TIFF Photoblog #3: Cinematical Actually Hits the Toronto Party Scene (Well, a Little)

Here at Cinematical, when it comes to film festivals, we just aren't so much about the parties. We get invites to a lot of festival social happenings, but honestly, after 12 hours or so of screenings (counting the time it takes to get from one venue to another) in a given day, plus the time it takes to write a coherent review, most nights we do well to drool over a pizza slice or Thai takeout while hunched over our keyboards. Besides, parties require actually dressing up and looking presentable, and we here at Cinematical are a bunch of lazy slobs who like to work in our pajamas. Nonetheless, we did manage to suck it up and engage our introverted selves in a little of the Toronto Film Festival nightlife. We co-hosted a little TIFF bowling party with our friends from Movie City News, hung out at Mark Cuban's HDNet bash and the Netflix party for John Waters' This Filthy World, and even spent an night carousing until the wee hours at a pub with the Rotten Tomatoes gang. Here are some pics from our wild social life at TIFF. When you see for yourselves what dorky film geeks we really are, you'll understand why we usually stay locked in our hotel rooms with our laptops.

Hey, we can't all be party animals like Sammy (above), the tiara-wearing black sheep from the Black Sheep red carpet.

Cinematical's EIC James Rocchi prepares to try out the five-pin bowling at the Cinematical/Movie City News party, while Scott Weinberg shows off his bowling form in the background.

Martha Fischer explains to James Rocchi why soccer is really much more of a sport than bowling.

MCN's David Poland poses with his bowling ball before going for a strike at the Cine/MCN bash.

Jen Yamato and Tim Ryan from Rotten Tomatoes flank EfilmCritic's Erik Childress at the HDNet party.

Mark Cuban flashes that billion-dollar smile at the HDNet party.

John Waters at the Netflix bash for his concert film This Filthy World.

Scott Weinberg has a great fan moment, posing with Peter Mullan.

indieWIRE's Eugene Hernandez raises a glass to toast the Toronto International Film Festival (and perhaps the fact that it was finally nearing its end).

Rotten Tomatoes' Senh Duong grills his mug of ale on which film it most enjoyed at the fest.

Tim Ryan and Scott Weinberg enjoy the obligatory 2AM Toronto pizza slice.