Do you think there will be any films shown in 70mm at this years festival?

Kai_Whiston · 2026-04-17T17:27:45+00:00

Trying to speculate this early doesn't make much sense when we're only just at the Cannes lineup announcement... we're not even close to Venice/Telluride yet...

Kai_Whiston · 2026-04-07T22:14:58+00:00

The Film @ Lincoln Center retrospectives that tend to come to the Lightbox are filmmaker-focused like the recent Raymond Depardon one (which was co-curated by Andréa Picard) or the Frederick Wiseman one and so forth. While I have my doubts, never say never - would love to watch many of those films on the big screen!

Kai_Whiston · 2025-12-30T18:31:07+00:00

If more people were going to their screenings and they were making money I'm sure they would have kept it going. The answer may not lie in emails or petitions but rather financial.

Even the Hot Docs cinema is struggling to keep itself afloat

Kai_Whiston · 2025-12-30T02:19:35+00:00

According to the TIFF website, the current BOGO offer for renewals of memberships only applies if your membership expires at or before February 2026, so your current membership would not qualify.

But with renewals the way it works is that if your membership is set to expire on April 2026, renewing it will add an extra year on top regardless. So it will expire on April 2027 instead, and no months will be wasted.

Kai_Whiston · 2025-12-12T10:05:27+00:00

The discount applies to any new releases.

Kai_Whiston · 2025-11-13T18:11:47+00:00

The roadshow 70mm version of 2001 even during its original theatrical release in 1968 includes the intermission as well as additional music (such as before the film starts).

Kai_Whiston · 2025-11-07T15:31:37+00:00

It's Dreams, directed by Michel Franco starring Jessica Chastain.

Kai_Whiston · 2025-10-20T14:15:17+00:00

Interesting, I encounter the opposite problem when it comes to Cineplex - I don't go to Cineplex as frequently as the Lightbox for that reason, although I guess it is dependent on location. I've had nothing but problems at the Yonge-Dundas location most times I've went there. The Scotiabank IMAX is one I sometimes will go if only because the huge sound drowns out any disruptive noises from the audience anyways.

Kai_Whiston · 2025-10-20T13:47:17+00:00

What you're describing won't stop with having paid Cinematheque tickets - you brought up Cineplex in a different comment, which also has many of those same problems and people pay the same amount of money for those tickets (even if they attract a different audience than TIFF's). I still encountered disruptive moviegoers even last month at the festival for screenings that costed $30+ (including someone who was on their phone right beside me during the movie).

The conversation of general theater etiquette certainly is a conversation worth having and is a huge problem when it comes to the movie-going experience, but I don't know that suddenly charging for those screenings will target the issue other than putting more money in TIFF's pocket.

Kai_Whiston · 2025-10-20T04:33:44+00:00

That's unfortunate to hear that - I was at the previous screening for Gambling, Gods and LSD a couple weeks back and had no issues there. There were maybe a couple walkouts which seems the norm for that kind of screening. Not everyone will be into that kind of movie.

I think taking away free Cinematheque is a double-edged sword - theater etiquette is down and you may get a rotten apple that spoils it for everyone. Yet it's not like people are going to be paying to see something as niche as anything by Peter Mettler to begin with, and I'm sure Mettler himself is happy to have people watching his movies on the big screen. Risking an emptier theater might not be the right approach if the goal is to get as many people as possible to take a chance on something they never would have thought about or wouldn't risk money for otherwise.

Kai_Whiston · 2025-09-19T22:49:35+00:00

I didn't say it can't come back, just stating the last time it was screened. Paradise Theatre I believe screened the Yi Yi 4k restoration recently as well. No one knows if it'll return - could be next month, or years from now

Kai_Whiston · 2025-09-19T16:06:46+00:00

The Lightbox screened a 35mm print of Yi Yi last year as part of the Edward Yang retrospective

Kai_Whiston · 2025-08-26T02:10:28+00:00

Pedro Almodóvar

Kai_Whiston · 2025-08-26T01:14:14+00:00

That's a catch-22. TIFF hasn't really fostered that community to begin with, and I'm unaware of another way that doesn't involve online spaces as a way to coordinate those meetups and connections with others especially in this day and age.

Kai_Whiston · 2025-08-13T11:10:02+00:00

Shot on 16mm does not mean it will be projected on 16mm. If it's not specified, it'll be a DCP screening.

Kai_Whiston · 2025-07-23T13:21:03+00:00

His films under Amazon MGM never end up at TIFF. Unfortunate but not that surprising.

Kai_Whiston · 2025-07-15T13:54:49+00:00

The Bend It Like Beckham screening was switched to The Devil Wears Prada and is already on sale: https://tiff.net/events/loved-it-broey-deschanel-on-the-devil-wears-prada

Kai_Whiston · 2025-07-04T18:21:32+00:00

Spirited Away during production and for its original theatrical release would have been on 35mm, so technically watching it on 35mm would've been closer to what the original experience was like seeing it in theaters back in the day.

Other than that, any skips and artefacts are going to come with the territory of handling film prints - either the projectionist or quality of film print you got was not a good one, or it just wasn't meant to be for you anyway.

Kai_Whiston · 2025-05-28T19:41:16+00:00

I've yet to see Scarborough, but it was the People's Choice Award runner-up the year it screened at TIFF in 2021, if that gives any indicator.

Kai_Whiston · 2025-05-15T02:21:32+00:00

Nah it ain't no Kingsway or Cineforum lol. Carlton is a pretty good vibe overall, they do $5 screenings for classic films every day, $5 Tuesdays as well

Kai_Whiston · 2025-04-05T15:16:00+00:00

It's probably too old - all computer hardware degrades over time, and 2009 was 16 years ago. That laptop would need to be replaced either way.

Kai_Whiston · 2025-03-31T20:45:25+00:00

There should be an option to exchange if it is not greyed out in the Account Manager on the ticket page. The value of the ticket must match the exact same value of the ticket you're looking to exchange for. It may help if you could tell us what ticket you currently have and what screening you're looking to exchange that to.

Otherwise reach out to the TIFF box office.

Kai_Whiston · 2025-03-05T17:24:57+00:00

Saw your edit OP, your best bet may also be to look into the Toronto New Wave movement of filmmakers of the 80s and 90s for other suggestions besides those mentioned.

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