Browsed the TIFF Official Film Schedule and I think the scheduling gods have smiled upon us this year. We knew about our 6pm VISA picks (which are quite good) but somehow the gods don't want me to see The Last Kiss at this year's fest because they did their best to put it up against every other movie I'm already planning to see. Not to worry - Zach Braff will be in theatres soon enough (and I did see the original Italian version of the film at TIFF 2001.)
We know from past experience that if we want to see stars, we'd better plan to attend the film's first screening at the festival. We are planning for Babel on Sunday morning at 11:30am after its 9:30pm GALA at Roy Thomson Hall the night before. We have seen stars in the daytime at the Elgin (Dogville, Punch Drunk Love) so I guess we'll see if Brad gets out of bed in time.
Saturday night's VISA screening of Stranger Than Fiction looks funny and brings a lot of star power including Will Ferrell, Emma Thompson, Dustin Hoffman and Maggie Gyllenhaal, all of whom are mentioned in the TIFF news release of stars coming to the festival. Guess we'll have to see what box we're in to know what our final picks are. The Fountain on Tuesday at 6 is a backup but Hugh Jackman isn't expected and the last time I saw him in a sci-fi historical thing was Van Helsing (one of the top 10 WORST moview of all time) so this one may bite too.
Scroll down to the 6pm VISA Screening post Aug 26 to check out other trailers I've found online and tell me which movies you'd be picking. Others I'm hoping to see this year are The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Palme d'or at Cannes), Manufactured Landscapes, Radiant City (the latest from Calgarian Gary Burns) and The Banquet or Paris je t'aime.
Festival Schedule
second guessing programmers
always a crap shoot
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