I'm not going to the Toronto International Film Festival, sadly. But I was there, here are the films I would see (in no particular order). The festival begins on September 6th and I will be posting reviews and comments from those in attendance (tear).
Rendition (dir. Gavin Hood) starring Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal; Michael Clayton (dir. Tony Gilroy) starring George Clooney; Eastern Promises (dir. David Cronenberg) starring Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts; Elizabeth: The Golden Age (dir. Shekhar Kapur) starring Cate Blanchett and Clive Owen; Across the Universe (dir. Julie Taymor) starring Evan Rachel Wood; Cassandra's Dream (dir. Woody Allen) starring Clive Owen and Ewan McGregor; Reservation Road (dir. Terry George) starring Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo and Jennifer Connelly; 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (dir. Cristian Mungiu); The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (dir. Andrew Dominik) starring Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck; Atonement (dir. Joe Wright) starring Kiera Knightly and James McAvoy; Before the Devil Knows Your Dead (dir. Sidney Lumet) starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke; The Brave One (dir. Neil Jordan) starring Jodie Foster and Terence Howard; The Girl in the Park (dir. David Auburn) starring Sigourney Weaver and Kate Bosworth; I'm Not There (dir. Todd Haynes) starring Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger and Richard Gere; In the Valley of Elah (dir. Paul Haggis) starring Tommy Lee Jones and Charlize Theron; Into the Wild (dir. Sean Penn) starring Emile Hirsch and William Hurt; Margot at the Wedding (dir. Noah Baumbach) starring Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jack Black; Lars and the Real Girl (dir. Craig Gillespie) starring Ryan Gosling; Lust, Caution (dir. Ang Lee); No Country for Old Men (dir. Joel and Ethan Coen) starring Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin; The Savages (dir. Tamara Jenkins) starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney; The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (dir. Julian Schnabel); Paranoid Park (dir. Gus Van Sant); and Silent Light (dir. Carlos Reygadas).
Rendition (dir. Gavin Hood) starring Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal; Michael Clayton (dir. Tony Gilroy) starring George Clooney; Eastern Promises (dir. David Cronenberg) starring Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts; Elizabeth: The Golden Age (dir. Shekhar Kapur) starring Cate Blanchett and Clive Owen; Across the Universe (dir. Julie Taymor) starring Evan Rachel Wood; Cassandra's Dream (dir. Woody Allen) starring Clive Owen and Ewan McGregor; Reservation Road (dir. Terry George) starring Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo and Jennifer Connelly; 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (dir. Cristian Mungiu); The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (dir. Andrew Dominik) starring Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck; Atonement (dir. Joe Wright) starring Kiera Knightly and James McAvoy; Before the Devil Knows Your Dead (dir. Sidney Lumet) starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke; The Brave One (dir. Neil Jordan) starring Jodie Foster and Terence Howard; The Girl in the Park (dir. David Auburn) starring Sigourney Weaver and Kate Bosworth; I'm Not There (dir. Todd Haynes) starring Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger and Richard Gere; In the Valley of Elah (dir. Paul Haggis) starring Tommy Lee Jones and Charlize Theron; Into the Wild (dir. Sean Penn) starring Emile Hirsch and William Hurt; Margot at the Wedding (dir. Noah Baumbach) starring Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jack Black; Lars and the Real Girl (dir. Craig Gillespie) starring Ryan Gosling; Lust, Caution (dir. Ang Lee); No Country for Old Men (dir. Joel and Ethan Coen) starring Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin; The Savages (dir. Tamara Jenkins) starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney; The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (dir. Julian Schnabel); Paranoid Park (dir. Gus Van Sant); and Silent Light (dir. Carlos Reygadas).
