Toronto Film Festival

5 Lessons From the Toronto Film Festival

September 16, 2012 By Steve Pond 35 weeks ago

As Toronto comes to an end, here are the surest Oscar bets, the best movies and the biggest disappointments

  

'Silver Linings Playbook' Wins Toronto Audience Award

September 16, 2012 By Steve Pond 35 weeks ago

David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook" follows in footsteps of "The King's Speech" and "Slumdog Millionaire," takes top audience prize at Toronto

  

Toronto Film Fest Day 10: An Old-Fashioned Ending to a Forward-Looking Festival

September 16, 2012 By Steve Pond 35 weeks ago

Toronto's closing-night attraction, "Song for Marion," features Terence Stamp and Vanessa Redgrave in a predictable but crowd-pleasing tear-jerker

  

Toronto Film Fest Day 8: Let the Oscar Arguments Begin

September 14, 2012 By Steve Pond 35 weeks ago

While some Toronto-watchers debate about which festival fave will take home the gold, other films debut to considerably less enthusiasm -- sorry, Billy Bob Thornton

  

Toronto Film Fest Day 7: Where Did Everybody Go?

September 13, 2012 By Steve Pond 35 weeks ago

As the industry exodus from Toronto picks up steam, Barry Levinson unveils a horror movie, Liz Garbus celebrates Marilyn Monroe and Ben Affleck gets slammed for insulting a Canadian hero

  

Horrifying Toronto Doc 'Act of Killing' Restages Mass Murder as Twisted Entertainment

September 12, 2012 By Steve Pond 36 weeks ago

Joshua Oppenheimer's disturbing and transfixing "The Act of Killing" lets Indonesian killers re-enact their murders Hollywood-style

  

Toronto Deals: Millennium Picks Up Modern Take on Henry James' 'What Maisie Knew'

September 12, 2012 By Liza Foreman 36 weeks ago

Millennium Entertainment has taken domestic distribution rights to updated “What Maisie Knew,” starring Alexander Skarsgard, Julianne Moore and Steve Coogan 

  

Toronto Film Fest Day 4: The Buzz Is Strong, But the Films Are Dark

September 10, 2012 By Steve Pond 36 weeks ago

The end of opening weekend at the much-lauded festival brings some grim films -- including one that one may have caused a patron to faint

  

Toronto Deals: Paladin and 108 Media Acquires Michel Gondry's 'The We and the I'

September 8, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 36 weeks ago

"The We and the I" is the latest film from Michel Gondry, director of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"

  

Toronto Film Fest: Keira Knightley on the Secret of Her 'Anna Karenina' Sex Scene (Video)

September 7, 2012 By Steve Pond 36 weeks ago

Keira Knightley says there's more to the sex scene in "Anna Karenina" than you'll see onscreen -- but it'll definitely be a DVD extra

  

Toronto Film Fest Day 1: Bruce Willis' Magic Trick, Kristen Stewart's No-Worries Nudity

September 7, 2012 By Steve Pond 36 weeks ago

The Toronto Film Festival launches with an uncharacteristically commercial film, the sci-fi thriller "Looper," and also includes Kristen Stewart's first red-carpet walk since hitting the tabloids

  

Toronto Gets Ready to Pump Up the Volume

September 6, 2012 By Steve Pond 36 weeks ago

The Toronto Film Festival has an Oscar-winning streak on the line -- and a history of showcasing a whole lot of everything

  

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Going to Toronto Film Festival for 'State 194'

August 28, 2012 By Brent Lang 38 weeks ago

Press conference with Salam Fayyad is scheduled for Sept. 11

  

Toronto Festival Adds David Geffen, Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem and Michael Haneke

August 21, 2012 By Steve Pond 39 weeks ago

Toronto International Film Festival completes its schedule with Palme d'Or winner "Amour," international auteurs, conversations with David Geffen and others

  

Toronto Film Fest Adds 70+ Docs, Midnight Movies, New Works by Ken Burns, Alex Gibney

July 31, 2012 By Steve Pond 42 weeks ago

Additions to Toronto Film Festival lineup also include projects from Martin McDonagh, Julien Temple and Rob Zombie, plus revivals of Hitchcock and Pixar

  

'The Master' Added to Toronto Film Festival Lineup

July 30, 2012 By Steve Pond 42 weeks ago

Toronto Film Festival booking will allow Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" to kick off awards season and capitalize on Scientology's media attention in the wake of Tom Cruise's divorce

  

Toronto Deals: ATO Pictures Takes 'The Oranges'

September 16, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The movie stars Hugh Laurie, Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt, Alison Janney, Alia Shawkat, Adam Brody and Leighton Meester

  

Harvey Weinstein Invites Michele Bachman to Premiere of 'Butter'

September 13, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

"I would of course be more than happy to fly in the other leading members of the Tea Party movement to make an entire day of it"

  

'Shame' Shocks With Pitiless, NC-17 Sex

September 12, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

British director Steve McQueen's drama takes a piercing, pitiless look at the culture of sexual excess in Western society

  

In Toronto, the Power Center Has Moved to the Light Box -- and the Ritz

September 11, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

The scene: it’s far past midnight and Glenn Close is snuggling up to her daughter at the post-premiere of her movie, “Albert Nobbs”

  

Brad Pitt to Keira Knightley: Toronto's Cavalcade of Ordinary Looking People (Slideshow)

September 11, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Nope, nothing to see here, as some of the most genetically gifted folks on the planet have their photos snapped at TIFF

  

Showtime to Air U2 Documentary 'From the Sky Down'

September 6, 2011 By Tim Molloy 1 year ago

Film will premiere on Showtime the month after its Toronto Film Festival debut

  

It's Only Rock 'N' Roll, But Toronto Likes It

August 25, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

One year after Bruce Springsteen took the festival by storm, Toronto rocks out with U2, Neil Young, Pearl Jam, Paul McCartney

  

Nicole Kidman, Robert De Niro, Nicolas Cage Films Added to Toronto Fest

August 16, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Spy film "Page Eight" will close festival; Winnie Mandela biopic also added to lineup

  

Hickenlooper: 'Indie Film Has Become Pottery-Barn Cinema'

October 31, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Less than two months before his death at 47 on Saturday, the "Casino Jack" director talked about fighting "commodification"

  

EXCLUSIVE: Hannover House Buys TIFF Buzz Film 'Girlfriend'

September 24, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Fourth-quarter release set for film starring Evan Sneider, actor with Down syndrome