Two Tiff Tuesday #1

So in keeping with my tradition of posting a blog entry the day after it was prepared...I bring you the very first Two Tiff Tuesday.  "What is Two Tiff Tuesday?", you ask.  Very good question.

First, I'm going to tell you this Fun Fact about Alex: She loves TIFF...really really loves TIFF.  The majority of your festival time is spent waiting around in long lines but it's so much fun.  You always meet people who love movies as much as you do.  

Every year around the end of May I realize that summer is starting, which means that when it's over it's time for TIFF!  It would be easy to put it in the back of my mind, however TIFF likes to release the festival films in blocks so it's a constant reminder that, while the festival is just around the corner, it's not here yet.

A lot of planning goes into my TIFF movie viewing schedule.  I need to select my movies before hand and draft up a schedule.  The morning that tickets go on sale, I line up ridiculously early (last year it was 3am), with the official TIFF schedule in hand, along with my planned viewing chart. It is crucial to have both your schedule and the TIFF schedule as you will need to constantly adjust it as movies sell out.  But man, once you reach the front of the line and walk away with your tickets in hand...it's so rewarding.

Anywho,  I thought it would be fun to list two movies every Tuesday that I'd like to see at the festival this year...and that my friends is "Two Tiff Tuesday".

So for the very first Two Tiff Tuesday, I bring you the following two films:

1. Berberian Sound Studio

Remember when I blogged about the movie Submarine here, well this movie is produced by one of the same production companies, Warp, and a very awesome lady named Mary Burke.  I don't want to call myself a Warp-Production-Cinemophile but I kind of am.


Berberian Sound Studio is set in the 1970s and is about a British sound technician that's brought to Italy to work on the sound effects for a gruesome horror film.  His task slowly takes over his psyche, driving him to confront his own past.


The previews look very good, plus it has Toby Jones in it.

2. Byzantium

This film is about a mother/daughter vampire duo who wreak havoc on an unsuspecting English seaside community.

I'm a sucker for a good vampire film (he he) and Gemma Arterton is beautiful.

I'm looking forward to more film announcements and of course the actual festival.  Any movies from the festival you'd be interested in seeing?  You can view the current film listing here.


Alex & Arthur