Remember how last week’s column opened by saying how busy we were assembling our TIFF Buzz issue? Well, it’s out now and it’s great, so I hope you will indulge me one more time when I tell you we are now really busy putting the final touches on next week’s great big TIFF issue. Because we are. I would eat my own foot for a good night’s sleep.
Sadly, all this work (and all this exhaustion) means I won’t be able to make it down to the Market Square Cinema tonight (Friday September 4) for their 9:30 pm screening of Wes Craven’s Scream.
Hosted by Rob Trench and Jordan Appugliesi, it’s a pay-what-you-can event (suggested donation: $5) to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society. (Craven died of brain cancer earlier this week, at the age of 76.)
And while it’s always good to support a good cause, you can go to this screening just to enjoy a good movie. Scream is a terrific film, mixing genuine scares with well-drawn, self-aware characters and a wicked sense of humour. As is being pointed out around the web, the opening sequence alone makes it a classic – but the rest of the movie is pretty great as well.
Also, given that Scream is nearly 20 years old, there are bound to be people in attendance tonight who’ve never seen it in a movie theatre … and trust me, it plays very differently in that environment than it does on your laptop.
Head on down, would you? And say hi to Sidney for me.
