If, like me, you've been lamenting the steady bleed of thoughtful, investigative journalism from newspapers and magazines, the Toronto International Film Festival offers hope via visual media. �Scanning the list of documentaries that the festival will be screening, the subject ? and the fresh, innovative ways in which the filmmakers are tackling them ? calls to mind the original, smart, and, often, great journalism that came from the pages of Harold Hayes' Esquire magazine in the 1960s and early'70s, arguably, the gold standard of 20th Century magazine writing. �And here are the 10 docs that will have my undivided attention here in Toronto. Now I just have to find the time to see them.
1. Stories We Tell, Sarah Polley:��Initial reports are that the wise-beyond-her-33-years actress and filmmaker has made a stunning auto-documentary by becoming, as she puts it, ?a detective in my own life.? Polley — the daughter of the late actress and casting director Diane MacMillan Polley, who died when Sarah was 11, and British actor-turned-insurance-agent Michael Polley — delves into her murky family history to separate fact from fiction. I hear that the answers she unearths resonate like a punch in the gut.
2.�Love, Marilyn, Liz Garbus:�The enduring perception of Marilyn Monroe as a ?Candle in the Wind? to use the title of Elton John?s exquisite song, gets an overhaul in Garbus? close-up of the actress and sex symbol. The Bobby Fischer Against the World filmmaker uses an ensemble of actresses ? including Marisa Tomei, Viola Davis, Ellen Burstyn, Evan Rachel Wood and contemporary trouble doll Lindsay Lohan ? to give voice to Monroe?s never-before-seen personal papers, diaries and letters which reveal her to be a fiercely ambitious steel magnolia with a poet's soul.
3.�The Gatekeepers, Dror Moreh: The buzz has been building on…
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