Greg Kinnear as the guy who invented the windshield wiper! Keira Knightley as Princess Diana's uncle! And many more.

Yes, today's the day. I used to - like, six or seven jobs ago, certainly not at my current job - just sit at my desk and do my TIFF schedule, a process which takes about 7½ hours and is fairly counter-productive. But I don't do that any more because I am Responsible. Instead, I book the day off, tour the city, and read the programme book cover to cover.

So yesterday after work I went down to the new/weird box office area at Dundas Square, got my stuff, went for some eggs, drew devil horns on Swayne as usual, and got cracking. I've got through the Galas and Special Presentations so far but as per the usual, there is less content for me there (many of those films will see wide release) than there will be in the other programmes. I will, of course, kowtow to the Hollywood machine at least twice, by trying to see Zack & Miri and also the six and a half day mega-epic Che. Those are the kind of yes-they'll-be-released-anyway films that you want to see in a festival environment, just cuz it'll make you feel like a pimp.

Last night I watched A Clockwork Orange and today I'll buy excellent shoes. It's all coming together.