Canadian diver competes in honour of brother who finished medical school while battling cancer

One of the joyful delusions shared by successive generations of film students is that though most aesthetic discoveries have deep roots in the work of yesteryear, they nevertheless spring fully formed from the bright young minds of today. This is particularly the case with nascent filmmakers working in the cinematic avant-garde (for want of a better word). The pleasures of discovering and …

As the summer heats up, let “Frozen River” wash over you; let its bracing drama and the intensity of its acting restore your spirits as well as your faith in American independent film.

Ray Eddy (Melissa Leo) lives is a squalid home on the U.S.-Canadian border along the St. Lawrence River and the Mohawk Indian reservation that straddles both sides of the river.

In a rare move, a U.S. appeals court has decided to reopen a failed legal challenge launched by Maher Arar, reviving hope for the Syrian-born Canadian that he will win justice in the United States for his 2002 deportation to his birth country.

Canadian cult filmmaker Guy Maddin presents another film either truly wondrous or just plain weird, depending on your tolerance for the visual and sonic magic he layers onto his dense storytelling.

Allie Hartwick, a 2004 East Aurora High School graduate, will soon see if she has what it takes to “make it big” in the television and film industry. Hartwick, who has found success in the last few years acting and performing in Toronto, will now be tested on the big screen with her upcoming appearance on Canada’s popular game show, “Test the Nation.”

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TORONTO - Dozens more films from around the globe, including several star-studded titles, have been added to the lineup for the Toronto International Film Festival.

FILM: Tonight at the Revue Cinema , join bands The Flatliners , The Wooden Sky , The Sinisters , Maximum RNR , and more for a tribute night to Canadian cult film Hard Core Logo . Following a screening of director Bruce McDonald’s cut of the film, McDonald will be doing a Q&A. There will also be appearances from secret special guests and prize giveaways of rare vinyl, t-shirts, and CDs.

Allie Hartwick, a 2004 East Aurora High School graduate, will soon see if she has what it takes to “make it big” in the television and film industry. Hartwick, who has found success in the last few years acting and performing in Toronto, will now be tested on the big screen with her upcoming appearance on Canada’s popular game show, “Test the Nation.”

After announcing their Special Presentations yesterday, the program for the 33rd Annual Toronto International Film Festival continued to come together today with the remaining 19 films in the Discovery program. Nineteen feature films from 18 countries complete the program’s lineup.

He has seen the face of death, poked it in the eyes, cut its arm off, and called it ugly. We’re not talking about Brendan Fraser, the 39-year-old Indianapolis-born actor, son of a Canadian tourism official, youngest of four brothers and father of three sons.

What? If you’ve ever taken any sort of dreamy downer drug — recommended Benedryl dosage included — we can safely assume you’re familiar with the warm-blood-surge, numbed-spine, ocular zoom-out beauty that can softly sweep through your veins. The sonic equivalent prescription is Canadian psych-folk duo Human Highway, who, with their revitalized mid-’70s Simon and Garfunkel-esque debut …

The husband of a British-Canadian gunned down in Afghanistan claims her killers knew she was from an aid organisation.

A film about Scottish student pranksters trying to reclaim their heritage and Che , Stephen Soderbergh’s controversial biopic about Ernesto (Che) Guevara, were added to the Toronto International Film Festival lineup yesterday.

Charles Martin Smith’s adventure/comedy Stone of Destiny selected as closing-night gala for 33rd Toronto International Film Festival

Orchestra, rock group — even film festival –threatened by federal funding cuts

Hip-hop show with Aboriginal singers and Quebec City acts.