Ten for Ten!

With box #9 drawn in the lottery on Friday, I lucked out and managed to get all of my picks in lucky box #33. Although, after perusing this year's film festival guide I've spotted a few films that I missed in my inital picks, so I'll try to arrange some trades at the box office. In particular, the new Charlie Kaufman film, Synecdoche, New York which boasts an all-star cast of Catherine Keener, Michelle Williams, Emily Watson, Samantha Morton, and Oscar-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman.

While reading the festival guide and searching online might introduce me to new films, it also has the opposite effect. After seeing the trailer for Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, I'm not as eager to see it as I once was. And with a release date of October 3rd, I'd be better served saving my $19 per TIFF ticket for a cheap matinee. Judge for yourself here.

You don't need to live in Toronto, attend TIFF, or even live in Canada to purchase teh offical programme guide which outlines all the films at the fest, plus features on teh various programmes and programmers. It can be purchased online from TIFF's offical website.

UPDATE: I've added The Hurt Locker and Blindness to my films list

Fingers Crossed

Dropping off my selection for TIFF last night, I ended up with lukcy number box 33. Okay, calling it lucky may be a little premature, but here's hoping.

My whittled down list of 10 films, and 6 alternates are:

Wendy & Lucy
Blind Sunflowers
$5 a Day
Genova
Gigantic
The Brothers Bloom
Acolytes
Martyrs
The Paranoids
The Other Man

Alternates:
Uncertainty
Hurt Locker
Kisses
Is There Anybody There?
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World

I usually end up adding most of my alternates on for a healthy dose of film festival fun.