Sex and the 75-year-old woman
Linda Barnard  
Maybe it's because thinking about our parents having sex still creeps us out no matter how old we are, actor Ellen Burstyn mused over a cup of tea in Yorkville last week.

Spirit of change evident in Jamie Jay Johnson's debut
Richard Ouzounian  
If you want proof that the whole world of film is changing, you don't have to look any further than Jamie Jay Johnson, whose "popumentary," Sounds Like Teen Spirit , premiered this ...

One more night of TIFF
Toronto film festival's finale brings a free-and-funky wrap party to Yonge-Dundas Square and the final Gala screening of the fest. But it also marks a new beginning for up-and-coming directors looking to make the cut.

Reporter's backgrounder: Celebrities' time becoming more precious
Peter Howell  
"Say `hi' to Brad for me!" everyone says, when I tell them I'm covering either the Toronto or Cannes film festivals.

You can dance all night at TIFF's final bash
Sarah Barmak  
As the stage lights go up and you stagger dazed from the theatres when TIFF wraps up tonight, don't go home yet.


TIFF quiz
Movies about ancient artifacts (For the Gala performance of The Stone of Destiny about the Stone of Scone, supposedly the pillow stone used by Jacob in the Bible)

Film's future gets the silent treatment
Peter Goddard  
It's a wrap this weekend for all the Cadillacs, lies and videotape that made the Toronto International Film Festival such fun this year. But the idea of cinema – of the cinematic process playing out in the artistic ...

TIFF wraps up with The Stone of Destiny
Linda Barnard  
American Graffiti co-star returns to direct the oddly reminiscent The Stone of Destiny.

The Dailies from TIFF
Cancer survivor and esteemed movie reviewer Roger Ebert took a beating at the hands of another critic at a TIFF screening of Slumdog Millionaire, sources told New York Daily News gossip columnists Rush & Malloy.

Burn After Reading: A-list stars in top screwball form
Peter Howell  
When they're not hauling in golden statues and critical kudos for dramas like No Country for Old Men , Joel and Ethan Coen love making screwball comedies.

Fest titles that gross out the mainstream
Peter Howell  
A collective "eeewww!" erupted from the audience in the Ryerson Theatre Tuesday when a character in The Wrestler jammed his hand into a meat-slicing machine.

Kristin Scott Thomas already hearing Oscar buzz
Linda Barnard  
Kristin Scott Thomas bristles ever so slightly, then smiles patiently.

Patti Smith ends fest fetes on a high note
Rita Zekas  
You didn't have to be an aging hippie, but it helped on Wednesday night when Joe Mimran , creative director of Joe Fresh, hosted a screening of Patti Smith: Dream of Life at the Gardiner Museum, directed by ...

Voices
Here are some of the more memorable quotes from TIFF news conferences, as gathered by reporter Bruce DeMara:

Vision becoming reality for TIFF's future home
Martin Knelman  
In Europe people respect institutions like the Cinematheque Française in Paris, and they draw cinephiles who care how the shot is set up, how a scene is edited," explains Noah Cowan, sounding professorial ...

TIFF quiz
In honour of tonight's Gala performance of The Loss of the Teardrop Diamond , a round on Tennessee Williams:

Doc shows Baghdad as 'Garden of Eden,' says director
Mike Fuhrmann  
Joe Balass hopes his new documentary Baghdad Twist will give audiences a sharply different view of the Iraqi capital than the one offered in TV newscasts.

A kinder, gentler Malkovich
Peter Howell  
For a guy who normally shuns manic celebrity events, John Malkovich is doing an excellent impersonation of a TIFF trooper.

Sales slump at film fest
Tony Wong  
Film sales at the Toronto International Film Festival are at a slow start this year compared to prior years, reflecting the weakness in the global economy and a glut of independent movies on the market, veteran industry leaders ...

Viva Che! Soderbergh signs a deal
Peter Howell  
Steven Soderbergh's mood has brightened considerably following news yesterday he's reached a distribution deal for Che , his controversial epic about Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara.

Stars want arts plan in return for votes
Martin Knelman  
What makes this federal election different from other elections?

TIFF quiz
Stick 'em up! Bank robbers onscreen (in honour of tonight's gala showing of Mesrine , about the life of notorious bank robber Jacques Mesrine).

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The fine art of the pitch
Sarah Barmak  
Forget cinematography. The real art of movies is all in the pitch.

Mickey Rourke parallels his life in `The Wrestler'
David Germain  
Mickey Rourke's character in "The Wrestler" describes himself as a broken-down slab of meat, a man who's alone and deserves to be.

Mehta says her film is not an attack on Indian culture
Gregory Bonnell  
Deepa Mehta has never been one to shy away from controversial topics, a practice that has garnered the Toronto-based filmmaker international acclaim but also the violent contempt of conservative elements ...