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Daily Read: Ads in Recession, Toronto Film Fest, Google
Thompson On Hollywood — ... The Toronto International Film Festival is starting to post its line-up. The NYT's David Carr visits the source of the Evil Google Empire. Don't believe all the conventional wisdom about advertising in a recession. ...

And It Begins: TIFF'09
Movie Moxie — It that time of year again - time to get to know everything there is to know about TIFF as we head into TIFF'09. What's new, what's changed and if anything has stayed the same. This handy dandy brochure came in the mail full of dates, prices, urls and definitions of festivalisms (PDF of brochure here). The festival has a new look this year along with a new site (www.tiff.net) so make sure you reset your bookmarks! Another big change this year is another move of the location of the Festival Box Office which will be at Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen Street West (in the white tent, on the west side of ...

TIFF'09 Packages onsale to Visa Cardholders today at 10am
Movie Moxie — Reminder to those purchasing TIFF'09 ticket packages! Tickets package go on sale to Visa cardholders today Monday July 6, 2009 at 10am. Check the "How to Buy" page over at the TIFF site for more info. Cash and Debit sales will go on sale in one week on Monday July 13, 2009. Important TIFF site Links: Important Dates, Film List, Box Office Infomation, How To Buy Tickets, Ticket Informations, Festival Map, Hotel Package Information and General Policies. The Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 10 - ...

News of The World (CREATION to Open 2009 TIFF)
THE DARK OF THE MATINEE — ... , opens this year's festival. The movie stars Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly. It should be noted that it's a slight change of pace for TIFF, who usually choose a Canadian film to open the party. CREATION joins some thought-provoking titles previously announced . Today, a few more mainstream titles ...

Toronto International Film Festival Opening Night and Other Films Announced
/Film — ... You can keep up with the film schedule here. The list of more films playing the fest, with descriptions as written by the festival, is after the break. ...

'The Informant,' 'Bright Star,' 'Precious,' Ricky Gervais' 'The Invention of Lying A'dded To TIFF '09 Line-up.
:: The Playlist :: — ... Sweet. The Toronto International Film Festival has announced more of its 2009 line-up including opening and closing night films. ...

Contenders Notes 7/15
RopeofSilicon.com — ... will see its first screening at TIFF. Can this be a return to awards consideration for the Whale Rider helmer? The festival plays September 10-19. Get the complete list of films here.

Mid-Week Movie News Wrap Up - July 15, 2009
Screen Rant — ... 9. Finally, the 2009 Toronto Film International Festival has released the list of movies which will be featured this year. If you’re interested you can keep up with ever-evolving list by going here. ...

Awards Daily in Toronto
Awards Daily — Lucky for us we have an intrepid reporter on the scene in Toronto when the film fest unfurls next month.  Nancy Kriparos will be writing for us as she did last year. This is an exciting year with many films on display that will shortly thereafter be en route to Oscar.  We wish Nancy the best of luck navigating the schedule.

Welcome to My Nightmare (Full List of TIFF Titiles Announced)
THE DARK OF THE MATINEE — ... The full list of titles for the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival have been announced. Ordinarily, when this bit of news hits I find myself interested in seeing what big titles are on the slate that hadn't been announced already. This year, I'm a bit behind since I haven't been keeping as close an eye on the announcements as they happen. So while I might see a title on the list and think "Wow cool!", many others might already have known they were coming. The full list can be found here (including full synopses this year). If any of these jump out as something you'd ...

All TIFF Titles Announced! The full festival list is now Available.
Row Three — A dding in some Lars Von Trier , I’m sure North American audiences are interested in the controversial Antichrist , as well as the Senegalese musical (not the hockey team!) Saint Louis Blues and a pair of interesting family films: One from New Zealander and director of Black Sheep , Johnathan King called Under the Mountain ; the other from Denmark involving time travel, Timetrip . Also the latest work from Margarethe von Trotta, György Pálfi, Ole Bornedal, François Ozon, Claire Denis and Michael Haneke’s Cannes award winner The White Ribbon . And the proverbial, much, much more. Happy festivalling. Find the full TIFF list here. ...