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» TIFF Gallery: ‘The Men Who Stare At Goats’ press conference

Although everyone kept their cool, it was easy to imagine that a few hearts were aflutter on Friday, September 11 when George Clooney and Ewan McGregor arrived at the Toronto International Film Festival press conference for their new film, The Men Who Stare at Goats.

» TIFF ‘09 capsule reviews, including ‘An Education’, ‘Cairo Time’, ‘Bright Star’

Critically-acclaimed stars and over-exposed starlets have descended on Hollywood North for the largest public film festival in the world, and the hype surrounding this year’s TIFF selections is in full force. From another political thriller from George Clooney (Men Who Stare At Goats), and Jennifer’s Body, a Megan Fox vehicle which adds to the commercial-tweenification of horror films, to Mariah Carey’s Oscar-buzz performance in Precious, there are in fact too many must-see films for this one reviewer to see. But there are some rather quiet TIFF selections, not concerned at all with hype, which undoubtedly very few film critics will bother reviewing. That’s where I come in!

» TIFF Gallery: ‘Jennifer’s Body’ red carpet

Writer Diablo Cody, director Karyn Kusama, and star Megan Fox helped kick off the Midnight Madness programme at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday, September 10 with the gala red carpet for their horror film, Jennifer’s Body.

» TIFF Gallery: ‘Creation’ red carpet

On Thursday, September 10 director Jon Amiel’s film Creation, about the life of Charles Darwin, opened the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival with a gala red carpet event at Roy Thomson Hall. On hand to walk the carpet were stars Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany, not to mention the great-great-grandson of Darwin, Randal Keynes.

» A tour inside TIFF’s Bell Lightbox

Before the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival started this year, I was lucky enough to preview something that has been in production for over two and a half years, and will end up shaping the future of the event, and organization, immensely.

» List of stars attending the 2009 TIFF

The Toronto International Film Festival revealed the final details for this year’s event, announcing the remaining films that will make their debut as well as the full list of celebrities expected in the city.

» ‘Daybreakers’ debuting at TIFF’s Midnight Madness

Earlier today the Toronto International Film Festival confirmed that Daybreakers, Ethan Hawke’s latest film, had been chosen to screen during this year’s Midnight Madness.

The film, which was directed by Peter and Michael Spierig, is set in 2019 after a plague has turned most of the Earth’s population into vampires.

» ‘Creation’ will open 2009 TIFF

Early this week the Toronto International Film Festival announced details for some of this year’s gala and special presentations that will appear at the annual event in September. During the press conference, TIFF CEO and director Piers Handling, and festival co-director Cameron Bailey also revealed details for the opening night film, which ended up being a big surprise for long-time festival fans.