Hi, this is Daniel Garber at the Movies for Cultural Mining and CIUT 89.5 FM.

Photos by Jeff Harris.

TIFF is now finished, and the stars are long gone, but the movies live on. I spoke with Jeff Harris about this year’s festival: the changes — good and bad — the movies, the celebrities and their fans, audience reactions, standing ovations, prize winners, Oscar bait, sleepers, clunkers, and more.

A massive crowd turned up for the premiere of My Policeman starring Harry Styles. A sea of cell phones tried to catch a glimpse of rock star.

In Part One, we talk about these movies:

• In Conversation With Taylor Swift
• Gutsy (TV series)
• Sidney
• My Policeman (pictured)
• Triangle Of Sadness

Some Weird Al super-fans showed up to the Midnight Madness premiere of Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. One arrived with a homemade puppet of Al – who has become perhaps the most recognizable (or funniest) accordion player in the world.

In Part Two, we discuss:

• Catherine Called Birdy
• The Son
• The Fabelmans
• Aristotle & Dante Discover Secrets…
• Good Night Oppy
• Brother
• Bones Of Crows
• The Colour Of Ink
• Ever Deadly
• Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (pictured)
• Bros
• The Whale
• The Banshees Of Inisherin

I spoke with Jeff Harris in person after TIFF22.