Metro Toronto brings you the latest news and exclusive looks behind the scenes of the Toronto International Film Festival. Look out for exclusive as-it-happens posts from @julianbrass of Notable.ca, straight from the floors of the Toronto International Film Festival’s party scene.
The festival runs from September 6-16.
TORONTO – Silver Linings Playbook has won a key boost in the race for Oscar glory. The feelgood romantic dramedy starring Bradley Cooper was named audience favourite at the Toronto International Film Festival. It’s a coveted prize often seen as … Continue Reading
Italian director Matteo Garrone brings his latest, “Reality” to the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival fresh off its Grand Jury Prize win at Cannes — and his own turn as a jury member in Venice. His follow-up to the critically … Continue Reading
When Great Expectations director Mike Newell sat down for our chat at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, along with stars Jeremy Irvine (Pip) and Holliday Grainger (Estella), they each had something to say about bringing a more faithful adaptation … Continue Reading
In “Underground,” Australian filmmaker Robert Connolly presents a kind of superhero origin story for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, showing his early days as a hacker who first stumbled upon government secrets while also dealing with becoming a teenage father. But … Continue Reading
Just last week at this time Toronto, Hollywood, and the international film industry awaited the official start of TIFF 2012. Tonight is a quieter one on the TIFF social scene. Why? My call is that most folks need a night … Continue Reading
TORONTO — Brian De Palma’s latest pulpy thriller, “Passion,” pits Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace against each other as ad agency colleagues who are out for blood after McAdams takes credit for Rapace’s idea for an ad. There’s a lot … Continue Reading
TORONTO — Eighteen-year-old Irish actress Saoirse Ronan was on board right away for Neil Jordan’s new vampire film Byzantium, but don’t assume it’s because she’s a “Twilight” fan. In fact, Ronan goes out of her way not to use the … Continue Reading
When it came time to follow up her acclaimed 2009 picture Cairo Time, it seems as if filmmaker Ruba Nadda decided to follow the old adage, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Inescapable, a thriller set against the omnipresent … Continue Reading
TORONTO — Anna Kendrick is becoming something of a regular at the Toronto International Film Festival. Last year, she debuted 50/50, and she’s had a spot in her heart for the city since filming Scott Pilgrim vs. the World here. … Continue Reading
TIFF would not be possible without the involvement of hundreds of volunteers. As a charitable, cultural organization (yes, TIFF is a charity), it relies on government funding, countless sponsors and, most importantly, all the volunteers. This year, 2,300 volunteers were … Continue Reading
8:00 p.m. Tonight marks the closing night of another incredible TIFF. We await the closing night of the festival in preparation for the closing film, Song of Marion. Tons of buzz, gorgeous cocktail attire, and star studded red carpets await … Continue Reading
TIFF and red carpet are synonymous, and the festival marks the one time during which the city truly transforms to embody the essence of the term “Hollywood North.” We’ve been lucky enough to walk a red carpet or two and … Continue Reading
It’s Thursday night and once again it’s exceptionally gorgeous outside. I really love that. A regular Thursday night alone in Toronto can be quite the “scene” but with TIFF in full force and the Madonna concert happening tonight at the … Continue Reading
Metro’s Ned Ehrbar sits down with Olivia Williams — who stars as Eleanor Roosevelt in “Hyde Park on Hudson” opposite Bill Murray 14 years after they first co-starred in “Rushmore” — to talk re-teaming with Murray, taking on playing such … Continue Reading
Metro’s film correspondent Ned Ehrbar teams up with CinemaBlend.com’s Katey Reich to address some burning questions from the Toronto International Film festival that has critics and fans abuzz. Does The Master live up to the hype? Why did The Impossible … Continue Reading
10:00 p.m. Ladies & Gents, TIFF is definitely in full force! While many of the celebs and industry types are making mention of feeling the affects of the last few nights of events and parties – things are still heating … Continue Reading
Logan Lerman takes on some heavy material as the troubled teen at the centre of Perks of Being a Wallflower, based on writer-director Stephen Chbosky’s critically acclaimed young adult novel. Luckily, Lerman’s own high school experience — during which he … Continue Reading
TORONTO — Ralph Fiennes knows his way around the annals of British literature, from Shakespeare to J.K. Rowling. And this fall, he adds two more notables to his list, with Mike Newell’s Great Expectations, in which he plays the convict … Continue Reading
TORONTO — Logan Lerman takes on some heavy material as the troubled teen at the center of Perks of Being a Wallflower, based on writer-director Stephen Chbosky’s critically acclaimed young adult novel. But, luckily Lerman’s own high school experience — … Continue Reading
Robert Redford’s latest work as an actor and a director, The Company You Keep, finds him playing a seemingly harmless attorney exposed as a fugitive member of the 1960s radical group the Weather Underground, thanks to an overeager young reporter … Continue Reading
