Toronto 2009 Articles

Michael Stuhlbarg in A Serious Man (top); Joel and Ethan Coen (bottom) Peter Knegt reports that an indieWIRE poll of "more than 25" film critics and bloggers (blogging film critics?) shows that the overwhelmingly favorite film screened at the 2009 Toronto Film Festival was Joel and Ethan Coen's A Serious Man (not to be confused with Tom Ford's A Single Man or the Michael Douglas [...]

Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (top photo); Lee Daniels The bizarrely titled Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, formerly known as Push: Based on a Novel by Sapphire, was the Audience Award winner at the 2009 Toronto Film Festival. The Toronto win, which follows widespread critical acclaim and a couple of Sundance awards earlier in the [...]

2009 Toronto Film Festival Awards 2009 Toronto Film Festival: Sept. 10-19 2009 Toronto Film Festival Winners   Cadillac People's Choice Awards: PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE Runners-up: MAO'S LAST DANCER (above, top) MICMACS (above, lower photo) Documentary: THE TOPP TWINS Runner up: CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY Midnight Madness THE LOVED ONES Runner up: DAYBREAKERS FIPRESCI Special Presentation Prize: HADEWIJCH FIPRESCI Discovery: THE [...]

George Clooney in Up in the Air Nomi Morris on Up in the Air in GlobalPost, via The Huffington Post: "This year, the film that has generated the greatest buzz is Up in the Air, the latest by [Jason] Reitman, director of the hits Juno and Thank You for Smoking, and son of Hollywood director Ivan Reitman (Ghost Busters). Up in the Air stars [George] [...]