Toronto Film Festival

The 2009 Toronto Film Festival came to a close this weekend, with the Oprah-approved (and produced) 'Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire' taking home the fest's top prize, the People's Choice Award.

And while that movie is certainly scoring raves and plenty of Oscar buzz to boot, it's not the only movie getting attention coming out of Toronto. After the jump, check out 11 of the best-reviewed films of Toronto 2009.

TORONTO (AP) - A raw film about an abused teen named Precious won the audience choice award at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday, stoking predictions that the harrowing, Oprah Winfrey-backed tale is Oscar-bound.

'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire,' snagged the coveted award at a luncheon that also named 'Cairo Time,' from Toronto director Ruba Nadda, the best Canadian feature.

As the 2009 Toronto Film Festival wraps up, we take a look at the best and worst fashion that graced the red carpet.

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Ben Whishaw is so thoughtful and soft-spoken that you don't dare interject when he pauses – and he pauses a lot. For a journalist with a relatively short time limit with the British actor, it is equal parts frustrating and refreshing. Frustrating because you wish you could peer into Whishaw's head to see exactly what he means (prior to the thoughts getting caught up in everyday verbiage) and refreshing because so few film stars dare to offer reporters answers that are not canned or watered down.

Whishaw was in Toronto last week to attend the Toronto film festival premiere of Jane Campion's 'Bright Star,' in which he plays poet John Keats. The film takes place in the last few years of Keats' life when he forged a relationship with his neighbour, Fanny Brawne (Australian actress Abbie Cornish). The duo embarked on a passionate love affair only to have it cut off abruptly by Keats' death, at age 25, from tuberculosis.

Earlier in the week, Moviefone laid out the highlights from the first half of the 2009 Toronto Film Festival, including a pair of Oscar-worthy performances from George Clooney, a monstrous turn from Megan Fox in 'Jennifer's Body' and awards buzz for Clooney's good pal Matt Damon.

Now we're back to finish up the job with all the latest reviews, celeb sightings and sound bites from the fest's second half. This time around, Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page 'Whip It' real good, 'Youth in Revolt' heralds the dawn of the age of a new Michael Cera, and Keanu Reeves reminisces about Patrick Swayze. Read all about it after the jump.

Oprah Winfrey can turn an unknown novelist into a New York Times bestseller almost overnight, simply by adding the writer's work to her famed Book Club. So if getting the daytime TV goddess' endorsement for one's book is tantamount to guaranteed success, does the same thing apply for a movie based on a book? The world is about to find out.

Back in January, Oprah saw the movie 'Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire' just before it debuted to raves at the Sundance Film Festival, where it went on to win the competition's coveted Grand Jury Prize, as well as the Audience Award and the Special Jury Prize for Acting (for Mo'nique) ... and she was utterly blown away.

The 2009 Toronto International Film Festival is in full swing, with a weekend of George Clooney sightings (he has two buzzed-about films screening), Megan Fox mugging for cameras and Oscar hopefuls getting their first reviews from critics already in the can. Check out a comprehensive recap of this weekend's TIFF fun after the jump.

With Pedro Almodovar's 'Broken Embraces,' this year's Toronto Film Festival marks the fourth collaboration between the Spanish director and Penelope Cruz. But while this duo may be the most demonstrative partnership in film, it certainly is not the most prolific. From France's Isabelle Huppert and Claude Chabrol to the US' Martin Scorsese and Robert DeNiro, modern film overflows with filmmakers and their muses. To celebrate the Canadian premiere of 'Broken Embraces,' we pick the top ten pairings in cinema.

The stars have come out to shine in Toronto for the 2009 Film Festival, and the fans know it. Before the first film even screened, autograph and photo seekers were lined up along the so-called 'Mink Mile', which stretches through the chic neighbourhood of Yorkville. Canadian fans have the reputation of being nicer and less aggressive than our American or European counterparts. To the woman who nearly killed someone trying to get to George Clooney on opening night - thanks for ruining the stereotype!

Check out the latest celebs to grace the streets of Toronto.

Every year in September, Hollywood heads to Canada for the Toronto International Film Festival. There are sumptuous red carpet premieres, star-studded cocktail parties and, most importantly, a slew of films looking to score some big-time commercial and critical buzz.

The Fest is traditionally a launching-pad for studios' Oscar hopefuls, and this year is no exception -- with not one but two George Clooney films hitting the screens, Matt Damon doing the weight-gain-for-Oscars thing, and Megan Fox getting nasty as a flesh-eating cheerleader (though, sadly, we're not sure its her time for Oscar glory just yet).

Whether you're heading to the festival (which runs from Sept. 10-19, by the way) or just want to know which movies are stoking buzz, Moviefone picks 12 flicks that are sure to make noise in Canada.