nce July starts to wind down, you have to get used to constant TIFF buzz. Every few days, it seems, you hear some new spicy piece of news about a new celebrity coming to Toronto or a new film getting a world premiere. This is no accident. TIFF has excellent PR people. Masters of leaving you wanting more, they know exactly how to release just the right tidbit to keep you excited but to leave you wanting more. First were the announcements of the first batch of films, a list that included many high-profile selections such as Bill Maher's Religulous. Then, after making us wait for awhile, they tossed us another bone with the announcement of TIFF's Canadian line-up. Now they had us right where they wanted us, hyped for the Film Festival but eager to hear more news.

With the viewing public in the palm of their hands, TIFF has now released another few tidbits. Two prestigious galas and three special presentations have been added to the TIFF line-up. Always the obliging comrade, we're here to give you the scoop.

Standing at the top of the list is a gala presentation, the North American Premiere of Rachel Getting Married, directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Anne Hathaway. Hathaway plays Kym, a melancholy woman who returns to her estranged family home for the wedding of her sister, the eponymous Rachel (Rosemarie DeWitt). As the wedding party proceeds, the family dynamic breaks down and old tensions slowly boil to the surface.

Like so many film brats, Jonathan Demme's intro into the film business was working under the tutelage of exploitation master, Roger Corman. After making a couple of well-received concert films, Demme directed two films that have since come to be acknowledged as his major breakthroughs and his signature films, Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia. Both films are notable for the strong performances by their lead actors, Anthony Hopkins and Tom Hanks respectively. Anne Hathaway is already a popular actress, but has yet to have a true critical breakthrough. Perhaps it will be Demme who can coax it out of her.