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tEXt Trailer online

Tuesday, 22 June, 2010

After a really hectic week of preparing, we shot the footage for my new short film, tEXt.
Today I finished capturing the footage and pieced together a short trailer, during which (naturally?) my computer started making disturbing noises.

tEXt (Trailer, Rough Draft) from Robert Thomson on Vimeo.
I’ll be keeping up to date with regular posts about how [...]

“tEXt” Blog

Friday, 18 June, 2010

It’s 6:57 a.m. The coffee’s on. My back has been iced. Oscar has been walked. I’m settling in quite nicely to the unexpected calm and quiet of life downtown between six and seven in the morning. It reminds me of Puerto Vallarta without the sound of the beach or the demand a vacation confronts you [...]

The hidden universe of Rodrigo Garcia’s “Mother and Child”

Wednesday, 2 June, 2010

I have often felt like an outsider no matter where I go, but watching Garcia’s characters–especially Annette Benning’s Karen–was like being surrounded by familiar people for the first time in my life.

A summer chock full of film

Friday, 28 May, 2010

I purchased a membership at Cinematheque Ontario this afternoon, and along with it tickets to see nine films during the first half of the summer. I’m especially looking forward to seeing “A Star Is Born” on a large screen, although I have no idea how large Jackman Hall’s screen is. I will find out in [...]