This year is going to be tough because there are a lot of really amazing "event" films playing. I've got a handful of must-see festival picks but I'll try to sprinkle in a few off-beat films. Cannes was lacklustre this year but TIFF looks pretty solid!

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on the film Our Day Will Come: This year's film festival is all about Vincent Cassel.
on the film Heartbeats: I missed this in Cannes and I'm really curious about wunderkind Xavier Dolan since I missed J'ai tué ma mère. My Canadian pick this year.
on the film Cold Fish: Japanese true crime story about a tropical fish dealer responsible for over forty murders directed by Sion Sono. Yes.
on the film Brighton Rock: This movie sounds awesome. Sam Riley from Control is an up and coming thug in 60s UK who starts dating a witness to one of his crimes.
on the film Three: New film by Tom Tykwer. Anything he does is a must see.
on the film Confessions: Japanese revenge movie about a teacher who leaves her job because two of her students killed her daughter.
on the film You Are Here: Cool, offbeat, Canadian film featuring Tracey Wright once again. This is high on the list.
on the film Horrible Way to Die: This has one of the best titles of the festival. Intriguing plot about an escaped serial killer and a young woman in rehab.
on the film Miral: New film from Julian Schnabel.
on the film I Saw the Devil: Another film with a very tantalizing title. Anything with hard-boiled thriller in the description excites me.
on the film Essential Killing: Vincent Gallo plays a "terrorist" captured, tortured and transported to a snowy landscape where he escapes and must survive.
on the film Black Swan: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Winona Ryder, Barbara Hershey, Darren Aronofsky. Enough said. Probably my event film of TIFF10.
on the film Sensation: Serial masturbation leads to business opportunities in this Irish film. All kinds of awesomeness.
on the film Aftershock: The story and cultural resonance of this film make it an intriguing choice. The most successful Chinese movie of all time?
on the film ATTENBERG: Crumbling architecture in an abandoned town makes it hard to love. New Greek cinema is intriguing, as Dogtooth proved last year.
on the film I'm Still Here: Gonna be out in theatres, this film is still really intriguing and could very well be best enjoyed at a film festival.
on the film Incendies: Hot off the success of Polytechnique, Denis Villeneuve is back with a new film about a family's journey of discovery to the Middle East.
on the film Easy Money: Another Swedish thriller to add to the pile. This one has three intertwined plot lines about various underworld dealings that collide.
on the film Bad Faith: Definitely curious about this paranoid Swedish story of an unreliable protagonist hunting a serial killer.
on the film Womb: Eva Green is in this science fiction film about a woman who gives birth to the clone of her dead lover. Weird, but could be good.
on the film Balada Triste (The Last Circus): Clowns battle to the death over a woman in an allegory for the Spanish Civil War. This has to be good.
on the film Buried: This looks awesome, although it'll be in theatres soon enough thanks to Ryan Reynolds. US truck driver in Iraq gets buried alive.
on the film Norwegian Wood: Based on a Murakami book I've never read, seems like it could be good.
on the film Erotic Man: Jorgen Leth's autobiographical essay film about the nature of the erotic. Could be completely esoteric or completely awesome, Leth has power
on the film Housemaid: Remake of a Korean classic, this promises to be sexy, if nothing else.
on the film Meek's Cutoff: Kelly Reichart's new period film, families lost on the Oregon Trail encounter a Native American who forces them to reassess everything.
on the film Carancho: Film noir-style plot set in the Argentinian underworld. Ambulance chaser of sorts seeks redemption with an emergency room doctor.
on the film Cirkus Columbia: From the director of No Man's Land, this film has one of the funniest short descriptions in the festival.
on the film Armadillo: Seems like a really compelling documentary about Dutch soldiers fighting in Afghanistan. Looks visually striking for a doc.
on the film Amour fou: Yves St. Laurent, his lover and their giant art collection. Definitely on the shortlist of docs to see this year.
on the film Break Up Club: The combination of scripted drama and documentary makes this a curious film, but intriguing because who doesn't want to relive first love?
on the film Film Socialism: Missed this at Cannes, sounds like another Godard essay film that will either inspire or exasperate.
on the film Cave of Forgotten Dreams: Herzog in 3D! Documentary on some of the earliest cave drawings, this movie ironically seems focused on the tech required to make it.
on the film Big Picture: A French film about a man who gives up his seemingly perfect life to follow his dream of being a photographer, at the expense of all else.
on the film Another Year: Mike Leigh and Jim Broadbent. Now that I live in the UK this might give me some insight, but will most likely simply entertain.
on the film As If I Am Not There: Story of survival and redemption in the former Yugoslavia.
on the film Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu: The techniques of montage and framing seem core to this "documentary", stylistically intriguing.
on the film Barney's Version: Canadian tale based on the novel by Mordecai Richler, this will no doubt be in theatres soon enough thanks to the cast. Sounds decent
on the film Beautiful Boy: A great cast and an interesting and sad look at the aftermath of a school killing from the parent's perspective, this film looks promising.
on the film Behind Blue Skies: This movie sounds like a lot of fun, set in the 70s, summer jobs, sexual awakening, scandalous crimes, what's not to look forward to?
on the film Blessed Events: This movie has slow burn written all over it. I'm hoping for a compelling twist ending. A story about discomfort with unexpected happiness.
on the film Daydream Nation: Most likely out in theatres soon, this sounds like a fun little film.
on the film Deep in the Woods: Benoit Jacquot's film about a feral man who seduces the daughter of a country doctor sounds kinda crazy, but that could be good.
on the film Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame: I love detective movies so this could be great, but I'm holding on to my enthusiasm for now.
on the film Illusionist: From the director of Triplettes of Belleville, based on an unproduced script by Jacques Tati, this has great pedigree.
on the film Machete Maidens Unleashed!: A documentary about the making of B movies, sounds like a lot of fun.
on the film Passion Play: This film looks cool but I might just have to wait until it's released in theatres.
on the film Trigger: Bruce McDonald is usually good, but I'm not sure how this film suits me. Features the late Tracey Wright and Molly Parker.
on the film Vanishing on 7th Street: Could be my Midnight Madness pick this year, all star cast, will be out in theatres shortly, I'm sure.
on the film Screaming Man: This played at Cannes and a lot of people said it was great. I missed it so I'll have to try to catch it in Toronto.
on the film Submarine: Sounds like a lot of fun.

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Our Day Will Come

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  • Three
    RYERSON 43 Gerrard Street East, Toronto ON 120 mins (Ends at 08:00PM)
17 Fri
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  • Cold Fish
    AMC 3 10 Dundas Street East, Toronto ON 144 mins (Ends at 10:54PM)