Arts

OUT at TIFF: The Walker

A queer look at the 2007 Toronto Int. Film Fest

By OUTtv, Xtra.ca • October 29, 2007 8:00 pm EDT

For one week in September the best and brightest of the motion picture industry converge for the Toronto International Film Festival. In collaboration with Xtra.ca and OUTtv, host Matt Thomas chased down the best of the queer stories from the 2007 festival. We’ll be releasing a new segment right here each week. Don’t miss any of them. And don’t forget to tune-in to OUTtv for the complete series and our special presentation coverage of the whole event, coming soon.

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THE WALKER:

REVIEW: Paul Schrader’s The Walker is a fascinating indicator of the political climate in America. Woody Harrelson plays a proudly superficial, openly gay descendant of corrupt Southern aristocrats, serving as a “non-sexual escort” to Washington wives – a “walker.” Read the full review…

VIDEO: Matt Thomas caught up with actor Lauren Bacall and director Paul Schrader:

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