Toronto Film Fest Plays Politics Ahead of Election
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The Toronto International Film Festival  has developed a status in recent years as the curtain-raiser to  Oscar season, when trophy-hungry directors premier their  late-season star-studded epics, biopics, and dramas.
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The 31st annual Toronto film festival   opened on Thursday amid warnings from critics that happy movies   are going to be few and far between, as themes from many of the   350-plus entrants reflect the grim state of the world.
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The Toronto International Film Festival offered a snapshot of the variety of styles and sensibilities that characterize world cinema today.
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A preview of the Toronto film festival.
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Politics, genocide and animal cruelty  will share the spotlight with Hollywood glamour when the  Toronto International Film Festival kicks off its 29th edition  on Thursday.
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Maverick U.S. filmmaker Michael Moore   steered the Toronto International Film Festival firmly toward   politics with a scathing denunciation of the Iraq war and a   preview of his next film, "Sicko," which slams a patchwork U.S.   health care system.
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Documentarians say that the upswing of activism in filmmaking is not merely an election-year phenomenon.
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Kevin Keating&#039;s film, the  latest in a seemingly never-ending series of politically themed  documentaries presumably designed to have an impact on the  upcoming elections, deals with former New York mayor and  possible 2008 presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani.
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Reese, Jake and George glam up a pair of politically worthy dramas in Toronto
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Maverick U.S. filmmaker Michael Moore steered the Toronto International Film Festival firmly toward politics with a scathing denunciation of the Iraq war and a preview of his
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Films become more politicized as filmmakers seek to influence the upcoming election.
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Like two gunfighters heading for a Texas showdown, Dallas will host a cinematic shootout as conservative and liberal films festivals do battle in the city during the weekend.
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Political and religious conflict and  humanitarian crisis were portrayed in several movies at the  Toronto film festival on Sunday including &quot;Elizabeth: The  Golden Age&quot; that premieres on Sunday night.
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The Toronto International Film Festival, which opened on Thursday, has been all but overrun with films attacking President Bush or the protracted war in Iraq.
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This year&#39;s Venice Film Festival has been hailed as Hollywood on the Lido, but American stars have had to share the stage with US politics as movies like Tim Robbins&#39; &quot;Embedded-Live&quot; hit the screen.
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TORONTO  - Global politics, seniors in   love, fantastical fairy tales, technical glitches and the   Weinstein brothers dominated the 31st Toronto International   Film Festival, which wraps Saturday with the world premiere of   the slavery drama "Amazing Grace."
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This year's Toronto International Film   Festival will offer more star wattage and world premieres than   almost any edition of the event in its 30-year history, as well   as the potential for a goodly amount of controversy.