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Tricky Virtue by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Steven Zeitchik We've never quite seen a film-festival reaction like the one given this past week to "Easy Virtue," one of the many titles available here at Toronto. Usually at a fest people will bring up a film, dissect... Read More...

Hoping the MPAA Doesn't Slumdog Boyle by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Steven Zeitchik One of the nuggets to emerge from a few Toronto parties this past week is that the fest's biggest breakout, Danny Boyle's remarkably agile "Slumdog Millionaire," is in an interesting little give-and-take with the MPAA...

Hurt Locker has the right combination --Or does it? by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Borys Kit Who will bring on the Hurt? That is the question coming out of the North American premiere screening of "The Hurt Locker," Kathryn Bigelow's intense action drama written by journalist Mark Boal about three bomb squad members...

Toronto slumming, wrestling and other contact sports by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Steven Zeitchik We're not one for festival milestones -- not those that don't involve record-breaking party hopping, anyway -- but the last twenty-four hours here have gotten seriously surreal. You have to stop and pause just at the timing...

Nick ('N Norah) at night by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Borys Kit One of the most likable films of the festival premiered Saturday evening: "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist," which Sony opens Oct 3. The romantic comedy, which stars Michael Cera and Kat Dennings as two young music lovers...

Passionate Canadians by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Steven Zeitchik and Borys Kit Opening night films aren't easy -- especially when they have to be Canadian. So we should go easy on "Passchendaele," the movie (pronounced "Passion-dale") that kicked off the festivities north...
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Rocknrolla Stars by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Borys Kit Buzz star of the Toronto Film Festival #1: Gerard Butler. The "300" star turned out at a party in the city's distillery district for his new pic, the stylish Guy Ritchie joint "Rocknrolla," and found himself beset...
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The Few, the Proud, the Canadian by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Steven Zeitchik A midcentury Canadian politician named C.D. Howe once told his counterparts in Washington D.C. that "we must realize that neither side has any monopoly on sons of b*#@es." Somehow that statement -- with pessimism substituted...
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Final 'Reservation' by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

Focus Features' "Reservation Road" was one of the last movies to have a gala premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, with a party thrown at Empire in Yorkville. The waitresses there, by the way, were perhaps the nicest and happiest... Read...
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Ruffalo: Impeach Bush and Cheney by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

Few performances have impressed me as much as Mark Ruffalo’s breakthrough turn in Kenneth Lonergan’s 1996 off-Broadway drama “This Is Our Youth.” Having attended junior high with some aimless youth from the Upper West Side of Manhattan, it was eerie....
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Taking him down a Pegg by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

Simon Pegg fans were well-served at the Monday night screening of Picturehouse's "Run, Fat Boy Run," David Schwimmer's feature directorial debut about a about a slacker (Pegg) who decides to run a marathon to win back his fiancée (Thandie...
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Parked at the Hyatt by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

People are talking about how the festival has grown, not just over time, but even from last year, with more stars than ever and thus more parties than ever. One hot spot has always been the rooftop bar of the... Read More...
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"Juno's" busting out all over by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

One of the biggest surprises of the festival so far is Fox Searchlight’s “Juno,” Jason Reitman’s heartfelt follow-up to his debut feature “Thank You for Smoking.” That movie did so well that “Juno” was superstitiously presented at the exact same... Read...
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"Battle" ready by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

While star Charlize Theron was getting much of the attention from fans and media outside the premiere screening of boyfriend-filmmaker Stuart Townsend’s ensemble drama on the 1999 World Trade Organization riots, "Battle in Seattle" (pictured...
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Breaking news by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

The acquisitions are heating up as the first weekend of the Toronto International Film Festival unspools. The first big sale of the Toronto fest went to ThinkFilm and Canadian distributor TVA Films Saturday morning. The companies picked up U.S. and.....
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