in Toronto and South Africa takes the form of an alternately... ... Full Article

Jennifer Baichwal and Nick de Pencier lead the hometown squad at Hot Docs. The list of other Toronto filmmakers includes Alan Zweig ( A Hard Name ), Larry Weinstein ( Inside Hana's Suitcase ) and Sarah Goodman ( When We... ... Full Article

Written and directed by Aaron Woodley, Sook-Yin Lee, Sudz Sutherland and David Weaver. Original music by E.C. Woodley. 86 minutes. At the Royal. PG One of the tough things about Toronto Stories from the perspective of a local guy and... ... Full Article

Over the years, Toronto has been a favourite Hollywood location, standing in for New York, Chicago, Washington, Baltimore, Detroit, London, Beijing or even a lunar colony ( Pluto Nash ). ... Full Article

September 10, 2008 01:53 The tape from this interview could fill an entire magazine because actor Gil Bellows and David Weaver, writer/director of Toronto Stories are both jazzed. ... Full Article

The 2008 Toronto International Film Festival will debut new works from prominent homegrown filmmakers like Deepa Mehta and Bruce McDonald, as well as feature a Canadian lineup dominated by films where children are the stars. ... Full Article