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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Well, it’s that time of year again. The announce­ments are coming thick and fast around the lineup for this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, which will run from September 4–13. A few days ago, I put in my order for a ten-coupon booklet, and will attend for the 14th year run­ning. I’ve never seen more than about twenty films since I’ve always had to work, but I also like to keep it man­age­able. Every year seems to be bigger and more celebrity-focused, so I don’t mind rationing my exper­i­ence a bit.

Besides, this year, my wife and I will be fol­lowing it up with a trip to the Reykjavik International Film Festival in late September, so between the two fests, I hope to see everything that was buzzed about at Cannes and the other fest­ivals this spring.

Instead of repeating lists of titles announced, I’m simply going to point you to an excel­lent resource which premiered last year. TOfilmfest is a simple idea, executed with the min­imum amount of fuss. Every film is listed and there are links to reviews, and it’s easy to print out list of stuff you want to see. I’m keeping my eye on this site as the fest­ival approaches, and you should, too.

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