The Circuit

Toronto is ending and the roundups are posting.

Greencine's Sean Axmaker is down on the fest:

It hasn't escaped anyone's notice that the American line-up at TIFF 2008 was singularly lacking in heft and ambition.

NY Times' AO Scott isn't:

There is still plenty of strong work to be found at the Toronto International Film Festival, especially in the flourishing world of truly independent filmmaking.

Roger Ebert gets whacked, says it's no big deal:

If it were up to me, you would never have heard about the incident at the Toronto Film Festival on the morning of Sept. 6 when a fellow critic whacked me with a rolled-up program or a festival binder or something. It has been blown out of proportion. It is of little interest.

Spout's Karina and Kevin sit on the FilmCouch:

The Coen Brothers’ new film Burn After Reading gets a mixed reaction, apparently it’s better if you get to see it with Adrien Brody.

indieWIRE's goes to Paris (not France):

"Paris, Not France" has been the subject of some controversy at the Toronto International Film Festival. Just days before the festival began, it came out that the festival had reduced its screenings to just one, allegedly due to pressures from the Hilton camp.