TIFF GEARS UP

By John H. Foote After two years of a virtual film festival, meaning most of we critics saw the films via the internet in the comforts of our offices or homes, TIFF is gearing up for the festival to be as it always has been. The Scotiabank Theatre will again be humming with screenings and…

RAY LIOTTA DIES

By John H. Foote Ray Liotta, 67, died in his sleep on Wednesday. The actor was not known to have been ill, and the passing has come as a terrible shock to his family and friends. Liotta shot to stardom in the eighties with a superb performance as the ex-convict Charlie in Jonathan Demme’s Something…

RICHARD DONNER GONE AT 91

By John H. Foote He made us believe a man could fly in his 1978 epic Superman, giving the film the perfect sense that Superman was a God sent from another planet. The entire year had seen previews with a booming voice announcing, “You’ll believe a man can fly” and then finally the film opened.…

GEORGE SEGAL DIES AT 87

By Alan Hurst George Segal had a pretty terrific run in films in the late sixties through the seventies, acclaimed initially for his dramatic work and then finding a nice groove as a solid comic performer. He passed away yesterday at the age of 87, still working as part of the long running ensemble on…