Report From Toronto
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TIFF: IFC Acquires ‘Peep World’
Black comedy about dysfunctional family is IFC’s fourth festival-related deal
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TIFF’s Day 9: Let’s Make a Deal
With the closing-night attracting looming, a last-minute flurry of deals sparks the fest
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TIFF: ‘Everything’ Goes to Lionsgate/Roadside
Companies team up to make seven-figure deal for bittersweet drama “Everything Must Go”
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TIFF: Oscilloscope Acquires ‘Meek’s Cutoff’
Western drama from “Wendy and Lucy” director won acclaim at Toronto, Venice
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Docu-Mania at TIFF: On Cave Paintings, Dog-Cloning and Sex & Chains
Up close video chats with two of the fest’s most playful filmmakers — Werner Herzog and Errol Morris
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‘Beautiful Boy’: Raise a Glass for the Columbine Killers’ Parents
What happens next to a couple whose son walks into his university armed with weapons and begins shooting students, finally killing himself
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TIFF: Anchor Bay Buys ‘A Horrible Way to Die’
Deal caps big week of acquisitions for film distributor
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TIFF’s Day 8: Here Comes the Rain
As bad weather arrives and the fest winds down, critics take stock of TIFF, and two movies come out on top
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‘Casino Jack’: Welcome Back Arrogant, Smarmy Kevin Spacey
Spacey finally has found another role worthy of that particular talent, and judging by the way he tears into the part, he knows it
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TIFF: Lionsgate Snares Oscar-Bait ‘Rabbit Hole’
Nicole Kidman drama will be released in 2010, just in time for this year’s awards cycle
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A Quiet Redford, a Quiet Redford Movie
It must be very difficult for him to move from superstar status to having a film he hopes will sell
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IFC to Distribute ‘Unauthorized’ Harvey Weinstein Doc
The deal is IFC’s third buy at the Toronto International Film Festival
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TIFF Day 7: Ballet for Breakfast, Rock for Lunch
An invigorating day in Toronto includes the triumphant, crazy “Black Swan” and a special preview from Bruce Springsteen
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Sony Pictures Worldwide Haunted by James Wan’s ‘Insidious’
Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne star in this modern take on the haunted house genre