The Toronto International Film Festival got going with a face-smashing, belly-laughing gangster caper from a director best known as Madonna's husband.

Another intriguing take on affairs of the heart from the master of the artform with some solid performances, most notably from Javier Bardem and Rebecca Hall.

Film Reviews: Chipping away at the Indian institution of arranged marriage one feature at a time, Deepa Mehta brings her latest taboo-challenging critique home to Canada with "Heaven on Earth."

Film Reviews: Offering classic lovers-on-the-run melodrama amid spectacular widescreen backdrops, Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville's "Tengri: Blue Heavens" is arthouse exotica of the most accessible sort.

Wandering from dingy club to slightly dingier club, across what remains of Manhattans gritty East Village, the two wax poetic about their favorite bands, engage in the usual battle of the sexes and, what would you know, fall in love. INick and NorahI is a surprisingly timeless story given its hip trappings, and will enthrall teen viewers who imagine such a adventurous, music-fueled life for themselves.

Filmmakers love her work, while the public remembers the Heath Ledger connection.