Yes, yes. Slack with the posting, I am. In my defense, I'm just getting over my post-festival illness (which doesn't result so much from the festival, as it does from the system shock of returning to the workaday world after nine blissful days of doing what I want), and work is insane with my boss off on bereavement leave.

BUT - I have tickets for several upcoming Cinematheque screenings, including the Terry Gilliam presentations of Brazil and Tideland, along with the much-anticipated (well, by me) Lunacy, by the delightfull mad Jan Svankmajer. Sadly, I missed out on My Dad is 100 Years Old, which seems to have sold out on the first day. I suppose Isabella Rossellini in-person will have that effect...

I'm still debating the VIP pass for the Toronto After Dark festival. I'm keen on six of the seven screenings that are already posted, and even if I skip a couple of showings, it's still an excellent deal. On the other hand, I've spent a fair chunk in the past few months on movies, and...

Oh, who am I kidding? Fiscal restraint in the face of interesting film has *never* been my style.