October 2006

Yeah, I know. I should be com­pletely film fest­i­valed out by now, but this one looks inter­esting. The Toronto After Dark Film Festival fea­tures sci-fi, horror and fantasy films with a strong dose of Asian cinema. It runs from October 20–24, and I’ll miss the weekend sec­tion, but I’m def­in­itely trying to get to the Monday screen­ings at the Bloor Cinema:

• 6:45pm — Tokyo Zombie
• 9:30pm — Funky Forest: The First Contact

I’m bummed to miss the opening night film, Special, star­ring two of my favourite char­acter actors. Michael Rapaport in a rare leading role, and Jack Kehler. Check out the trailer. Just the fact that the music in the trailer is “Popcorn” by Hot Butter makes me want to see it. But it looks equally funny and sad. Apparently there’s some problem with the film get­ting North American dis­tri­bu­tion, too, so this might be a rare oppor­tunity to see it.

Tagged as: After Dark, fantasy, horror, japan, scifi

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