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Toronto International Film Festival 2009
September 11, 2009 | 9:30 am

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Today at TIFF: September 11, 2009

Our daily roundup of the most buzz-worthy opening galas, parties and screenings.

• Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing free public screening, Yonge–Dundas Square, noon
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea free public screening, Yonge–Dundas Square, 3 p.m.
• The Informant! premiere, Visa Screening Room, 6 p.m.
• OMDC party (guests include Hugh Hefner), Manyata Courtyard Café, 6 p.m.
• Suck showcase, featuring a free concert with the stars of the film, Yonge–Dundas Square, 6:30 p.m.
• The Men Who Stare at Goats premiere, Roy Thomson Hall, 6:30 p.m.
• Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars free public screening, Yonge–Dundas Square, 9 p.m.
• The Trotsky premiere, Ryerson Theatre, 9 p.m.
• Bright Star premiere, Visa Screening Room, 9 p.m.
• Suck world premiere, Varsity, 9:30 p.m.
• Dorian Gray premiere, Roy Thomson Hall, 9:30 p.m.
• Fang Bang party for Suck, Phoenix Concert Theatre, 10 p.m.
• The Trotsky premiere party (guests include Jay Baruchel, Colm Feore and Jessica Paré), Pravda Vodka House
• Artists for Peace and Justice 10th anniversary celebration (guests include Demi Moore, Naomi Watts, Peter Sarsgaard and Paul Haggis), Windsor Arms
• TChad Magazine party (hosted by Kim D’Eon, Cheryl Hickey and Rosey Eden), Rosewater Supper Club, 10 p.m.
• Biko Beauttah’s 4 Toronto by Toronto party, Lo’la, 9 p.m.

Toronto International Film Festival 2009
August 31, 2009 | 3:57 pm

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Oscar buzz, vodka and stalking advice doled out at the Hazelton Hotel

To be Blunt: early rumblings suggest Young Victoria could be Emily Blunt's big break

To be Blunt: early rumblings suggest Young Victoria could be Emily Blunt's big break (Photo by chloe004)

With two weeks left until the opening gala of the Toronto International Film Festival, reporters gathered at the Hazelton Hotel to get a rundown on the buzziest films (Precious), parties (One X One), possible Oscar contenders (Mo’Nique, the woman from Soul Plane) and TIFF-inspired cocktails (Skyy vodka for all).

CTV film critic Richard Crouse said the Oprah-backed film Precious could mean a possible Oscar nomination for Mo’Nique, while co-star Mariah Carey can finally shake off the tarnished glitter from, well, Glitter. Closing film Young Victoria also got a thumbs-up and was predicted to be Emily Blunt’s big break. But the most intriguing film tidbit (and a brilliant marketing move to boot) was that everyone who went to the pre-screening of Heath Ledger’s last film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, had to sign a waiver that forbid them from talking about it.

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Toronto International Film Festival 2009
August 5, 2009 | 4:20 pm

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CanCon at TIFF: Atom Egoyan’s latest and Heath Ledger’s final film among newly announced titles

Even though it’s just a press conference, the announcement of TIFF’s Canadian lineup is considered to be the unofficial pre-gala kickoff for locals. Homegrown filmmakers, actors and distributors packed into the Royal York’s Imperial Room yesterday to pose for the camera and decimate the open bar and buffet table in a manner befitting this country’s underfunded film industry. Since a British film—Creation—was chosen for opening night, a Canadian project was widely expected to close the festival. Organizers didn’t disappoint. The honour went to The Young Victoria, a look at titular queen’s early years on the throne directed by C.R.A.Z.Y. filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallée. Other notable announcements included:

• Atom Egoyan’s Chloe, about a wife (Julianne Moore) who hires a PYT (Amanda Seyfried) to catch her husband (Liam Neeson) in the act of cheating;
• Reginald Harkema’s follow-up to Monkey Warfare—Leslie, My Name Is Evil—will have its world premiere;
• Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, the tale of a travelling theatre show staring Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Heath Ledger in his last role. A Canada-U.K. co-production, this one just squeaked into the CanCon category.

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