Before I go forth with reports from my first 19 hours in Toronto — over the course of which I’ve seen three films, attended one party where waitresses were literally physically branded with the name of the skincare conglomerate sponsor, spent a morning at the Canadian Broadcast Center doing a radio segment about the festival (listen online here) and finally figured out how the Toronto subway system works — I should note that my internet access up here is not constant and my writing time is minimal, so blog posts may be irregular. Check out my Twitter feed for short updates; I should have my first longer dispatch up on the blog this afternoon.