Toronto Film Festival News
Free festival wrap party tonight
TIFF's free closing-night party in Yonge-Dundas Square features the infectious improvised audiovisual mashups of Eclectic Method. For the party, the renowned trio will thrill film and music lovers with a video remix set incorporating clips from the films included in The Essential 100, a TIFF list of the 100 best films ever. "We're going to do […]
Werner Herzog talks murder
Director Werner Herzog has to be one of the most versatile filmmakers of all time. Though most directors stick to one genre, Herzog has ventured into many, even taking a turn at acting in several projects, including playing himself in the hilarious mock-documentary Incident at Loch Ness (which he co-wrote). He won a Directors Guild […]
Freebies and a royal party today at TIFF!
The Sarah Ferguson Foundation, which serves children and families in dire need will be hosting a party at the Ultra Supper Club at 314 Queen Street West, starting at 8 p.m. Ferguson, aka The Duchess of York, who's also at TIFF as co-producer of the film The Young Victoria, will of course be there, as […]
Heath Ledger's last film gets gala screening
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, the movie Heath Ledger was working on when he died of an accidental prescription drug overdose, receives a gala screening at Roy Thomson Hall at 6:30 p.m. In attendance on the red carpet will be director Terry Gilliam and stars Christopher Plummer and Colin Farrell, who along with Johnny Depp […]
Robin Wright Penn's Private Lives
Robin Wright Penn is at TIFF to promote her new film, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, but she's got a lot going on in her own private life as well. When asked about her impending divorce from actor Sean Penn, to whom she's been married for 13 years, she told the Toronto Star: "It […]
Natalie Portman protests Tel Aviv protest
During a roundtable interview yesterday for her film Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, which had its gala screening at Roy Thomson Hall last night, Golden Globe-winning actress Natalie Portman explained why she signed a letter to support Tel Aviv's inclusion in TIFF's City to City program. Last week, several artists signed a letter of protest […]
Galas and freebies today at TIFF
At noon, Yonge-Dundas Square is offering a free screening of the concert film U2: Rattle & Hum, to coincide with U2 being in Toronto for two live concerts at the Rogers Centre. At 3 p.m. as part of TIFF's Silent Film Series, the 1927 romantic comedy It, starring Clara Bow will be screened. Then at […]
Producer's script and cash stolen at TIFF
A suitcase belonging to an Italian film producer who was attending the Toronto International Film Festival was stolen from the lobby of the Four Seasons hotel on Bloor street, according to Toronto police. The producer, whom police would not name, saying only that he's "apparently well-known in Italy," briefly set down the suitcase, containing 7,000 […]
Jane Fonda apologizes for TIFF protest
In a complete about face, Jane Fonda is now apologizing for having taken any part in the protest of the Tel Aviv spotlight at the Toronto International Film Festival. In an official statement posted on the Huffington Post late Monday, she wrote: "I signed the letter without reading it carefully enough, without asking myself if […]
What's cooking today at TIFF
Don McKellar, Lisa Ray and director Dilip Mehta will be walking the red carpet at Roy Thomson Hall for the gala presentation of Cooking with Stella at 6:30 p.m. Afterwards, they'll be attending the Cooking with Stella after party at Mildred's Temple Kitchen at 85 Hanna Avenue, Suite 104. Natalie Portman and Lisa Kudrow can […]
