Friday was a six film day* for me at TIFF, and it opened and closed with large crowds and women in wings. A 9:30 am press screening of Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan brought out the hordes who had heard the Natalie Portman-starring ballet drama had been the toast of Venice and Telluride, while Passion Play's 9pm public premiere sparked a public frenzy thanks to its sidewalk red carpet, where the ever-elusive Bill Murray's appearance seemed like the bigger draw than that of mini-dressed starlet Megan Fox.

A weirder throughline than the wings: both Swan and Passion are laughable to the point that future camp appreciation seems inevitable. In only one case does this seem to be intentional.

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