Toronto Film Festival News
TIFF: Good Hair
The wisecracks in Good Hair, Chris Rock’s new documentary about the multi-million-dollar industry and culture of straightening the follicles of black America, aren’t the headliners this time out. The 44-year-old actor-comedian looks in and takes a step back, letting such figureheads as Rev. Al Sharpton, rapper-actor Ice-T, actress Nia Long, poet-playwright Dr. Maya Angelou and […]
Today, Jonathan Demme is all about The Neiler
Oscar winner for the now-legendary terror show of The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and critically acclaimed for his premiere of Rachel Getting Married – which earned actress Anne Hathaway an Oscar nomination – at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, 65-year-old director Jonathan Demme is back in Toronto with only one person on his […]
TIFF films slow to get distribution deals
When TIFF began last Thursday, there were more films that had not yet gotten American distributors than in previous years. As of today, the sixth day of the festival, no big deals have emerged, despite the attendance of all the major studios. Films attracting most of the coverage so far have been The Men Who […]
Bright Star at TIFF
At first glance, Bright Star looks like another stuffy period piece, this time about the doomed Romantic poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and his love affair with the girl next door, Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish). But in Jane Campion’s hands, the film lifts out of its era and becomes a vivid and intimate love story, […]
2009 Toronto International Film Festival
The 34th Toronto International Film Festival promises to be the biggest one yet, with over 500 actors, directors, producers and industry insiders from 64 countries descending on the city to show their contribution to the 335 films that will screen from September 10 to 19th. Tribute will be at the Intercontinental to get exclusive interviews […]
Who to see at Saturday's star-studded films
There's plenty of star power out today, and if you play your cards right, you might get to see George Clooney, Brad Pitt and/or Viggo Mortensen. Start off the day at the Ryerson Theatre where Clooney's Michael Clayton premieres at noon. Eastern Promises starring Viggo Mortensen screens at Roy Thomson Hall at 6:30 p.m., then Brad Pitt's The […]
Jodie Foster walks red carpet
Jodie Foster and her co-star, Terrence Howard, walked the red carpet at the world premiere of their new movie, The Brave One, last night at the Ryerson Theatre. Foster flew in all the way from Australia, where she's currently filming, to attend. The stars were also present at a press conference yesterday at the Sutton […]
Tribute meets opening gala cast
Tribute has scored exclusive photos of the director and stars of the festival's opening gala film, Fugitive Pieces. Native Toronto filmmaker Jeremy Podeswa and his international cast, including British actors Stephen Dillane and Rosamund Pike, as well as Croatian actor Rade Sherbedzija and Israeli Ayelet Zurer graciously posed for Tribute's photographer. Check out the photos […]
TIFF celeb portraits on display
Metro photographers Chris Atchison and Rick McGinnis are displaying the black and white portraits they’ve take over the years of A-list celebrities at the Toronto International Film Festival. The photographs can be viewed in an exhibition entitled "Faces of the Festival" at Avenue at the Four Seasons Hotel. Atchison told Metro: "We feel very privileged to […]
Festival hosts Oscar contenders
TIFF organizer Noah Cowan claims that there are at least 40 films that will screen during the 10-day festival with Oscar potential. He mentions films such as Nothing is Private, In Bloom and The Visitor. Cowan predicts that at least 10 films will be picked up for U.S. distribution and another 10 for international viewing. […]
