Some of the winding down for the Toronto International Film Festival began mid-week, as the major films tend to be here for the first seven days. That said, I saw some very…

Samantha Morton, perhaps best known to North American audiences as Agatha, the sad eyed pre-cog in Steven Spielberg’s super science fiction thriller Minority Report or perhaps for her work as the mute…

[Update: This post was written by guest reporter John Foote, who is covering TIFF] TIFF is almost perfect… almost. Don’t get me wrong, I believe Toronto is the best run, finest film…

I just don’t get Ricky Gervais. I don’t find him funny, nor do I think him to be particularly talented. I do not understand his recent success at all, nor do I…

A splendid co-production between Denmark and the United Kingdom, Valhalla Rising is an extraordinary work set during the time of Vikings. Hollywood has never managed to deal well with Viking lore, and…

Skinny Milly Miller. I remember that name from the roller derby shows on Saturday afternoons in the seventies. My poor old grandfather loved sports of any kind and when there was nothing…

In The Boys are Back, tough guy actor Clive Owen gives a very different performance – which might be the best of his career. Best known for his Bogart-esque work in Sin…

Nicolas Cage gives a hugely entertaining and wildly over the top performance in Werbner Herzog's remake of Bad Lieutenant.…

The madness continues at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. The talk of the festival right now is the performance of Oscar-winner Robert Duvall in his new film, Get Low, in which…

Coming up to the third day of the film festival and thus far I have seen The Informant!, which I liked very much despite some problems with decision making by the director,…

Screen Rant would like to welcome guest reporter John H. Foote, who is covering the 34th Toronto International Film Festival for us. We have his first report for you today, with more sure…