We have safely arrived in Sudbury after only one missed exit and one speeding ticket courtesy of a hyper-vigilant OPP officer. Thank you for keeping our roads safe!
The first screening we watched was Nightcrawler, directed by Dan Gilroy and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton, and (new to me) Riz Ahmed. It was a packed house and the only seats available were in the second row with the gigantic Silver City screen looming above us. We sat beside a friendly older gentleman who turned out to be the former mayor of Sudbury! A very amicable man, he told us, among other things, a story about his friend whose racing horse had recently won him half a million bucks.
Despite the nauseating closeness of the screen, we thoroughly enjoyed this film - the best thriller I'd seen in a long time, in fact. Gyllenhaal is perfectly creepy as a cheerful, calculating sociopath who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Great characters, solid writing, and a fantastic story that just keeps building. Highly recommended.
And you know what's cool?? Our film is playing at the same festival!! NIGHTCRAWLER is a big fish, THE VOLUNTEER is a small fish.... but we're swimming in the same pond for a week! Pretty cool.
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