As the country lurches toward 250, the most authentic place to raise a glass isn't a museum—it's a barstool that has outlasted three wars, Prohibition and a pandemic.
The 32nd Toronto International Film Festival opens the gate on Oscar season with 349 films, a 480-page program too heavy to carry, and a former president promoting a documentary a block from a talk-show host's directorial debut. Rex Reed on Jodie Foster's finest work in years, the Jesse James film dividing everyone in town, and a first week that was anything but dull.