The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is here, so we’re ditching Cineplex this week and recommending at least one TIFF film per day along with all other activities.
Head on down to Roy Thomson Hall and start Monday off with The Good Lie, a film by director Philippe Falardeau, about an American woman (Reese Witherspoon) who takes four refugees from the Sudanese civil war under her wing.
Or catch They Have Escaped by Finnish filmmaker, J.P. Valkeapää, involving two teenage outcasts and all that ensues on their rambling cross-country journey after they run away from a halfway house—Bloor Hot Docs Cinema.
A night of parody music, novelty songs, comedy rock and general comedy music mayhem awaits you at The Cameron House on Monday night. Award winning comedians from New York City, Chicago, Maine and our very own T-dot can’t wait to make you hold your sides with laughter.
Kick-start your Tuesday at BMO Field as Canada’s Men’s National Soccer Team puts their best “foot” forward and take on Jamaica.
True crime mixes with sports drama at the Princess of Wales theatre. See Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo and Steve Carrell in Foxcatcher, a tragic story of former Olympic wrestling champions (who are also brothers) and the fatal friendship they form with a neurotic multi-millionaire.
If you have a desire to sing, then Singing Out is ready to welcome you, no talent necessary. Seriously, you don’t even need to audition—you want in, you’re in. This is an all inclusive, mixed-voice, non-auditioned community chorus, which is relatively rare in the LGBTQ communities across North America.
Curious about Cirque du Soleil? Swing into action on Wednesday as the troupe’s usual whimsical style is blended with the story of an inventor who changes the world around him in Cirque du Soleil – Kurious.
Director Maya Forbes tells a story based on her own childhood in Infinitely Polar Bear where a pair loving parents (Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana), highly educated, but broke, need to make a tough decision in order to make ends meet and care for their two young daughters. Their resolution means Cameron (the father) has to raise their kids alone for 18 months and he’s been diagnosed with manic depression. See it at Roy Thomson Hall.
Forget about dinner and a movie, spend Thursday evening at Medieval Times and take pleasure in a dinner with knights on horseback in an age of bravery and honour at Medieval Times. Witness epic battles of steel and steed while you dig in to a chicken and sparerib dinner.
Noah Baumbach explores aging, ambition and success in While We’re Young at the Winter Garden Theatres. Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts star as a middle-aged couple whose career and marriage are overturned when a disarming young couple enters their lives.
The OBGM’s Album Launch Party is Thursday night at the Rivoli. Tickets are for $12 in advance and will include a copy of their debut full length album!
Go Polish for the weekend. Come Friday, indulge in supreme pierogies, have a polka party under the stars and take in all the history you need to know about Roncesvalles—how much more Polish can one get? But that’s not all, food from India to Italy will also be featured because there is always something for everyone at the Roncesvalles Polish Festival.
Back at Roy Thomson Hall, Ray Cutter (John Travolta) is released from prison early in order to spend time with his dying son. The catch is that he has to pull off a museum heist as payment for his early release in director Philip Martin’s The Forger.
Join the Queen West art crawl on Saturday at Trinity Bellwoods Park, then watch Ruth and Alex (Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman) as they attempt to redefine the meaning of home at Elgin/Winter Garden Theatres.
In the mood to party? Enrique Iglesias and Pit Bull will blast the Air Canada Centre Saturday night.
Sunday on Bloor Street West, North America’s largest Ukrainian Festival celebrates 18 years! Music, dance, food, visual arts and community come together in this festive celebration of Ukrainians in Canada.
If you’re in the mood for a quieter time, have brunch at Barque Smokehouse where you can treat yourself to anything from fruity salads to a Barque Brunch Burger.
The subject of race is examined in Black and White, where a child’s welfare is at the core of the conflict. Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer star in this film as guardians on the opposite side of a gruelling custody battle—Scotiabank Theatre.
There are over 280 of films featured at TIFF this year. For a complete list by date and location, click here.
