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December 22, 2011

It’s time to have a look at another list, Canada's Top 10, the Toronto International Film Festival's annual tally of the best Canadian features.

TIFF: The big festival sales

September 18, 2011

While the Toronto International Film Festival offered a great chance for movie fans to get their fill of film, there was still business to be done — and done it was. More than 30 films were acquired during the 10-day festival, most notably the sexually explicit Shame and the genre hit the Raid, which each sold early in the fest.

Butter gets political at film fest

September 15, 2011

Butter, a political satire featuring Jennifer Garner as an uptight conservative taking on an African-American foster child in Iowa’s annual butter-sculpting contest, has quickly drawn allusions to Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann.

In Pictures: TIFF celebrity portraits by Hipstamatic and an iPhone

September 14, 2011

Canadian Press photographer Chris Young has been making the rounds at the Toronto International Film Festival and having some fun with the dynamic duo of an iPhone and Hipstamatic.

In conversation with Clive Owen

September 13, 2011

British star Clive Owen brings his latest, the action thriller, Killer Elite, to TIFF.

TIFF party report

September 13, 2011

Butter stars Jennifer Garner and Olivia Wilde prettied up the Weintsein Company party at Soho House, along with Gerard Butler, Juliette Lewis, Abbie Cornish and Ralph Fiennes, while Joseph Gordon-Levitt pulled triple duty, hitting up the Summit Entertainment after-party for his new film, 50/50, the Entertainment One party and HitRECord at the Movies, a special festival screening organized by his website, HitRECord.org.

TIFF party report

September 12, 2011

The party celebrating Ethan Hawke and Kristen Scott Thomas’ the Woman in the Fifth got a decent infusion of celebrity, with appearances by Hawke, Dave Matthews and Colin Farrell, who didn’t stay long.

Clooney reveals new relationship during TIFF

September 12, 2011

George Clooney and Stacy Keibler have decided to use the opportunity of the Toronto International Film Festival to go public with their rumoured romance, according to Us Weekly.

TIFF’s weekend party report

September 11, 2011

Friday night belonged to Alliance Films, whose massive soiree at South of Temperance to celebrate the premiere of Ides of March lived up to the hype with a surprise post-midnight performance by Cee-Lo Green. The film’s director and star, George Clooney, even showed up after 3 a.m. to help cap off the night, new girlfriend (and former wrestler) Stacey Kiebler by his side.

A ‘violent’ Drive to remember

September 11, 2011

For a guy who plays a stunt driver that moonlights as a getaway driver in Drive, Ryan Gosling says he didn’t get a whole lot of time behind the wheel in the film.  “I drove myself to set and I drove myself home,” he says with a laugh.

TIFF: At a glance

September 08, 2011

Who?! What?! When?! Where?! Highlights of some of the best parties and screenings not to miss during this year's Toronto International Film Festival.

Partying with celebs: Crashing the velvet rope

September 08, 2011

Here’s how to get into some of Toronto’s most exclusive parties during this year’s festival, where all the celebrities will be.

Gus Van Sant’s Toronto

September 08, 2011

I first went (to TIFF) with Drugstore Cowboy — I think that was the first time I went to Toronto.
I ran into Michael Moore, who had brought Roger and Me, and he came to our party, and I remember standing next to him up on this balcony, looking down into the crowd, wondering how many other filmmakers were present that you didn’t know.

The best rock documentaries ever made

September 08, 2011

Is a documentary to start the 36th annual Toronto International Film Festival? And a rock doc?  Makes sense, really, given that the festival and the band involved pretty much share the exact same birth date.

Star hunting at TIFF

September 08, 2011

If you’re planning on star hunting, find out which celebrities will be in town for the 11-day film fest — from Kiera Knightley to Ryan Gosling

Get your swag on

September 08, 2011

Tastemakers Lounge. At this pampering pad for TIFF’s famous faces, VIPs have the chance to walk away with, among other goodies, frames from Wescan Optical, a John Frieda Volume Curls curling iron, a pair of jeans from Mavi and a self-styled charm bracelet by Pandora.

TIFF’s top flicks

September 08, 2011

The sheer number of films playing at the Festival is staggering, and a quick glance at the schedule can send the casual moviegoer running.

Loveable losers of Fubar are back in action

September 23, 2010

When Fubar came out in 2002, nobody expected it to become the massive cult hit that it did — including writer and director Michael Dowse.

Spirits abound in challenging Thai film

September 22, 2010

When Apicatpong Weerasathakul became the first Thai director to win the Palme D’or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, it was a major news story, not only because of the difficulties that the director experienced trying to get a travel visa to accept the award in person.

The best things overheard at TIFF

September 20, 2010

From celebrity breasts to celebrity cats, here are some choice quotes from this year's Toronto International Film Festival.

Some of TIFF's biggest off-screen highlights

September 20, 2010

Throw together 258 feature films, hundreds of famous folks and a celebrity pet lounge and you have the good, the cool and the silly from this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.

Mongrel no mutt at TIFF

September 17, 2010

One of the first images projected on a screen at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival was the Mongrel Media logo which popped up in the opening credits of Score: A Hockey Musical.

Good Neighbours that can make you 'uncomfortable'

September 16, 2010

The terms parking garage and glamour don’t often appear in the same sentence, but for four nights during this year’s TIFF, ET Canada has transformed an ugly duckling industrial building into a chic “pop up club” high atop a downtown industrial building.

O&B Canteen's ambiance has more flavour than the food

September 16, 2010

O&B Canteen opened in the hot, new TIFF Bell Lightbox building, so it’s no wonder people are flocking to eat here -- George Stroumboulopoulos just finished lunch one table over.

Caan loves a movie with a good story

September 16, 2010

James Caan is always pleased when he gets his hands on solid, character-driven script.

Girlfriend lets Sneider show off he has acting chops

September 16, 2010

Breaking down barriers and living his silver screen dream, actor Evan Sneider is proof that talent conquers all.

TIFF Movie Review: Trigger

September 16, 2010

Bruce McDonald’s latest is a rock n’ roll variation on A Dinner With Andre that’s somehow more entertaining and insightful than that description suggests.

TIFF Movie Review: Of Gods and Men

September 16, 2010

A patient build yields a deeply emotional payoff in Xavier Beauvois’ fact-based drama, which focuses on a group of French monks living in an isolated Algerian monastery.

TIFF Movie Review: Blue Valentine

September 16, 2010

Whether one thinks Blue Valentine is a sincere meditation on the fragility of relationships or an actors’ showcase for Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, there's no doubt it works.

TIFF Movie Review: Easy A

September 16, 2010

A surprisingly hilarious comedy about a good girl (Emma Stone) willfully accepting a less than ladylike reputation at her school to help her fellow rejects and create some semblance
of a social life.


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