TIFF 2011 :: Press Conference of Hysteria (Photos)

Toronto, Canada

Toronto International Film Festival 2011 – Photos provided by H3

Photography: Alice Lo

Source: www.tiff.net

PROGRAMMER’S NOTE

Our story begins in London in the 1880s, the pinnacle of Victorian prudishness. Though they don’t yet know it, the city’s tightly corseted women are about to start picking up some good vibrations.

Mortimer Granville (Hugh Dancy) is a brilliant young doctor; he takes modern science as seriously as he does his solemn Hippocratic Oath. Unfortunately, his rigour goes unappreciated by most of his peers. They dismiss Dr. Granville’s enthusiasm for what they deem fadish new ideas — ideas such as his “germ theory.” And so our hap­less protagonist finds himself bounced from employer to employer.

Mortimer is nearly ready to give up on medicine altogether when he meets Dr. Robert Dalrymple (Jonathan Pryce), London’s “foremost specialist in women’s medicine.” That lofty title means that Dalrymple is an expert in “hysteria,” a mal­aise diagnosed so liberally that Dalrymple hypothesizes at least half the city’s women are sufferers. To ease these patients’ stress, he has developed a form of therapy that involves the careful manual stimula­tion of a certain female body part. In this period of sexual repression, it never occurs to Dalrymple that these housewives are experiencing something more basic and natural than a mysterious epidemic of insanity: horniness.

Hysteria tells the true story of how, aided by a goofy pal with a fascination for gadgets and electricity (Rupert Everett), young Granville came to invent the first vibrator. Key to this was his association with Dalrymple’s very different daughters: the well-spoken Emily (Felicity Jones) and the outspoken Charlotte (Maggie Gyllenhaal). The result inadvertently contributed to women’s sexual independence and the coming women’s movement. (In depict­ing Mortimer’s growing partnership with Charlotte, who runs a settlement home, the film also dismantles some Victorian preju­dices regarding class.)

Shot in a London gorgeously dressed in nineteenth-century garb, Hysteria is a witty and sweet comedy. Featuring swift direction from Tanya Wexler and pithy performances from its cast — all of whom work wonders with Stephen Dyer and Jonah Lisa Dyer’s clever script — it is, as it should be, a pleasure.

Posted September 21st, 2011 in Entertainment, North America, TIFF 2011

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TIFF 2011 :: Gala Premiere of Butter (Photos)

Toronto, Canada

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Photography: Alice Lo

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Posted September 19th, 2011 in Entertainment, North America, TIFF 2011

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TIFF 2011: Ides Of March And Other Special Reviews by Mike Cyr

Duration: 9:49 mins
Language: ASL (American Sign Language)
Host: Mike Cyr
Videographer: Jason Theriault & TIFF media
Photographer: Alice Lo
Editor: Jason Theriault

Official Website: wwww.tiff.net

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Posted September 17th, 2011 in Entertainment, TIFF 2011

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TIFF 2011 :: More Stars!

Toronto, Canada

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Photography: Alice Lo

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Posted September 17th, 2011 in Entertainment, North America, TIFF 2011

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TIFF 2011 :: Honorable Actors and Actresses

Toronto, Canada

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Photography: Alice Lo

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Posted September 16th, 2011 in Entertainment, North America, TIFF 2011

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TIFF 2011 :: Press Conference and Gala Premieres (Photos)

Toronto, Canada

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Photography: Alice Lo

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Posted September 15th, 2011 in Entertainment, North America, TIFF 2011

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Hot Stars – Moneyball :: The Ides of March (Photos)

Toronto, Canada

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Photography: Alice Lo

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Posted September 14th, 2011 in Entertainment, North America, TIFF 2011

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TIFF: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

Duration: 5:47 mins
Language: ASL (American Sign Language)
Host: Mike Cyr
Videographer/Editor: Jason Theriault

Interview with Francis Ford Coppola; Federico Fellini’s history; wrapping up TIFF video coverage.

TIFF Official Website: www.tiff.net  The Toronto International Film Festival is the leading public film festival in the world, screening more than 300 films from 60+ countries every September.

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Posted September 11th, 2011 in Entertainment, TIFF 2011

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TIFF: Saturday, September 10, 2011

Duration: 15:12 mins
Language: ASL (American Sign Language)
Host: Mike Cyr
Videographer/Editor: Jason Theriault

Press Conference of “A Dangerous Method”; Red Carpet for “Melancholia” and “Take This Waltz”; descriptions of the events and press box.

TIFF Official Website: www.tiff.net  The Toronto International Film Festival is the leading public film festival in the world, screening more than 300 films from 60+ countries every September.

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Posted September 10th, 2011 in Entertainment, TIFF 2011

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TIFF 2011 Carpet Scene

Duration: 6:40 mins
Language: ASL (American Sign Language)
Host: Mike Cyr
Videographer: Jason Theriault & TIFF media
Editor: Slava Klimov

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Posted September 10th, 2011 in Entertainment, TIFF 2011

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The Opening Day of TIFF 2011

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The Toronto International Film Festival announced its 2011 line-up yesterday. The festival runs from September 8 to 18 and features the North American premieres of George Clooney’s The Ides of March, Coriolanus directed by and starring Ralph Fiennes and co-starring Gerard Butler and W.E., a romance directed by Madonna. World premieres include Moneyball with Brad Pitt playing the general manager of the Oakland As, Butter starring Jennifer Garner as a woman who goes for glory in the competitive world of butter carving, and The Descendants starring George Clooney as a father of two girls who has to step up to the plate when his wife is killed in a boating accident. Other films of interest playing at the festival include Drive, starring Ryan Gosling; Machine Gun Preacher starring Gerard Butler; and David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method, which stars frequent TIFF participant Viggo Mortensen. Full list of Galas and Special Presentations:

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Posted September 10th, 2011 in Entertainment, News, North America, TIFF 2011

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The Silent Rider, Kohei Hakamada (Part II)

Duration: 12:14 Mins
Language: IS (International Sign)
Host: Dawn Jani Birley
Videographer, Editor & Director: Darren Frazier

THE SILENT RIDER, KOHEI HAKAMADA – PART I - http://www.h3.tv/entertainment/the-silent-rider-kohei-hakamada/

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Posted July 22nd, 2011 in Community News, Entertainment, WFD 2011

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