Report From Toronto
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Toronto: Jake Gyllenhaal’s ‘Enemy’ in 3-Way Bidding Tug-of-War (Exclusive)
Positive buzz and good reviews for Gyllenhaal’s other collaboration with Denis Villeneuve sparked multi-day auction
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Toronto: IFC Midnight Scoops up Thriller ‘Proxy’ for North America
Day-and-date theatrical/VOD release is planned
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Toronto: Cory Monteith Drama ‘McCanick’ Acquired by Well Go USA
“Glee” star’s final onscreen role will be released theatrically in 2014
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Toronto: Keanu Reeves Kicks Butt, and Hayao Miyazaki Soars One Last Time
“Man of Tai Chi” is a rousing martial-arts epic directed by Reeves, while a legendary Japanese animator retires on a high note with the gorgeous “The Wind Rises”
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Toronto: Cohen Media Group Buys Holocaust Doc ‘The Last of the Unjust’
Claude Lanzmann’s film recalls the daily negotiation between a local Jewish Council president and a Nazi official
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Toronto: A24 Closes Deal for Scarlett Johansson Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Under the Skin’
The alien thriller is the distributor’s second Toronto pickup after Tom Hardy’s “Locke”
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Toronto: CBS Films Closes Deal for Daniel Radcliffe’s ‘The F Word’
Romantic comedy features former Harry Potter star in grown-up role
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Harvey Weinstein on Rise of African-American Film: ‘It’s the Obama Effect’ (Exclusive)
The studio chief said there’s a cultural shift — but that’s not why he’s releasing three stories with black protagonists this year
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Toronto: In ‘August: Osage County,’ Meryl Streep & Julia Roberts Get Laughs With Abuse & Addiction
John Wells’ adaptation of the Broadway play turns serious problems into grand entertainment, while Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy shine in the beautiful “Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby”
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Toronto: F1 Legend Niki Lauda Says James Hunt Would’ve Loved ‘A Movie About Him’
One-half of the rivalry depicted in ‘Rush’ laments that his one-time nemesis wasn’t there to see it
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Toronto: IFC Midnight Nabs U.S. Rights to Environmental Horror Film ‘The Station’
Film centers on a melting glacier that triggers a major biological disaster
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Toronto: John Turturro’s ‘Fading Gigolo’ U.S. Rights Sold to Millennium
Woody Allen plays a pimp in the Turturro-directed comedy
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Toronto: Dome Karukoski to Direct Tom of Finland Biopic
Influential gay artist inspired everyone from Tom Ford to Freddy Mercury
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Toronto: Documentary About Burt’s Bees Founder Sells
Everyday Pictures and FilmBuff nab “Burt’s Buzz”
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Toronto: 5 Lessons We’ve Learned From the Festival So Far
TIFF 2013 has brought strong movies (that’s good), huge crowds (that’s bad) and big money (for some)
