TIFF 2022 Showbiz and Celebrity Breaking News

Werner Herzog’s “Theater of Thought” may be the most egg-headed documentary to ever open with a quote “ascribed to Chuck Berry.” To wit: “In my Theater of Thought I am rocking. / In the Dance of my Mind, I am swinging.

It’s a tale almost too astonishing to believe: two sisters flee their war-torn country and save sixteen other people’s lives through their champion swimming skills. But it’s the true story of Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini and her sister Sara and the basis for “The Swimmers,” set for its world premiere as the opening film at the Toronto International Film Festival this month.

We are less than a month away from the beginning of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. So, as we get closer to the Opening Night festivities, TIFF is beginning to lock down its final list of films that will screen at the event.