TORONTO - Canadian “Dune” writer-director Denis Villeneuve says for all his talk about his love of the big screen, he does enjoy watching films at home. But at a press conference for the Toronto International Film Festival’s upcoming TIFF Tribute Awards, which will honour Villeneuve and others, he said that doesn’t mean he shuns streaming services. It saved my life during the pandemic,” Villeneuve said during Saturday’s event at Roy Thomson Hall, noting he recommends the Criterion and Mubi streamers, which cater to cinephiles. Streaming is very powerful for memory and to revisit movies.”Villeneuve’s comments were part of a broader conversation among the TIFF Tribute Awards honourees about films they’ve discovered or rediscovered during pandemic isolation. The TIFF Tribute Awards air that evening on CTV in Canada and stream to a global audience by Variety.

Source: thestar September 11, 2021 19:07 UTC