November 24, 2005
Richard will appear on Rogers Television's Daytime--11 am on Channel 10 in Toronto--on Friday November 25 to discuss his new book, Reel Winners.

November 22, 2005
Just announced: On Monday November 28, 2005 Richard will appear  at Second City in Late Nite with the Rumoli Brothers. Also appearing is "This Is Wonderland" and "Goin' Down the Road" star Jayne Eastwood.

Here's some info: Presented live each week from the fabulous new Second City stage, Late Nite with the Rumoli Bros. is a hilarious variety/talk show that takes a cheeky peek at the weekly happenings in our city, while showcasing some of Toronto’s finest talent.  Featuring celebrity interviews, the city’s best sketch comedy troupes, the hottest music acts, and much much more! It’s an edgy, laugh-filled late night variety show performed live in an intimate, state-of-the-art cabaret theatre.

Already the hit of the Toronto Fringe Festival, the Rumoli Bros. are a throwback to duos of the 1950’s and ‘60’s, but with a contemporary sensibility.  Irreverent, charming, and hilarious hosts, their unique point of view combined with their slick use of multimedia make them the perfect pair to take on the weekly happenings of Toronto – and with a writing staff that includes Second City alumni Lee Smart and Sandy Jobin-Bevans, Comedy Inc.’s Jenn Robertson, and Yuk Yuk’s headliner Steve Patterson - Late Nite is sure to be a big hit on the new Second City Stage.

Monday nights at 9:00 PM

Nov. 7 – Dec. 19 (No show Nov. 21)

The Second City - 51 Mercer St.

Ticket price: $10 + GST   Box office: (416) 343-0011

 
November 20, 2005
Here are some photos from yesterday's Gourmet Food and Wine Show...

 

Reel to Real co-producer (and snappy dresser) Claudio Castro.

Close-up of Claudio's one-of-a-kind Reel to Real t-shirt.

November 19, 2005

Richard will be at the Rogers Television booth at the Gourmet Food and Wine Show at the Metro Convention Centre--South Building (222 Bremner Ave. in Toronto) today from noon until five. For more information click here.

November 15, 2005
Tune into the National Playlist Monday through Friday November 21-25 on CBC Radio One at 11:30 am to hear Richard debate and defend his picks for Canada's national playlist. For more info on the show click here. 

November 12, 2005
Check out Reel to Real's Podcasts. Click here for more info...

November 5, 2005

Richard with the Red Green Show's Harold, actor Patrick McKenna, on the occasion of the 300th and final taping of the popular show.

 

Richard under the duct tape arch on the set of the 300th and final taping of The Red Green Show.

November 5, 2005
View Points at Harbourfront Centre presents a SOCAN Movies & Music Seminar Saturday November 5, 2005.

As part of the View Points series, SOCAN and The Guild of Canadian Film Composers presents a “behind the scenes” look into the music process A Celebration of Film Music: Inside the Director-Composer Relationship on Saturday, November 5 at 7 pm in the Brigantine Room. This free seminar features film composer Mychael Danna and filmmaker Deepa Mehta. They will explore the complex creative relationship between contemporary filmmakers and their music collaborators.

Led by moderator Richard Crouse, the audience will view the fascinating 'behind-the-scenes' world of movies and music showcasing the opener of this year's Toronto International Film Festival, Water. Directed by Deepa Mehta (Fire, Earth) Water is about the fate of young Indian widows during the Gandhian era. The composer for this film, Mychael Danna (Water/Where the Truth Lies/Being Julia/Capote/Monsoon Wedding) will be part of this unique seminar. Together, they will discuss the collaboration, the vision and magic that creates the emotional bond of sight and music. 

View Points at Harbourfront Centre is a series of discussions about contemporary culture focusing on artistic issues and current affairs local, national and international. Discussions take place at Harbourfront Centre's Brigantine Room (235 Queens Quay West, Toronto). Admission is free on November 5 at 7 pm, doors open at 6:30 pm. For further information, the public can call 416-973-4000 or visit www.harbourfrontcentre.com/viewpoints

For more information on SOCAN's many services and events please visit www.socan.ca or call 1-866-307-6226.
 
November 2, 2005
The Brandon Sun said Richard's new book Reel Winners is "sure to be of interest to all movie buffs."

October 31, 2005
Take time out from trick or treating to tune into The Mike Stafford Show on Mojo Radio 640 AM at 6:15 tonight to hear Richard discuss the 10 Best Horror Films You've NEVER Seen.

October 29, 2005

Richard with with A History of Violence director David Cronenberg at the Q&A following a screening of the film for contest winners from all across Canada on October 29, 2005.

October 23, 2005

Watch Reel to Real on Monday October 24 to see Richard's interview with horror legend and Hellraiser director Clive Barker.

October 22, 2005

Richard will host an exclusive Q&A with A History of Violence director David Cronenberg at the Varsity Theatre in Toronto on October 29, 2005. The audience will be made up of contest winners. Click here for more info on the movie.

       

  

To commemorate the Toronto International Film Festival’s 30th anniversary, Toronto's Media Monkey Productions teamed up with TIFF and Rogers Television to document some classic moments in Postcards from Tiff. The project highlights noteworthy events in the fest's history with 30 one-minute vignettes featuring anecdotes recounted by a who's who of Canadian film celebrities.

Participants include directors Norman Jewison, David Cronenberg, Denys Arcand, Atom Egoyan, Patricia Rozema, Don McKellar, Deepa Mehta and Jerry Ciccoritti; actors Graham Greene, Saul Rubinek and Emily Hampshire; former fest director Wayne Clarkson, now head of Telefilm Canada, and current TIFF director and CEO Piers Handling. Film critic Richard Crouse and festival founders Henk Van der Kolk, Bill Marshall and Dusty Cohl.

The show is now available on DVD or can be viewed at at TIFF’s year-round Box Office location.

For more info click here.

For the fourth year in a row Richard hosts Telefilm Canada’s Pitch This today at noon at Stop 33 at The Sutton Place Hotel at 955 Bay Street.  PITCH THIS! is no ordinary pitch session; it's an event that elevates conventional pitches for both pitcher and audience.

ALSO... Richard will host a special Mavericks Session with Ghost Busters director Ivan Reitman tonight at 9:30 pm at The Isabelle Bader Theatre in Toronto. The show will include film clips from Mr. Reitman's long career and special guests.

Mavericks is a series of public presentations by leaders and innovators in the world of cinema, with the aim of sharing information, and enhancing our understanding of the art form. Previously, a more limited series under the same name was available only to registered delegates of the Industry Centre. The decision was taken to make the series open to both delegates and the public in order to provide the interested, committed cinephiles that make up the TIFF audience in depth access to leading artists. The Mavericks presentations will be at the Isabel Bader Theatre, a great jewel box of a venue that seats about 500, yet has a great feeling of intimacy.

July 25, 2005
For the fourth year in a row Richard will be hosting Telefilm Canada’s Pitch This during the Toronto International Film Festival at Stop 33 at The Sutton Place Hotel at 955 Bay Street. This year’s event happens on September 13. PITCH THIS! is no ordinary pitch session; it's an event that elevates conventional pitches for both pitcher and audience. 

In order to select pitchers, an open call is set up for projects that not only demonstrate creative and business potential, but aim to renew our ingrained expectations of what a pitch should be. Through a rigorous evaluation process, six projects are chosen from across Canada. 

It’s goal is to foster a unique pitch event. Most pitches take place in a slick corner office; we've retired the office environment in favour of a stage and a live audience.

After all the pitches are done, the Toronto International Film Festival Group's International Industry Advisory Committee selects one winner from the competitors for the $10,000.00 award. This money will assist the winning filmmaker with the travel costs associated with attending major international festivals abroad, thereby setting the filmmaking process in motion.

July 25, 2005
Stay tuned for details on Reel to Real podcasts! Coming soon...

July 14, 2005
On Thursday nights at 8:30 est check out a new show on Bravo called Books Into Film. Richard taped an episode recently (which will air in late August or early September) discussing the adaptations of The Lord of the Rings, L.A. Confidential and other novels into movies. The show also airs on Access, Book TV and the Canadian Learning Channel.

May 31, 2005
On June 15, 2005 Richard will moderate a seminar entitled Pick Up Your Act, a focused look at the casting process in short films as part of the Canadian Film Centre's Worldwide Short Film Festival. This seminar is designed to help short filmmakers make wise casting decisions for their short films, and give tips on how to prepare for casting calls, where to access the professional actors they want and how to cast them correctly.

Confirmed panelists include Actor/Director Andrew McCarthy, Jenny Lewis (Casting Director), Paul Hemrend (Actor's Agent) and Barbara LaRose (ACTRA rep).

The Canadian Film Centre's Worldwide Short Film Festival will be held June 14-19, while the Short Films Big Ideas Symposium will take place between June 15 and June 18, 2005.  Pick Up Your Act is scheduled for Wednesday June 15, 9:30-11:30am, location TBA.

May 26, 2005
May-July, 2005... The rich new media installation; "Painting the Myth, The Mystery of Tom Thomson" will be on exhibit at Design Exchange (234 Bay St) from May 27 - July 1, 2005 as part of digifest goes WILD! New Voices program.

Imagine if you could paint one of Tom Thomson's most famous works, while brushing the away the shroud of history from his story...

"Painting the Myth", a new system for interactive biography, allows participants to illustrate the life and times of artists, their work, their histories and their stories by moving through increasingly rich and detailed layers of their best known works.

This unique digital storytelling experience merges form and content into one engaging look at the story behind the canvas, the secrets inside the history, and the artist in each of us.

"Painting the Myth" is a rich new media installation that demonstrates unified narrative layering harmonized with the action of artistic painting that together, create a compelling experience.

Participants first encounter a blank canvas on an easel and a painter's brush. Behind the easel are a video camera and projector. As the participant paints with the painter's brush the video camera tracks the motion of the brush and in response to the brushing the projector projects brush strokes, which combine to paint the painting. Over time as the participant paints, stroke upon stroke a layered narrative is revealed in harmony with the completeness of the painting. (Richard supplies the voice of A.Y. Jackson.)


Visually, the painting is revealed with each brush stroke. This is synchronized to a layered audio narrative complete with sound effects and music. Experientially, the participant is literally painting the story.

"Painting The Myth" was developed at the Canadian Film Centre's Habitat New Media Lab

Check out the website

May 20, 2005
Tune into the Mike Stafford Show on Mojo Radio 640 today at 2:30 pm. Richard and Mike will discuss Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith and why audiences are declining in the country's movie theatres...

May 23, 2005
Richard will appear with Christina Cherneskey on Newstalk 1010 CFRB in Toronto from noon until one today... They'll talk about the latest releases and what movie goers can look forward to this summer...

May 5, 2005
Watch Reel to Real the week of May 9, 2005 to see Richard’s interview with House of Wax star Paris Hilton.

 

May 6, 2005
Tune into CBC Radio 1’s Go! on Saturday, May 7 between 10 and 11 am to hear the first in a series of Richard’s Creepy Celebrity Moments.  Who will Richard discuss? Gary Busey? Liz Taylor? John Malkovich? Tune in to find out.

April 28, 2005
Richard was in Halifax at Show Canada 2005 to moderate the press conference announcing the production of The Trailer Park Boys -- The Movie... 

In attendance were the show's director and writer Mike Clattenburg, producers Barry Dunn and Mike Volpe, executive producer Ivan Reitman and, of course, Julian, Ricky and Bubbles... “Trailer Park Boys represents a fresh voice in contemporary comedy: well-defined characters with emotional depth and hilarious writing," said Reitman. "What might seem like effortless improvisation is actually the product of Mike Clattenburg’s focused vision and the talented creative team that supports him." The movie will start production in Halifax in this summer for a Summer of 2006 release from Alliance Atlantis…

Wednesday April 13, 2005
Richard appears on Popcultured tonight with Elvira Kurt on the Comedy Channel at 10 pm...

April 10, 2005
On April 29, 2005 (with a repeat on May 2)… Richard appears on TVO’s Studio Two to discuss The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy… Here’s the official listing: Did Hollywood do justice to the Guide and its legions of fans? Analysis with film critic Richard Crouse; writer and long-time Hitchhiker fan Ben Knight; and science fiction writer Karl Shroeder.