VIFF 2008 — movie-going schedule

I was busy with work, alas, but this year’s edition of the Vancouver International Film Festival kicked off today, so it’s about time I posted the first draft of my movie-going schedule. As with the schedules I posted in 2005, 2006 and 2007, this list is highly flexible and will be revised continually often over the next two weeks, as I juggle family and work obligations and so on. Any films that I do not end up seeing will be deleted from this list. Any articles I write shall be linked to from here. And as I blog the films that I see, I shall link to those posts from the titles listed here.

ARTICLES

‘Blindness a subtle, challenging highlight of Film Fest,’ BC Christian News, Oct 2008 — my monthly film column highlights Blindness, The Desert Within, Birdsong, Waiting for Sancho, The Longwang Chronicles and Ctrl Z.

‘Summer Hours and Happy-Go-Lucky film fest highlights,’ BC Christian News, Nov 2008 — my monthly film column highlight Summer Hours, Happy-Go-Lucky, I’ve Loved You So Long and Religulous.

SCHEDULE — LAST UPDATED DEC 20, 6:37PM.

FILMS I SAW AT PRESS SCREENINGS:

Happy-Go-Lucky (dir. Mike Leigh; UK, 118 min.)
Religulous (dir. Larry Charles; USA, 101 min.)

THU SEP 25
Busy with work.

FRI SEP 26
19:00 — GR7 — Stone of Destiny (dir. Charles Martin Smith; Canada, 96 min.)
21:30 — GR2 — The Wrecking Crew (dir. Denny Tedesco; USA, 95 min.)

SAT SEP 27
21:30 — GR7 — JCVD (dir. Mabrouk El Mechri; France, 102 min.)

SUN SEP 28
Church and family.

MON SEP 29
19:00 — GR2 — Summer Hours (dir. Olivier Assayas; France, 102 min.)

TUE SEP 30
16:30 — PAC — In the Daytime (dir. misc.; Canada, 93 min.)
19:00 — GR7 — I’ve Loved You So Long (dir. Philippe Claudel; France, 115 min.)
21:30 — GR7 — Three Monkeys (dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan; Turkey, 109 min.)

WED OCT 1
14:30 — GR3 — Wendy and Lucy (dir. Kelly Reichardt; USA, 80 min.)

THU OCT 2
Busy with work.

FRI OCT 3
18:45 — RID — Fifty Dead Men Walking (dir. Kari Skogland; UK, 118 min.)

SAT OCT 4
Slightly delayed birthday party with friends and family.

SUN OCT 5
Church and family.

MON OCT 6
19:00 — GR7 — Rachel Getting Married (dir. Jonathan Demme; USA, 114 min.)
21:30 — GR7 — Adoration (dir. Atom Egoyan; Canada, 100 min.)

TUE OCT 7
Busy with work.

WED OCT 8
Busy with work.

THU OCT 9
Busy with work.

FRI OCT 10
Busy with work.