Toronto International Film Festival

...international recognition this week, receiving five Oscar nominations. There was a further flow of national pride when last September's Toronto International Film Festival saw a record seven Irish films officially selected for...

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...tough, uncompromising drama (which is also a doozy of an action movie) about the realities of combat on the ground. Since its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2008, "The Hurt Locker" has been praised by critics for many...

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The Canadian road movie, which stars Joshua Jackson ("Fringe") and Liane Balaban, was written and directed by McGowan, and bowed at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. The deal was brokered by Arianna Boccho and Elizabeth Nastro...

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...dollars through the American financial system, a new government report shows. Actress and rapper Eve poses for a portrait at the 34th Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009. Carlo Allegri/AP Photo)

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Brittany Murphy attends a screening of Love and Other Disasters at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. LOS ANGELES-The Los Angeles County coroner says Brittany Murphy died from pneumonia but prescription drug intoxication was also...

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...underdog choices also negate the trope that the season's most anointed performances -- as Moore's was when "A Single Man" premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in the fall -- are Oscar shoo-ins. Gyllenhaal, who had been on the awards roller...

In this article: Oscar, In the Loop, The Blind Side, The Messenger, Maggie Gyllenhaal, District 9, Woody Harrelson, and Julianne Moore

...choices also negate the trope that the season's most anointed performances - as Moore's was when "A Single Man" premiered at the Toronto Film Festival - are Oscar shoo-ins. Gyllenhaal, who had been on the awards roller coaster before with...

In this article: Oscar, In the Loop, The Blind Side, The Messenger, Maggie Gyllenhaal, District 9, Julianne Moore, and Invictus

...in the Middle East country of Jordan in sweltering heat. (Summit Entertainment picked the film up for a reported $1.2 million at the Toronto Film Festival.) As an independent film with critical acclaim that turns a humanistic eye towards...

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...on the picture. "I Am Love," a drama directed by Luca Guadagnino, made its debut in September at the Venice Film Festival. Then came the Toronto International Film Festival. Programmers at Sundance made an exception to their usual...

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