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San Francisco, June 13 (Ians) As Apple iPadOS 15 is gaining almost all of the new features that were introduced in iOS 15, there are also several updates that Apple introduced that are designed exclusively for the larger screen of the iPad or have been adopted from iOS 14.

Widgets can now be placed anywhere on the iPad's Home Screen, and technically this doesn't count as an iPadOS feature because it's something that Apple is bringing over from iOS, reports MacRumors.

In iPadOS 14, users could have a set spot for your widgets, but with iPadOS 15, one can put them anywhere, just like you can on the iPhone.

App Library is another new feature that was introduced on the iPhone first and it's a useful change that lets you see and manage all of the apps you have installed on your iPad in one spot.

Multitasking is an iPad exclusive and it's been improved...

Covid-19 took a lot from our summer, but Big Brother luckily was not one of those things.

CBS has even made things better for us by giving us the All-Stars season we have been asking for for years.

In Big Brother Season 22 Episode 1, we got 16 returning houseguests, some All-Stars and some questionable.

The houseguests entered in groups of four. Our first cohort:

Nicole Franzel – BB16 and BB18 (winner) Dani Briones (née Donato) – BB8 (runner-up) and BB13 Da’Vonne Rogers - BB17 and BB18 Christmas Abbott – BB19 (Final 3)

Nicole and Dani are absolutely All-Stars. Seeing them return makes total sense. Dani and her dad, Evel Dick, made it all the way to final two in season eight. They were an unstoppable team, no matter how much Ed terrorized the house.

I really don’t think I get enough credit for my win on Big Brother 18.

Nicole Permalink: I don't get enough credit...

The holidays are here, and in between the cookies and presents we’re all going to want one thing: some good (and not so good) TV.

With Christmas and Hanukkah just a few sleeps away, we’ve gathered all the TV show and movie marathons over the weekend so you can enjoy your favorite shows and movies during downtime.

As is the annual tradition, A Christmas Story will play on repeatedly Dec. 24–25 so you’ll never miss a beat of little Ralphie’s quest for a Red Ryder B.B. gun. For those who prefer to watch their usual TV shows,...

Award-winning romantic epic The Outlaw (Lope) will be released on DVD on 17th October, spanning the life, loves and works of Lope De Vega, one of the key figures in Spanish Baroque literature, second only to Cervantes. This beautiful film will enthrall fans of Cyrano De Bergerac and Shakespeare in Love. We have 3 copies of the DVD to give away.

16th Century Spain. Gifted young playwright Lope de Vega returns to Madrid from the war filled with ambition, eager to live, to write, to make his dreams a reality. Penniless, he is forced to work as a humble copyist. Lope falls for Elena, his boss’s ravishing daughter. Her well-connected father, who runs the most successful theatre troupe in the city, would never approve of the liaison, so the affair is kept secret. But Elena has another secret: she’s already married. When Lope finds out, he asks her to...

The 61st edition of Berlinale kicked off late last week, and with the inclusion of four spanish films, four less than the last year. The already well known “También La Lluvia” (“Even The Rain”) by Icíar Bollaín, “Amador” by Fernando León de Aranoa and “Medianeras” by Gustavo Taretto, all presented out of competition at the panorama section. The fourth film, “Escuchando Al Juez Garzón”, by cult filmmaker Isabel Coixet (“My Life Without Me”) is a documentary shot on black and white based on a popular figure in a Spanish judge -- this will be showcased at Specials section of the Berlinale. Although we have covered before films like “También La Lluvia” and “Amador”, the film “Medianeras” comes from out of nowhere. Directed by Argentinian Gustavo Taretto, this is an adaptation of its 2005 short film of the same title that won over forty international awards. This coproduction between Spain and Argentina...

Black Bread, Buitful, and the other winners of the 2011 Goya Awards (Premios Goyas) have been announced. The 25th Annual Goya Awards “known in Spanish as los Premios Goya, are Spain’s main national film awards, considered by many in Spain, and internationally, to be the Spanish equivalent of the American Academy Awards.” The full listing of the 2011 Goya Awards (Premios Goyas) winners is below.

Film

Pa negre (Black Bread)

Director

Agustí Villaronga, Pa negre (Black Bread)

New Director

David Pinillos, Bon Apetit

Production Supervision

Cristina Zumárraga, También la lluvia (Even the Rain)

Photography

Antonio Riestra, Pa negre (Black Bread)

Original Screenplay

Chris Sparling, Buried

Adapted Screenplay

Agustí Villaronga, Pa negre (Black Bread)

Art Direction

Ana Alvargonzález, Pa negre (Black Bread)

Leading Actress

Nora Navas, Pa negre (Black Bread)

Leading Actor

Javier Bardem, Biutiful

Supporting Actress

Laia Marull, Pa negre (Black Bread)

Supporting Actor

Karra Elejalde, También la lluvia (Even the Rain)

New Actress

Marina Comas,...

2010 was the weakest year at the Spanish box office in a decade – proof that the films with the most box office potential fell flat. Actually, very few have performed decently. Ironically the biggest flops and the most coldly received by critics films are the ones top lining the nominations for this year's Spanish Academy Awards, the Goyas. Alex de la Iglesia's “Balada Triste de Trompeta” gathered 15 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor (Antonio De La Torre), Best Supporting Actress (Terele Pávez) and Best Newcomer Actress (Carolina Bang). “Pan Nere” follows with 14 nominations, the surprise hit by Agustí Villaronga will compete for Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Sergi López), Best Actress (Nora Navas), Best Newcomer Actor (Francesc Colomer) and Best Supporting Actress (Laia Marull). Following Agustí Villaronga's film we find “También la Lluvia” by Icíar Bollaín with 13 nominations fighting for Best Film,...

Damsels in Distress

Opens: 2011

Cast: Adam Brody, Analeigh Tipton, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Ryan Metcalf

Director: Whit Stillman

Summary: The story revolves around a group of style-obsessed college girls who take in a new student (Gerwig) and teach her their misguided ways of helping people at their grungy university.

Analysis: The first film in a decade from arthouse darling Whit Stillman, a filmmaker's filmmaker whose three Manhattan-based, yuppie-themed mannerist comedies - "Metropolitan," "Barcelona" and "The Last Days of Disco" - were a big influence on the likes of auteurs such as Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach. Stillman says this film varies somewhat from his previous trilogy of sorts, telling First Things that "This film is different, Completely different. Okay, not completely different, but it’s different".

Independently financed by Castle Rock CEO Martin Shafer, the project recently wrapped filming in Manhattan where Stillman returned to last year after having spent much...

Damsels in Distress

Opens: 2011

Cast: Adam Brody, Analeigh Tipton, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Ryan Metcalf

Director: Whit Stillman

Summary: The story revolves around a group of style-obsessed college girls who take in a new student (Gerwig) and teach her their misguided ways of helping people at their grungy university.

Analysis: The first film in a decade from arthouse darling Whit Stillman, a filmmaker's filmmaker whose three Manhattan-based, yuppie-themed mannerist comedies - "Metropolitan," "Barcelona" and "The Last Days of Disco" - were a big influence on the likes of auteurs such as Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach. Stillman says this film varies somewhat from his previous trilogy of sorts, telling First Things that "This film is different, Completely different. Okay, not completely different, but it’s different".

Independently financed by Castle Rock CEO Martin Shafer, the project recently wrapped filming in Manhattan where Stillman returned to last year after having spent much...

Vitagraph Films, a film distributor that services only one to a trio of titles per year, have made the rare pick-up. Following last year's purchase of Germany's The Baader Meinhof Complex, the company have grabbed yet another Foreign Oscar hopeful for a theatrical release sometime next year -- as Spain's Even The Rain will only play in it's host country in January. The film had to beat out other hopefuls such as Daniel Monzón's Celda 211 and Andrucha Waddington's Lope for the country's nomination (worth noting, Luis Tosar star of Even the Rain appeared in all three nominated films) and will now have to go through the two step nomination process for the Oscars: where a longlist is made into a shortlist. Icíar Bollaín directed Tosar in the dark relationship drama, Take My Eyes. Bollaín's Even The Rain, a.k.a “También la Lluvia” was recently presented at...

Madrid -- The Spanish Film Academy has shortlisted Daniel Monzon's prison drama "Cell 211," Andrucha Waddington's bio-drama "Lope" and Iciar Bollain's drama "Even the Rain" as contenders for Spain's bid for an Oscar. The final decision will be announced Sept. 28.

The shortlist highlights two trends in Spain's film industry: the role of television broadcasters in financing marketable products and the draw of actor Luis Tosar.

Tosar toplines all three films, playing a broad range of characters from prison rebellion leader to bristly-but-kind priest to movie producer.

"They are three totally different films and it's a coincidence that I'm in all three," Tosar said. "I feel very lucky, but there's a long road a head and I don't really know what the Hollywood academy values. It used to be more predictable, but now it's surprising."

What clearly seems not to be a coincidence is that each of the finalists is...

The following is a partial list of actors/celebrity guests expected to attend the 35th Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff), September 9-19.

Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin, Amanda Plummer, Amber Heard, Amy Madigan, Barry Pepper, Bill Gates, Bill Murray, Bill Pullman, Blake Lively, Bob Hoskins, Bruce Greenwood, Bruce Springsteen, Carey Mulligan, Catherine Deneuve, Charlotte Rampling, Christopher Plummer, Clive Owen, Colin Firth, David Suzuki, Dwight Yoakam, Edward Norton, Ellen Page, Emma Roberts, Emma Stone, Fisher Stevens, Geoffrey Rush, Harvey Keitel, Helen Mirren, Hilary Swank, James Caan, James Franco, Jason Jones, Javier Bardem, Jay Baruchel, Jennifer Connelly, Jeremy Renner, Jill Hennessy, Jon Hamm, Jon Lovitz, Keanu Reeves, Kelly Preston, Kevin Spacey, Laura Dern, Liv Tyler, Malin Akerman, Maria Bello, Marion Cotillard, Martin Sheen, Mary Steenburgen, Matt Damon, Megan Fox, Mélanie Laurent, Michael C. Hall, Michael Moore, Mickey Rourke, Milla Jovovich, Minnie Driver, Miranda Richardson, Molly Parker, Natalie Portman, Nicole Kidman, Olivia Newton-John, Paul Giamatti,...

Principal photography began on 23-f - the latest feature by Sud Express director Chema de la Peña. Produced by the production company Lazona (Concursante), the film will be the first cinematographic reinterpretation of the coup d´état that took place in Madrid February 23rd 1981. Paco Tous (Alatriste) will play famous Lieutenant Coronel Antonio Tejero, the mastermind behind the event, Juan Diego (Lope) will play General Armada and the quite busy Fernando Cayo (The Orphanage and Pedro Almodóvar's The Skin I Live In) will play Spain's King Juan Carlos I. The film will be the chronological re-telling of the seventeen hours of the vent that marked history. The film will premiere in Spain February 23rd 2011, coinciding with the 30º anniversary of such historical moment. From Wiki: 23-f is the name given to an attempted coup d'état in Spain that began on 23 February 1981 and ended on the following day. It is also...

Rachel Weisz in The Whistleblower The Toronto International Film Festival has added even more films to their line-up today as the complete line-up was announced, which ended up causing the festival's server to crash, but I was lucky enough to get in and get out before missing out on the information.

First off, the festival's Mavericks line-up is quite interesting, which includes a series of guest presentations and this year will see Edward Norton interview Bruce Springsteen, NBA All-Star and native Canadian Steve Nash will present his hour-long film Into the Wind, Apichatpong Weerasethakul will talk with the audience as his Cannes Palm d'Or-winning film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall his Past Lives was just added to the Masters programme, Ken Loach and Paul Laverty will be interviewed by Michael Moore on politics and cinema and Philip Seymour Hoffman will have his own panel. Also on hand will be Bill Gates,...

The organizers at the Toronto International Film Festival have put together one hell of an impressive line-up that has grown significantly since my first list announcing the Galas and Special Presentations, a pair of lists that have also grown since then.

The lists have grown to include Massy Tadjedin's Last Night starring Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington, Eva Mendes and Guillaume Canet, which will serve as the closing night film.

It's also grown to include Danny Boyle's 127 Hours starring James Franco. Boyle recently spoke about the film at Movie Con and told the audience there it may be a challenge to watch saying, "It's a lovely way of doing a new kind of filmmaking, really. We want it to be a challenge to you [the audience] to see if you can sit and watch it."

In the film Franco plays real-life mountain climber Aron Ralston who ended up trapped under a...

The first batch of films from Spain have been announced for the 58th edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival and the 67th edition of the Venice FIlm Festival. Festival Director Mikel Olaciregui's final San Sebastian will be host to a retrospective section dedicated to Don Siegel “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” while the thematic retrospective will be called “.doc – New paths of non-fiction” focusing on new trends in documentary cinema. Olaciregui who has run the festival since 2001, will the torch to José Luis Rebordinos who has been working till now on the selection committee for the festival and will take over next year. Among the films to preem in the official comp in San Sebastian we find: José Maria Orbe's Aita - his first participation on the festival and will also compete for the New Directors award. Judith Collell and Jordi Cardena's Elisa K - a first participation for...

The full lineup for this year's Venice film festival has been announced – but there's a no show for the new Terrence Malick

The full programme for this year's Venice film festival has been announced and, as predicted, many film-makers whose films weren't quite ready for Cannes will debut on the Lido. Somewhere, a Hollywood-set drama from Sofia Coppola, is amongst the premieres, likewise Vincent Gallo's Brown Bunny sequel, Promises Written in Water, apparently a black-and-white tale of a girl with a terminal illness.

Julian Schnabel's Miral, which follows Hind Husseini's efforts to set up an orphanage in Jerusalem after the 1948 partition of Palestine, also finds a home. However, Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, which many had predicted would screen at the festival, is not on the list; nor that for the Toronto film festival, which directly follows Venice.

Other hotly tipped titles include Meek's Cutoff, Kelly Reichardt...

And the film I'm most looking forward to seeing (like I'm going to be there) is Vincent Gallo's Promises Written in Water. Someone send me a screener, asap! What else?

Black Swan by Darren Aronofsky.

Somewhere by Sofia Coppola.

13 Assassins by Takashi Miike.

Full list after the break.

In Competition

"Black Swan," Darren Aronofsky, U.S. (Opening Film)

"La Pecora Nera," Ascanio Celestini, Italy

"Somewhere," Sofia Coppola, U.S.

"Happy Few," Antony Cordier, France

"The Solitude of Prime Numbers," Saverio Costanzo, Italy, Germany, France

"Silent Souls," Aleksei Fedorchenko, Russia

"Promises Written in Water," Vincent Gallo, U.S.

"Road To Nowhere," Monte Hellman, U.S.

"Balada Triste de Trompeta," Alex de la Iglesia, Spain, France

"Venus Noir," Abdellatif Kechiche, France

"Post Mortem," Pablo Larrain, Chile, Mexico, Germany

"Barney's Version," Richard J. Lewis, Canada, Italy

"We Believed," Mario Martone, Italy, France

"La Passione," Carlo Mazzacurati, Italy

"13 Assassins," Takashi Miike, Japan, U.

The Afflecks will celebrate on the Lido together - both actor-turned-directors are featured in the Out of Competition line-up (see below) and will surely jet back to Tiff together with The Town and the Phoenix doc - though those chances are indeed slim. Speaking of Toronto, the Ooc also features Anurag Kashyap's That Girl in Yellow Boots and Andrucha Waddington's Lope (Tiff claims they have the World Premiere, but I think we might see a correction on that later on). Takashi Miike gets celebrated, so does Asian 3D films, and John Turturro feels at home with his first Italian language docu feature. Finally, the Golden Lion for his career will go to John Woo - who is presenting Reign of Assassin. Opening Night Tribute to Bruce Lee "The Return of Chen Zhen," Andrew Lau (China, Hong Kong) Opening Night Midnight Movie "Machete," Robert Rodriguez (U.S.)Closing Night: "The Tempest,...

The stars at night are big and bright, deep in the heart of... festival season. Two days ago Toronto announced a big chunk of its line-up, and now the Venice Film Festival has unveiled its own. Joining Darren Aronofsky ballerina drama "Black Swan," announced earlier as the opening night film, are Sofia Coppola's Hollywood saga "Somewhere" (trailer); Takashi Miike's samurai tale "13 Assassins" (trailer); "Meek's Cutoff," Kelly Reichardt's new film, once again starring Michelle Williams; Vincent Gallo's long-awaited follow-up to "The Brown Bunny" "Promises Made In Water," reportedly a 16-millimeter black-and-white tale of a girl with a terminal illness; "Road to Nowhere," a thriller from Monte Hellman (!); and "Three," the latest from "Run, Lola, Run"'s Tom Tykwer, about how the two halves of a middle-aged couple fall in love with the same man.

Out of competition, the Affleck brothers will screen Ben's "The Town" and Casey's Joaquin Phoenix mockumentary,...

This morning the Venice Film Festival announced the line-up for their 2010 Festival which will run from September 1-11, and a lot of hot titles and directors are set to be on hand including the already announced festival opener Black Swan from Darren Aronofsky and closer, The Tempest from Julie Taymor. In competition, Aronofsky's feature is joined by titles from Sofia Coppola, Vincent Gallo, Julian Schnabel, Francois Ozon, Abdellatif Kechiche, Takashi Miike and Tom Tykwer. Also, making a midnight Lido appearance will be Robert Rodriguez with his grindhouse thriller Machete. One other notable title is the inclusion of the Casey Affleck-directed Joaquin Phoenix mockumentary I'm Still Here, which will be screening out of competition.

Unfortunately I won't be able to cover this one, but one of these years I would like to find a way to pull a triple play and cover Cannes, Venice and Toronto in the same year...

Rome -- Sofia Coppola's comedic drama "Somewhere" and "Road to Nowhere," a romantic thriller from veteran director Monte Hellman, were among the highlights of the main competition lineup for the 67th Venice Film Festival, which was released Thursday.

Other in-competition films include Vincent Gallo's "Promises Written in Water"; "Meek's Cutoff," a western from Kelly Reichardt; and Athina Racehel Tsangari's drama "Attenberg."

Artistic director Marco Mueller said that -- notwithstanding the presence of the 78-year-old Hellman -- the competition lineup was the youngest ever in the storied history of the festival, with the average age among the directors of the 22 in-competition films just 47.

"I think this is evidence of a new and dynamic kind of cinema that is being produced," Mueller told a standing-room-only crowd of reporters and industry players at Rome's Excelsior Hotel Thursday.

All told, the festival will include 79 world premieres, including the entire in-competition lineup for...

The 35th annual Toronto International Film Festival kicks off shortly and 51 of the major titles to screen at the eleven day event have just been announced.

Sundance and Cannes this year had a few bright spots amidst otherwise bland looking line-ups, Toronto however has the opposite situation with only a few weak entries amongst an extremely strong array of films.

Here's the full list of what's set to screen - makes me wish I could be there to cover it.

North American Premieres:

• Richard J. Lewis' "Barney's Version"

• Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan"

• John Madden's "The Debt"

• Im Sang-Soo's "The Housemaid"

• Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech"

• Francois Ozon's "Potiche"

• Ben Affleck's "The Town"

• Mike Leigh's "Another Year"

• Woody Allen's "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger"

• Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's "Biutiful"

• Julian Schnabel's "Miral"

• Stephen Frears' "Tamara Drewe"

• Sylvain Chomet's "The Illusionist...

The 35th Annual Toronto International Film Festival has unveiled the line-up of movies that will take part in the festival. About 50 films from all over the world are mentioned on the list, including Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan", which stars Natalie Portman, as well as "The Debt" which is directed by John Madden and starring Sam Worthington.

"Black Swan" and "The Debt" are joined by the likes of Ben Affleck's "The Town", Richard J. Lewis' "Barney's Version" and George Hickenlooper's "Casino Jack" as Gala movies which will have their world or North American premieres during the event. As for Special Presentation films, the list includes "Biutiful", "Blue Valentine", "Buried", "Easy A", "It's Kind of a Funny Story", "Never Let Me Go" and many others.

This year's Toronto International Film Festival will be kicked off on September 9 and last until date 19 of the same month. For more information...

This year, the 35th Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) runs from Sept. 9-19.

Confirmed screenings, so far include:

Robert Redford's "The Conspirator"Guillaume Canet's "Little White Lies"Barry Blaustein's "Peep World"Andy De Emmony's "West Is West"Emilio Estevez' "The Way"Steven Silver's "The Bang Bang Club"George Hickenlooper's "Casino Jack"David M. Rosenthal's "Janie Jones."Richard J. Lewis' "Barney's Version"Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan"John Madden's "The Debt"Im Sang-Soo's "The Housemaid"Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech"Francois Ozon's "Potiche"Ben Affleck's "The Town."Raul Ruiz' "Mysteries of Lisbon"Mike Leigh's "Another Year"Woody Allen's "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger"Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's "Biutiful"Julian Schnabel's "Miral"Stephen Frears' "Tamara Drewe"Sylvain Chomet's "The Illusionist"Kim Jee-woon's "I Saw the Devil"Andrew Lau's "The Legend of the...

Earlier today, the Toronto Film Festival announced the first big chunk of their 2010 lineup, including films from Ben Affleck, Woody Allen, and Darren Aronofsky, and world premieres from Sylvain Chomet, Robert Redford, Michael Winterbottom and more.

Here's the full list of announced titles:

Galas

The Bang Bang Club

Director: Steven Silver, Canada/South Africa, World Premiere

A riveting drama based on the true-life experiences of four combat photographers in South Africa, who gained international fame and local notoriety for capturing violent images from the final days of apartheid.

Barney's Version

Director: Richard J Lewis, Canada/Italy, North American Premiere

Mordecai Richler's acclaimed novel is brought to life in this picturesque and touching story about Barney Panofsky, an impulsive, romantic, politically incorrect and fearlessly blunt Montreal man who tries to keep the tragic events of his past from overwhelming his hopes for the future.

Black Swan

Director: Darren Aronofsky, USA,...

As a result of a bizarre 2009 production year, Tiff is the happy recipient of some premium titles which include the world premieres to some of my most anticipated films this year in: Mike Mill's Beginners, John Cameron Mitchell's Rabbit Hole, Mark Romanek's Never Let Me Go, Andrucha Waddington's Lope and Rowan Joffe's Brighton Rock. Then we have titles that are coming from this year's Sundance, Cannes or both (Blue Valentine picks up the trifecta honor) and then we have titles that come to us from out of nowhere with Michael Winterbottom's The Trip and Richard Ayoade's debut film, Submarine. Here are the Special Presentation items revealed in today's presser. Note: In case you're wondering: that's Colin Firth from The King's Speech. Another Year Mike Leigh, United Kingdom North American Premiere A happily married, middle-aged couple are visited by a number of unhappy and lonely...

Black Swan? Submarine? Yes.

Full list after the break.

Galas

- "The Bang Bang Club," directed by Steven Silver (Canada/South Africa) (World Premiere)

- "Barney’s Version," directed by Richard J Lewis (Canada/Italy) (North American Premiere)

- "Black Swan," directed by Darren Aronofsky (USA) (North American Premiere)

- "Casino Jack," directed by George Hickenlooper (Canada) (World Premiere)

- "The Conspirator," directed by Robert Redford (USA) (World Premiere)

- "The Debt," directed by John Madden (UK) (North American Premiere)

- "The Housemaid," directed by Im Sang-Soo (South Korea) (North American Premiere)

- "Janie Jones," directed by David M. Rosenthal (USA) (World Premiere)

- "The King’s Speech," directed by Tom Hooper (UK) (North American Premiere)

- "Little White Lies," directed by Guillaume Canet (France) (World Premiere)

- "Peep World," directed by Barry Blaustein (USA) (World Premiere)

- "Potiche," directed by Francois Ozon (France) (North American Premiere)

- "The Town,...

This September, the Toronto International Film Festival returns for its 35th annual celebration, running from the 9th to the 19th. Today brings word of 51 of the titles set to screen at the event, many of them premieres. There are a lot of high-profile players featured on the list, from Darren Aronofsky to Woody Allen to David Schwimmer.

There are a lot of highlights here, movies that you'll definitely want to see, whether you realize it now or not. Darren Aronofsky will premiere "Black Swan," a thriller about a ballet dancer and her rival, starring Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis. Another big one is Ben Affleck's sophomore directing effort "The Town," which stars Blake Lively, Jon Hamm and Jeremy Renner. There's also John Madden's "The Debt," starring Sam Worthington and Helen Mirren, and Woody Allen's latest, "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger." Check out the full listing after the jump.

The Toronto International Film Festival announced fifteen galas and 35 special presentations Tuesday morning, including 25 world premieres. Among the auteurs debuting their films at Tiff are Robert Redford (The Conspirator), Michael Winterbottom (The Trip), Guillaume Canet (Little White Lies), John Cameron Mitchell (Rabbit Hole), Mike Mills (Beginners), Tony Goldwyn (Conviction), Mark Romanek (Never Le Me Go), George Hickenlooper (Casino Jack) and Andrucha Waddington (Lope). Venice nabbed some of the big names, among them their opener, Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan, plus Julian Schnabel's Miral, Ben Affleck's The Town, Tom Hooper's The King's Speech, Francois Ozon's Potiche and John Madden's The Debt, which are listed on the Toronto line-up as North American Premieres, and Sofia Coppola's Somewhere and their closer, Julie Taymor's The Tempest, which were not ...

Here comes the 35th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, and the line-up thus far of Galas and Special Presentations (that is code for High Profile Films) is looking quite stellar. In this first taster, there are new films from Kim Ji-Woon, Andrew Lau (and not even in the Midnight Madness portion, those films have not been announced yet!) Stephen Frears, Mark Romanek, Darren Aronfosky, Michael Winterbottom, Sylvain Chomet, Mike Leigh, François Ozon, Tran Anh Hung, Guillaume Canet, John Cameron Mitchell, Danis Tanovic, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Julian Schnabel and Im Sang-Soo. Please sirs, I want some more! 

No signs of Terrence Malick yet, but fingers crossed!

Full Press Release from Tiff:

"On the occasion of our 35th anniversary, we are thrilled to announce this selection of important and notable films," says Piers Handling, Director and CEO of Tiff. "The richness and diversity of this year's Galas and Special...

This morning the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) announced the line-up for their 2010 festival, of which I will be attending, and it is an absolute dream listing of films including upcoming films from directors such as Darren Aronosky, Robert Redford, John Madden, Ben Affleck, Francois Ozon, Mike Leigh, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Rowan Joffe, Tony Goldwyn, Tom Hooper, George Hickenlooper, Andrew Lau, Guillaume Canet, Sylvain Chomet, Susanne Bier, Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden, Mark Romanek, John Cameron Mitchell, Julian Schnabel, Woody Allen, Michael Winterbottom, Stephen Frears... and on, and on, and on... The festival takes place from September 9 to 19 and I will be there through the 16th and am now only hoping I can catch as many of these as possible.

I have listed everything below and linked the titles that are already in the RopeofSilicon database as well as included links to my reviews for the six films I already saw at Cannes.

The Toronto International Film Festival has announced its first batch of 2010 films today, adding 50 titles to the previously announced hockey musical opener [1]. There are a lot of great directors bringing their latest work to Toronto via the Galas and Special Presentations, with some buzz-worthy films carrying over from Cannes and Sundance, and essentially anything having a limited release in September seeming to slip in as well. Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan will have its North American premiere here after debuting in Venice a few weeks prior, while Mark Romanek's Never Let Me Go gets a world premiere, along with Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden's It's Kind of a Funny Story starring Keir Gilchrist, Emma Roberts and Zach Galifianakis. Ben Affleck's The Town is also playing Tiff despite hitting theatres everywhere the same weekend, and Buried and Jack Goes Boating will both attempt to build on positive reviews from Sundance.

The Toronto International Film Festival will be celebrating its 35th year this September and it has announced today the first batch of big premieres. Some highlights include Darren Aronofsky‘s Black Swan, Robert Redford‘s The Conspirator, John Madden‘s The Debt, Tom Hooper‘s The King’s Speech, and Mark Romanek‘s Never Let Me Go. Check out the initial line-up below.

Galas

The Bang Bang Club. Steven Silver, Canada/South Africa World Premiere The Bang Bang Club was the name given to four young photographers, Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter, Ken Oosterbroek and Joao Silva, whose photographs captured the final bloody days of white rule in South Africa and the final demise of apartheid. The film tells the remarkable and sometimes harrowing story of these young men – and the extraordinary extremes they went to in order to capture their pictures. The film stars Ryan Phillippe, Malin Akerman, Taylor Kitsch,...

This year, the 35th Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) runs from Sept. 9-19. Confirmed screenings, so far include: Robert Redford's "The Conspirator" Guillaume Canet's "Little White Lies" Barry Blaustein's "Peep World" Andy De Emmony's "West Is West" Emilio Estevez' "The Way" Steven Silver's "The Bang Bang Club" George Hickenlooper's "Casino Jack" David M. Rosenthal's "Janie Jones." Richard J. Lewis' "Barney's Version" Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan" John Madden's "The Debt" Im Sang-Soo's "The Housemaid" Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech" Francois Ozon's "Potiche" Ben Affleck's "The Town." Raul Ruiz' "Mysteries of Lisbon" Mike Leigh's "Another Year" Woody Allen's "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger" Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's "Biutiful" Julian Schnabel's "Miral" Stephen Frears' "Tamara Drewe" Sylvain Chomet's "The Illusionist" Kim Jee-woon's "I Saw the Devil" Andrew Lau's "The Legend of the...

Three titles that should receive a lot of attention in this year's fest are: Jorge Michel Grau's contempo cannibal film to break out We Are What We Are (see pic), and Johannes Stjärne Nilsson's Sound of Noise – a high risk film because it mixes genres together like someone grabbing whole bunch of leftovers from the fridge. - The kings of the Croisette – Wild Bunch have got titles coming out of all orifices that they just supplied the fest with the last minute addition of Ken Loach's Route Irish. Earlier in the year they had one of the best comedies of the year in Four Lions play in Sundance (which has yet to be picked up for the North American market) and the steamy Rome in Room should fog up the Market Screenings. Three titles that should receive a lot of attention in this year's fest are:...

The kings of the Croisette – Wild Bunch have got titles coming out of all orifices that they just supplied the fest with the last minute addition of Ken Loach's Route Irish. Earlier in the year they had one of the best comedies of the year in Four Lions play in Sundance (which has yet to be picked up for the North American market) and the steamy Rome in Room should fog up the Market Screenings. Three titles that should receive a lot of attention in this year's fest are: Jorge Michel Grau's contempo cannibal film to break out We Are What We Are (see pic), and Johannes Stjärne Nilsson's Sound of Noise – a high risk film because it mixes genres together like someone grabbing whole bunch of leftovers from the fridge. Already causing a stir is the social commentary docu film by agitator Sabina Guzzanti – Italian politicians beware.

I love getting IndieWire’s Cannes Wish List. IndieWire's commentary on each film is interesting in and of itself. I find myself remarking "I didn't know that!" at every other entry. My former Tipped for Cannes Report (when FilmFinders was my company) was one of my most popular reports because film buyers and programmers could immediately hone in on their targets. So, in keeping with tradition, I pulled together the list Screen International (Si) and blogger ion (he did a lot of research for this!) published in February just after the Berlinale and am now going to compare it with Iw’s. My links for the title are to IMDbPro and for the contact either to the seller (Isa=International Sales Agent) or the producer.

After this, I will track which of these land in Cannes, which in Toronto, Venice, etc.; which get acquired by whom (to be gathered together...

Cannes announced 16 films in the Main Competition today and the Un Certain Regard is perhaps complete but could fit two more titles in, but as expected, Terrence Malick's film is still in limbo. Apart from that frustrating example, there are about three to five available slots in the Main Comp and some hefty titles that are missing in action. I've compiled a list below, but worth mentioning are blatant omissions such as Julian Schnabel's Miral, Kornel Mundruczo's Frankenstein Project, Ken Loach's Route Irish and perhaps even Bruce Robinson's The Rum Diary. - Cannes announced 16 films in the Main Competition today and the Un Certain Regard is perhaps complete but could fit two more titles in, but as expected, Terrence Malick's film is still in limbo. Apart from that frustrating example, there are about three to five available slots in the Main Comp and some hefty...

It's fun tracking down Cannes titles. Ion Cinema has a bead on the Director's Fortnight line-up, including filmmakers Denis Villeneuve, Tran Anh Hung, Gilles Marchand, Lodge Kerrigan, Pernilla August, Marian Crisan, Gregg Araki, Lola Doillon, Agnes Kocsis and Julie Bertucelli. Ion also predicts for the official selection, Brazilian and Cannes vet Andrucha Waddington's Lope, "a chronicle of the life of Lope de Vega" with Sonia Braga and Alberto Ammann in the title role, and Gael García Bernal in Icíar Bollaín's Even the Rain, from Spain. Meanwhile the French-language Cine Europa lists two Cannes-bound Korean films, Poetry, from Lee Chang-dong and The Housemaid from Im Sang-soo, and from Japan, Takeshi Kitano's Outrage, from Argentina, Carancho, from Pablo Trapero, and Ciencias Morales, from Diego Lerman, as well as ...

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Biutiful will receive a Main Comp spot, and keeping with the Amores Perros connection, we might get a first glimpse of Gael Garcia Bernal in Iciar Bollain's Even the Rain, but the one title that hasn't been tossed around as a likely candidate for the croisette is Andrucha Waddington's Lope. - Here are some pics for a film that I figure might be among the offerings for Cannes this year -- I see the film taking over the spot that Agora had last year. Among the sure thing items in Spanish productions, Alejandro González Iñárritu's Biutiful will receive a Main Comp spot, and keeping with the Amores Perros connection, we might get a first glimpse of Gael García Bernal in Icíar Bollaín's Even the Rain, but the one title that hasn't been tossed...

This year I've decided to not include titles that were introduced in 2009 and are having their theatrical release this year: they include top of the list we find A Prophet and Fish Tank, a pair of cream of the crop titles showcased in Cannes, and films such as Dogtooth, Hadewijch, Tales From the Golden Age, Father of My Children, City of Life and Death, I Killed My Mother (J'ai tue ma mere), Mother, Mother and Child, Lebanon, Micmacs à tire-larigot are all worthy titles to look out for. - Welcome to the official landing page for where the 2010's top 100 most anticipated list begins. Now in year three, I started putting the list together in an attempt to keep tabs on the projects that matter the most to the site – it acts on some occasions as an F-u to the year in film previews that fail to include important...

The filmmaker behind Me You Them (2000) and the lush The House of Sand (loved the creative use of thesps Fernanda Montenegro and Fernanda Torres) directed a shot-in-Spain pic titled Lope, about the early Golden Age of theater which housed spirited romantic comedies. - No trailers and just one pic folks to show for Andrucha Waddington's to be released sometime in 2010 period pic. The filmmaker behind Me You Them (2000) and the lush The House of Sand (loved the creative use of thesps Fernanda Montenegro and Fernanda Torres) directed a shot-in-Spain pic titled Lope, about the early Golden Age of theater which housed spirited romantic comedies. This is set in 1588 when Lope de Vega is forced to choose between a relationship with a woman who can advance his career and another who represents true love. Here's a hardcore wiki listing on Lope himself, and our preview page which gives you a...