The Fille Files (April 15 - 21)

Each week, the Filles bring you some of our favourite films finds of the week—news, reviews, features, interviews, tweets, new releases, etc.—just in case you missed them.

REEL GREAT READS

• 11 Things Horror Movies Have Taught Me! (Bloody Disgusting) - With items like "Being a virgin is a good thing" and "Do your research before buying a house," this hysterically on-point list will kill horror fans.
• When Defending a Movie Becomes Intellectual Genocide or Why Hating on Haters Makes You a Hater (Film School Rejects) - Robert Fure rants about how both film fans and critics seem to be more focused on calling people dumb for not liking what they like than actually talking about why they like it.
• 15 Female Directors Who Could Direct 'Catching Fire' Other Than the Actual Candidates (The Mary Sue) -  We know that a man has already been given the job, but we're still kind of hoping that the producers will change their minds and give a girl a chance to rep our girl, Katniss Everdeen.
• Taylor Swift in tune with Joni Mitchell drama (Variety) - We could drink a case of Swifty's country pop wine, but watch her play a Canadian folk legend? We're not so sure.
• /Film previews Universal Studios Hollywood's 'Transformers: The Ride' (/Film) - Take or leave the Michael Bay films out to rust under the heat of faux flames, this sounds kind of awesome.
  

The Fille Files (February 19 - 25)

 Each week, the Filles bring you some of our favourite films finds of the week—news, reviews, features, interviews, tweets, new releases, etc.—just in case you missed them.

REEL GREAT READS (OSCARS EDITION!)

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• Oscar voters overwhelmingly white, male (Los Angeles Times) - This new report proves what we've thought we've known for years: that the Academy is an old boy's club and thus, possibly biased in its ultimate selections.
• The Best Picture nominees as infographics (Vulture) - A visual treat for both Oscar lovers and haters, featuring a shit pie graph (The Help) and a line graph documenting the ups and downs of George Clooney's two-faced ("Cool Dad" vs. "Sex Symbol") career.
• The five ways the Oscars have ruined my life (Hello Giggles) - Erin Long speaks to her love/hate relationship with the Oscars with a brutal honesty (themed foods DO take over your life) we can totally, unashamedly relate to.
• Is the Academy using the Oscars to promote their own creditability? (EW) - In this video, EW critics Owen Gleiberman and Lisa Schwarzbaum ask if this year's Oscar winners should represent quality (The Artist! Jean DuJardin!), popularity (George Clooney! The Help!) or both (Brad Pitt!).
• Great books, awful movies: A brief history (The Globe and Mail) - In honour of all the books-turned-movies nominated for best picture, The Globe looks at some of the literary adaptations of the past that ruined the originals (though we can't say we always agree, ahem, Troy).
• ALSO: Maude Apatow's interview with Paul Rudd - Judd Apatow's daughter interviews the adorable everyman, asking him pertinent questions like "What was your barmitzvah like?"

The Filles Take TIFF!: Day 10

A daily documentation what's we've seen, want to see and aren't even trying to see at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

We're seeing:

• KILL LIST - A contract killer Jay takes on a job from some shady employers. As the situation gets riskier, Jay's paranoia builds. (11:59 p.m, Ryerson Theatre)

We wish we were seeing:

• COMIC-CON: EPISODE IV, A FAN'S HOPE  - This doc, done but not starring (thank God) the infamous Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me, The Greatest Movie Ever Sold), talks about fandom at the San Diego Comic-Con, featuring interviews with regular old mega fans and the famous people whose nerdiness translated into careers. Features interviews with Stan Lee and JOSS WHEDON. (3:30 p.m., AMC 9)

Also playing...

• PAGE EIGHT - An MI5 agent has his abilities and integrity tested when he starts handling a document detailing the British government's dirty secrets. (6 p.m., Visa Screening Room; 8 p.m., Roy Thomson Hall)