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TIFF08—SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
The Evening Class — Granted, several of TIFF08's Special Presentations are films opening up in theatrical distribution in the next month or two. A few will be world premiering at the Venice International Film Festival and a few will be featured locally at the Mill Valley Film Festival. That doesn't mean I'm not itchy to catch some of 'em rightaway. ...

Venice 08. Awards.
GreenCine Daily — ... capped his big screen comeback on Saturday when The Wrestler, in which he plays a lonely, washed out fighter, won the Golden Lion for best film at the Venice festival," report ...

"Venice vs Toronto."
GreenCine Daily — ... battlelines are being drawn to vie for the big films." "As if to prove that good things do, indeed, come to those who wait, Venice on its penultimate day delivered three of its strongest films," writes Shane Danielson at indieWIRE. "It was a pity, then, that almost no one was left to see them, having by then left the Lido with their minds already made up about this year's festival." The films: Darren Aronofsky's Golden Lion-winner, The Wrestler; Philippe Grandrieux's Un Lac; and Sylvie Verheyde ...

Venice and Toronto. The Wrestler.
GreenCine Daily — First order of business: "In the first major buy of the Toronto International Film Festival, Fox Searchlight won an intense all-night bidding war for Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler, which days before had won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Fest. Searchlight acquired US rights for about $4 million." Variety's Anne Thompson has details. Scott Foundas "had the chance to see Aronofsky's film earlier this summer during the selection screenings for the New York Film Festival (where ...

Lev All Over. By Way of Toronto
Film Experience Blog — Our young proxy TIFF sampler Lev (pictured left) is resting up today in the midst of the film festival before a four and half hour guerilla journey with Benicio Del Toro tomorrow morning. Perhaps they'll give festival goers an opportunity to stretch their legs in the middle. Hi again. I'm back from my fifth day of watching movie after movie after movie. To some it may not seem like a lot. There are people who see 40 films, and I've only seen nine so far, but three films in one day is more than enough for me. I feel Lev's fatigue. When I went to TIFF I tried the 30 film package. I met folks who were seeing ...