Unfortunately, I've fallen even further behind on writing-up the movies I've seen on Day 1 and 2 on TIFF due to the flaky and intermittent wireless service at the Bond Place Hotel, and I have to say that of my TIFF experience so far, my choice in hotels has been the one thing I've regretted the most, as I've spent far too much time over the last three days trying to resolve it. Seriously, if you ever come to Toronto, and the Bond Place Hotel is the only place with available rooms, I'd suggest sleeping on the street.

That be as it may, I had a pretty decent day of interviews, including one with director Anton Corbjin and Sam Riley from Control; Tony Leung, the star of Ang Lee's Lust, Caution; interviews for Cronenberg's Eastern Promises (and that review is ComingSoon, I promise!) and insanely crowded press conferences for Michael Clayton and The Assassination of Jesse James. I'm off to see Tom (The Station Agent) McCarthy's new movie The Visitor in a couple moments, but tomorrow (i.e. today) I'll be back to seeing movies from the morning to night.

First up is Craig Gillespie's Lars and the Real Girl (MGM) starring Ryan Gosling--essentially a boy meets blow-up doll comedy from the director whose 1st film Mr. Woodcock opens Friday. Hopefully, everyone else will be going to see Elizabeth: the Golden Age (Universal) tomorrow morning, although I'll be seeing the gala premiere that night.

Next up tomorrow morning is another movie that's one of my most anticipated at the fest, which is Joe Wright's Atonement starring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy. I'll be talking with Joe on Monday afternoon, which I'm also looking forward to.

I have a couple interviews and then tomorrow night is all about the premiere of Elizabeth and then if I'm still alive after that, I'll be going to see the foreign horror-thriller The Passage, which I know very little about at this time. (I guess I can read the description at the link, but then again, so can you.)

Strange and Completely Irrelevant Toronto Trivia of the Day (The Return!): I noticed this the last time I was in Toronto, but all of the squirrels here seem to be black and you can see them scampering around any park. I've never seen a black squirrel anywhere else besides Toronto, and there doesn't seem to be any other color squirrel. The adventurer in me wants to try to find a way to sneak a black squirrel back to New York City in my luggage (surely, they don't check all of it!) and then start a genetic breeding experiment by letting it loose in Central Park.