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"Chloe" and Canadians
Mon, Aug 31 2009 6:00 AM

The Toronto International Film Festival starts next Thursday! September 10! Who's excited? Well, you should be: even if you (like me) can't attend, Toronto unveils much of what devoted filmgoers can look forward to over the next half-year or so. I'll be keeping an eye on the festival's high-profile premieres (and perhaps even more so the low-profile... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Guy Maddin, Coming attractions, Canada, Toronto 2009, Natasha Richardson, Chloe, David Cronenberg, Atom Egoyan, Liam Neeson, Ivan Reitman

Ann Savage, 1921-2008.
Mon, Dec 29 2008 1:46 PM

Ann Savage, 1940s uber femme fatale, passed away on Christmas day at age 87. Last seen playing "Mother" in Guy Maddin's "My Winnipeg," casting that was halfway between a cinephile in-joke and the perfect measure of Maddin's favorite Freudian themes, Savage was probably best known for her role in Edgar G. Ulmer's 1945 "Detour... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Memoriam, Detour, Guy Maddin, Edgar G. Ulmer, Tom Neal, My Winnipeg, Ann Savage