Remains of the Day: Best of Lynch, Kore-eda and James Gray

The Toronto Film Festival releases its final list of films tomorrow, and I’ve got at least four titles confirmed – all European. Sorry my lips are sealed. Look for our IONCINEMA.com TIFF checklist series starting tomorrow: a list of films 40 films I’ll be covering at the festival this year. In the meantime, here are some quick notes that caught our attention during the day (August 19th).

1. Performance of Lifetime/ Serving a Lifetime Sentence
Sundance preemed film featuring Tom Hardy finally coming to theaters. Click for trailer.

2. Nobody Everybody Knows
Hirokazu Kore-eda Retrospective at the BAMcinématek. (Read More)

3. The Rush Before the Storm
Really digging the last minute “film” checklist of items to do before the TIFF showing of Up in the Air. (Via Jason Reitman’s Twitter account)

4. Foot Prints
Wolfman pics. (Via Joblo.com)

5. I F***ed Up Your Ending 
Harvey Weinstein admits he was wrong with James Gray’s The Yards. (Via Creative Screenwriting Podcast)

6. Bloom Stand-In 
Track info on Mark Ruffalo’s Sympathy For Delicious. (Via ThePlaylist)

7. Cinema Eye 2010 
Best of 2009 doc films will be celebrated in 2010 – before the Oscars, not after.

8. The Paint is Dry 
If you are in the area: David Lynch: New Paintings exhibition. (Via MovieCityNews.com)

1/2. Basterds and the “Cannibal” Holocaust 
Eli Roth Pieces NEWS ITEM.