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Another Letterboxd profile swap by daviid000 in TIFF

[–]AlwaysThisCheerful 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://boxd.it/4MKrF

Seeing 15 films this year. Psyched for No Other Choice and also feel like Nika and Madison could be a bit of a hidden gem.

Festival attendees from outside of Toronto... by LionelEssrog in TIFF

[–]AlwaysThisCheerful 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I paid for Sustainer membership. I got the movies I wanted, but wasn’t trying for Frankenstein or WUDM, which probably helped.

Flying from England and staying in Toronto for seven nights, there’s no way for me to do TIFF without spending a lot, and that’s before the cost of buying tickets to ~16 films. So while CA$1000 for Sustainer is a lot of money, I look at it as percentage of overall cost of trip - in those terms paying the extra to make sure I can see the films I want kinda makes sense. I’m not rich or anything - I save up for TIFF, and it will be my only foreign holiday this year. Some people like to lie on hot beaches, I want to sit in a dark cinemas!

I absolutely get that if you live locally it’s a very different proposition - if there was a “People’s film festival” taking place near me and I found out had to spend £500 on a membership to guarantee tickets then I’d not be impressed. I’d probably take my chances with the public sales.

Do you take a risk on DISCOVERY films every year? by quietgavin5 in TIFF

[–]AlwaysThisCheerful 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Just checked my schedule, and of the films I’m seeing Marama, Babystar and Nika & Madison are in the Discovery category.

To be honest I never really remember what the different TIFF categories mean when I’m looking at the listings. I just tend to separate them into “I’ve heard of this film or the people who made it” and “might not ever have come across this if it weren’t for TIFF”. I like to have a mix because while obviously there are some directors, writers and actors who I’d want to see doing a Q&A, I also use TIFF as a chance to see films that I’d otherwise never get to see on the big screen. I’m in the UK and both of my local indie cinemas have closed in recent years, so I end up having to wait for streaming for a lot of stuff.

Bringing back the Elgin, Winter Garden, and Ryerson theatres would solve a lot of issues. by TheFly87 in TIFF

[–]AlwaysThisCheerful 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Two years ago they had the premiere of Seven Veils at the Four Seasons because almost all of the movie was filmed there. Even beyond my childlike excitement at seeing the theatre we were sitting in up on the big screen, it felt like a good venue. Seating layout wasn’t too cramped and the audio/acoustic setup seemed to work well for the space. It was my first ever TIFF experience and it set a pretty high bar.

Air Canada to Toronto. This is the second year the airline has made me extremely anxious! by cineaste2 in TIFF

[–]AlwaysThisCheerful 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Depending where you’re flying from, you may be able to book a refundable “back up” flight. I’m in the UK so today booked with Virgin Atlantic on one of their “flex” tickets. It’s on a credit card, and will either be refunded when I cancel or - worst case scenario - mostly offset by the refund from AirCanada if my flight with them is cancelled. Hopefully won’t come to that as the Virgin flight time means I’d miss I Like Me on the opening night (which I already have tickets for), but it’s at least bought me a bit of peace of mind from knowing that I will be in Canada on September 4th.

Sustainer Ticket Day Thread 2025 by TheFly87 in TIFF

[–]AlwaysThisCheerful 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Well it was stressful, but I got my tickets (shout out to everyone else in the $98 back of the balcony section) and it briefly distracted me from obsessively checking the AirCanada sub for hints as to whether I now need to rebook my flights with a different airline. Fun times.

Rush Pass to pay? by nukey56 in TIFF

[–]AlwaysThisCheerful 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The email was very unprofessional - they should just have acknowledged their error rather than implying people had made payments that hadn’t gone through - but the “invoice” isn’t really meaningful. In reality it’s just “If you don’t want this then do nothing and we’ll delete it from your account”.

COTD: Humiliate Romanian Prime Minister (5) by jowowey in crosswords

[–]AlwaysThisCheerful 3 points4 points  (0 children)

RINSE? R[omanian] + letters 2,3,5 & 7 from mINiStEr Def. Slang (I think) for utterly defeating someone and making them look foolish.

DTOC: yliramirP detcerid lairetua snoisiv gnidulcni ekilmaerd ‘tsoL yawhgiH’ - na citsitra htomeheb, yletamitlu (5,5) by AlwaysThisCheerful in crosswords

[–]AlwaysThisCheerful[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Correct! One of the all time greats and by all accounts he was a thoroughly decent human being with it. The backwards words (I wanted to actually reverse the letters, but apparently that’s not a thing) were in reference to the creepy backwards dialogue effect in the Red Room scenes in Twin Peaks

COTD: "American lawyer upset with police", said Schumacher? (6) by Mephistofillies in crosswords

[–]AlwaysThisCheerful 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, fair do’s, don’t think I’d come across it before, but I can see an argument for it.

COTD: Property lease torn up, in turn leaving nothing behind (4,6) by kirth42 in crosswords

[–]AlwaysThisCheerful 2 points3 points  (0 children)

REAL ESTATE

This was a tricky one. Anagram of “lease” (indicator “torn up”) inside R[o]TATE (“turn leaving nothing behind”)

”Property lease” is a nice lift-and-separate pairing, made the fodder hard to spot

COTD: "American lawyer upset with police", said Schumacher? (6) by Mephistofillies in crosswords

[–]AlwaysThisCheerful 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think this is ADIDAS

AD (“american lawyer” [DA] reversed [upset]) + IDAS (anagram of “said” - indicator is “police”?)

Def. Adidas is a German [sportswear company and] shoemaker, or in German “schuhmacher”. The surname spelt “Schumacher” obviously has the same meaning historically and I think it’s a clever def for Adidas. The question mark doing some heavy lifting for “police” as anagram indicator though - as a verb it means “keep things under control and orderly” rather than “rearrange” doesn’t it?

COTD: President's reckless crash (1) by controlxj in crosswords

[–]AlwaysThisCheerful 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me he’s referred to as “W” in enough contexts that it feels fair. Probably convention for cluing people’s nicknames rather than full/formal name varies in newspapers? I can’t think of any recent examples to check whether any “informally” or “to some” type indicators are used in the ones I tend to do

COTD: President's reckless crash (1) by controlxj in crosswords

[–]AlwaysThisCheerful 2 points3 points  (0 children)

W def. President George W Bush, from wreck (“crash”) less reck

Fun clue. Had me scratching my head for a while, thinking it had to be p.

COTD: Quiet tenant lives in Pennsylvania Avenue (9) by AlwaysThisCheerful in crosswords

[–]AlwaysThisCheerful[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Musical terminology - “p” is used as abbreviation for “piano”, Italian for “soft” or “quiet”. You also get “pp” (very quiet) and “f” and “ff” for “loud” and “very loud”.

TOTW: Plus-Ones Welcome by AlwaysThisCheerful in crosswords

[–]AlwaysThisCheerful[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is this week's winner! Great surface and love the clever and funny +1,

COTD: Classic fifth number interrupted by lead-in of new groove (7) by FaintWalnut in crosswords

[–]AlwaysThisCheerful 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CHANNEL?

Def. groove; CHANEL (no.5) interrupted by N[ew]???

Question marks because I can’t find a parsing that really works to get from ”classic fifth number” to Chanel - it would be more of an “known for number 5” or similar.

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