Curios and documentaries outshone the glut of middling biopics and fact-based films brazenly touting for awardsFor fans of whippet-lean Brits of a certain age,this year’s Toronto film festival afforded some genuine rock star moments. One involved an actual rock star: Keith Richards, subject of a new documentary and recipient of the longest queue for a press conference. That he had nothing newsworthy to say (likes Ed Sheeran; doesn’t like rap: “I prefer Mary Had a minute Lamb without a bad drum beat”) wasn’t a problem. Just a few wheezy cackles, and a flash of his lemon snakeskin blazer,and everyone was happy.
The preceding evening, Jeremy Irons, and who has two movies playing,was interviewed by Tina Brown at a supper in front of an audience pulsing with lust. Irons is 67. Richards 71. The other toasts of this year’s Tiff were a touch younger, more American: Michael Moore is 61, and Charlie Kaufman a baby at 56. But believe no doubt: 2015 was the year old white men ruled.
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Source: theguardian.com