Posted AT 3:22 AM EST on 03/09/08
Gross takes charge into no-man's land
Stephen Harper could scarcely have scripted it any better.Almost coincident with the expected calling of a general election - likely to be in some measure a referendum on Canada's war effort in Afghanistan - the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival kicks off its annual festivities tomorrow with Passchendaele, a film that brings the heroic slaughter of 5,000 Canadians on the storied First World War battlefield at Ypres, Belgium, in 1917 to the big screen.
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Festival Schedule
In Pictures
- TIFF red carpet
- The stars, the galas the fashion
Hollywood & Yonge
- Simon Houpt's TIFF blog
- An insider's view of the star-studded film festival
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Video Picks
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- eTalk reports the oft-broken hearted Friends' star has caught the eye of Gerard Butler
- Paris, not France
- Documenary details celebrity culture, with a focus on the hotel heiress
- Behind the velvet rope
- ETalk provides a glimpse behind the scenes at the best film festival parties
- Egoyan's Adoration
- Acclaimed Canadian filmmaker says watching his son grow up in the age of the Internet was a big impetus for his latest feature
- Religulous
- Larry Charles and Bill Maher discuss thier documentary that takes sharp aim at the world's religions
- Rachel Getting Married
- Anne Hathaway discusses a role that took time for her to get it right
- The Duchess
- Kiera Knightley discusses her latest role
Review Centre
- The critics speak
- Mini-reviews from a selection of movies screening at the Toronto International Film Festival
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Filmgoer
- Johanna Schneller
Behind men of action are women with mops
- A slew of films at TIFF are looking at the compromises women are forced to make
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