TORONTO RULES THE FROZEN NORTH!

The Toronto Film Festival announced a bunch more films yesterday and, well, what can I say except I'm trying to blink back my tears of joy.

THE DUELIST - Lee Myung-Se (NOWHERE TO HIDE) is nothing short of a genius. Alfred Hitchcock comes to him in his dreams and tells him what movies to make (seriously). He's got a thing for fish analogies. And he just finished this period martial arts female detective story.

TAKESHIS - Takeshi Kitano's latest movie, he just finished shooting it so it'll be hot off the grill and "500% Takeshi". What is it? Who is it? What does any of that mean? No one knows but Takeshi.

CITIZEN DOG - I've been wondering (a lot) (sometimes I stay up all night just thinking about it) what's going to happen to new movie, CITIZEN DOG, that seemed to be stuck in limbo. Well, it's going to Toronto and you can see it there in all it's candy-colored glory.

SEVEN SWORDS - Tsui Hark's latest is big in China, but some folks grumble that there's nothing new to see here. And Derek Yee (ONE NIGHT IN MONGKOK) says Charlie Yeung and Leon Lai suck out loud in it. But here's your chance to see it for yourself and make up your own mind.

APRIL SNOW - Hur Jin-Ho's melodrama has been much anticipated and that probably includes everyone reading this blog. Now it's here (if you live in Toronto, if you live anywhere else it's "there").

A bunch of non-Asian movies were also announced but does anyone watch movies that aren't from Asia? I don't even think they actually exist. Non-Asian movies, huh? It sounds like an old wives tale to me.

(Thanks to Twitch for the news.)