万花筒 2009-09-16&09-17 多伦多电影节新片抢鲜看

"Honey, I think it's time that we start talking about our divorce."

Hot on the heels of No Country For Old Men and Burn After Reading, Oscar winning siblings¹ Joel and Ethan Coen return to the Toronto Film Festival with a comic drama A Serious Man, about a Minnesota man's absurd quest for respect.

"What you're saying is that you were a psychic² spy." "A Jedi warrior³."

Toronto regular George Clooney will be hitting the red carpet for at least three films while at north, including the paranormal military tale The Man Who Stare At Goats; Paramount⁴ frequent-flyer dramedy Up In The Air; and the Matt Damon vehicle The Informant, which Clooney produces.

"So, What are you in, alternative now? Alternative to what?"

Drew Barrymore makes her directorial debut⁵ in the all female Roller Derby flick⁶ Whip It. The film also stars Barrymore as well as Juliette Lewis, Eve, and Juno's Ellen Page. Speaking of Juno, the film's Oscar winning screenwriter Diablo Cody is back in Toronto as well, this time with a new horror film Jennifer's Body, starring sexy Transformers' heroine Megan Fox.

"My name is Clareece 'Precious' Jones. I wanna be on the cover of a magazine."

On the serious side, the fest ten-day run includes the Oprah Winfrey produced Precious about an abused Harlem teenager who beats the odds⁷; and a number of documentaries including the government leak story, The Most Dangerous Man In America: Daniel Ellsberg And The Pentagon Papers; also, a look at the lives of the soldiers after the war in How To Fold A Flag; and the premiere of Michael Moor's latest tell-all offering Capitalism⁸: A Love Story. The 34th annual Toronto Film Festival runs September 10th through the 19th.

 

J.D. Cargill, CNN, Toronto, Canada.
 

1 siblings   

n.兄弟，姐妹( sibling的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A triplet sleeps amongst its two siblings. 一个三胞胎睡在其两个同胞之间。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She has no way of tracking the donor or her half-siblings down. 她没办法找到那个捐精者或她的兄弟姐妹。 来自时文部分

2 psychic   

n.对超自然力敏感的人；adj.有超自然力的

参考例句：

• Some people are said to have psychic powers.据说有些人有通灵的能力。
• She claims to be psychic and to be able to foretell the future.她自称有特异功能，能预知未来。

3 warrior   

n.勇士，武士，斗士

参考例句：

• The young man is a bold warrior.这个年轻人是个很英勇的武士。
• A true warrior values glory and honor above life.一个真正的勇士珍视荣誉胜过生命。

4 paramount   

a.最重要的，最高权力的

参考例句：

• My paramount object is to save the Union and destroy slavery.我的最高目标是拯救美国，摧毁奴隶制度。
• Nitrogen is of paramount importance to life on earth.氮对地球上的生命至关重要。

5 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

6 flick   

n.快速的轻打，轻打声，弹开；v.轻弹，轻轻拂去，忽然摇动

参考例句：

• He gave a flick of the whip.他轻抽一下鞭子。
• By a flick of his whip,he drove the fly from the horse's head.他用鞭子轻抽了一下，将马头上的苍蝇驱走。

7 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？

8 capitalism   

n.资本主义

参考例句：

• The essence of his argument is that capitalism cannot succeed.他的论点的核心是资本主义不能成功。
• Capitalism began to develop in Russia in the 19th century.十九世纪资本主义在俄国开始发展。