After shutting down three restaurants last week, this edition of DineSafe seems a little tamer - if you're not vegan that is. Otherwise, you might be at risk of finding a little extra protein in the salad. Urban Herbivore in Kensington Market was cited for inadequate pest control, and even though it wasn't deemed crucial, the eatery was yellow-carded on two consecutive inspections.

See which other restaurants landed themselves in hot water this week on DineSafe.

Bier Markt Don Mills (7 O'Neill Rd.)
Inspected on: September 3, 2014
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 1 (Significant: 1)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Bamboo Kitchen (292 Parliament St.)
Inspected on: September 3, 2014
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 4 (Minor: 2, Significant: 2)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Ali Baba's (117 Danforth Ave.)
Inspected on: September 3, 2014
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 5 (Minor: 1, Significant: 3, Crucial)
Crucial infractions include: Operator fail to maintain hazardous foods at 60 C (140 F) or hotter.

Urban Herbivore (64 Oxford St.)
Inspected on: September 4, 2014
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 1 (Significant: 1)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Wrapido (661 Bloor St. West)
Inspected on: September 4, 2014
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 2 (Minor: 2, Significant: 3, Crucial: 1)
Crucial infractions include: Operator fail to ensure food is not contaminated/adulterated.

Fit for Life (25 York St.)
Inspected on: September 4, 2014
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 6 (Minor: 2, Significant: 2, Crucial: 2)
Crucial infractions include: Employee fail to wash hands when required. Operator fail to maintain hazardous food(s) at 4 C (40 F) or colder.

Just For Laughs 42 (JFL42) is back in Toronto from September 18-27 with headliners including Seth Meyers, Lena Dunham, Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes, Joe Rogan, and Nick Offerman. This year promises an improved system aimed at helping you see as many comedians as possible.

The first thing you have to know is that tickets for individual shows are not "for sale." JFL42 uses a pass system which, though confusing at first, is pretty remarkable. It's a little complicated for the uninitiated, so I'm here to walk you through it (and share my picks for what to see).

Ticket options
No headliner: $49/Two Passes | $79/Four Passes | $99/Six Passes
One headliner: $69/Two Passes | $99/Four Passes | $129/Six Passes
Four headliners: $299/Ten passes

How does the pass system work?
Deep breath. OK. Let's say you want to see Amy Schumer. Reserve a seat online. This will cost one credit. Go to the show. While you wait for the show to start, check-in to the event using Facebook's location services and your credit will be added back. Therefore, as long as you remember to check-in every time you see a show, you will be able to see every single supporting act, time permitting!

Help - the show I want is sold out!
Never fear! Add the show to your wishlist via the app/website. If enough people add Amy to their wishlist, the JFL pantheon will add another show and/or move her to a bigger venue.

Now that you're ready to buy a pass, here are my top ten picks for what to see at JFL42 2014.

Select Headliners

SETH MEYERS
Seth Meyers has had a beast of a career so far. I mean, the guy just turned 40, and already he's been a head writer for SNL, hosted the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, and of course, owns a coveted late night talk show.

AMY SCHUMER
Like many of the comedy superstars on the scene, she's balanced her stand-up act with a strong acting resume, appearing on 30 Rock and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Furthermore, her Comedy Central show, Inside Amy Schumer, was just picked up for a second season. Accomplishments aside, the real reason I'm going to her show is that I've heard Bill Burr mention that she's been on a stand-up tear recently. As far as endorsements go, that's just about the biggest plug you can get.

JOE ROGAN
What a life! From Taekwondo champion to Fear Factor host to one of the faces of the fastest growing sport on the planet, Joe's had a whale of a career. Though he's well-known for his various exploits on television, it's stand-up that has always been number one in his heart. Oh, and by the way, he got his start in Boston, so whatever you do, do not heckle.

WANDA SYKES
I first got a glimpse of Wanda's talent on Curb Your Enthusiasm, where her outspoken character provided the perfect foil for Larry's, well, Larry. What I didn't know was that Comedy Central included her in a list of the greatest stand-ups of all time, and I can see why. Her joke about Michelle Obama is SPOT ON.

Select Supporting Acts

CHRIS D'ELIA
I suspect Chris will have some of the most well-attended shows at JFL42 this year. Most will know him from his role on Whitney, but I was first impressed by Chris after watching him kill in one video after another on Laugh Factory's YouTube. I get the impression that comedy nerds don't like him because of his subject matter and use of impressions, and I've even seen him compared to Dane Cook, but that's the internet for you. Personally, I love to see someone who's genuinely enjoying their time on stage.

PAUL F. TOMPKINS
Like comedy podcasts? Well, Rolling Stone ranked The Pod F. Tompkast number one. Like movies? Paul's been in everything from Anchorman to There Will Be Blood. How about television? He's done King of the Hill, Frasier, Community, and Key & Peele. With all of these accolades, it's easy to forget that he has also released three stand-up albums along the way. So yeah, reserve your seat FAST.

KUMAIL NANJIANI
A strong culture is said to produce automatons: people whose values and beliefs are constricted by their upbringing. Conversely, the thinking is that an exposure to multiple lifestyles is itself the birthplace of new ideas and perspectives. Kumail studied under the British System in Pakistan and now lives in California, which puts him in the unique position to hover above his surroundings and question everything that the people take for granted. His rise to stardom was probably also helped along by his double major in computer science and philosophy. The man is a tank!

BRODY STEVENS
The powerful Brody Stevens is back! Yes! His act has taken him far and wide, performing on shows like Tosh.0 and the NFL on Fox. Watch one of his videos and you'll see why he's known as a comic's comic. While his material gives off the bravado of a battle rapper from New York, his appearance reminds me of Raffi from Sharon, Lois, and Bram.

MANTOWN
The first time I went to see Mantown, the place was so packed that I thought the out of town headliner was doing a second show. By kicking off the night with games like Broken Telephone (with beer) and Hot Potato (also with beer), Mantown had the crowd cheering from the very beginning. When they settled into their long-form improv performance, they absolutely crushed. For me, the best part of the evening was feeling like I was at a party rather than just a show. Seriously, these guys need a TV show stat.

GRAHAM KAY & SARA HENNESSEY
When I first started out in stand-up, I saw Graham Kay destroy, and I felt like I was watching a superhero. He's one of those guys whose jokes kill me no matter how many times I've heard them, but don't take my word for it. Dave Chappelle called one of his bits an "instant classic." Not to be outdone, Sara Hennessey's energy and enthusiasm will provide a great foil to Graham's reserved delivery. Her act outs and wide-eyed perspective are hilarious and really endearing.

About the Author: This is Michael Jagdeo, and I refuse to write about myself in the third-person. My blog, Diary of a Stand-up Comedian, walks you through the up's and down's (they're mostly down's, really) in my quest to become a killer comic in Toronto.

The popular Hub Coffee shop on Shaw St. is no more, having re-located to Davenport at the end of last year. As it happens, the landlords have taken over the old spot and revamped the cafe into a slicker version with marble counters, designer lights and a spiffy La Marzocco espresso machine.

Find our more in my profile of Contra Cafe in the Cafes section.

We're back for round two of our local remix roundup, this time focusing on releases that had a spotlight on them during the summer months. If you missed the first round for winter/spring 2014, you can check it here. Summer gives us two repeat offenders, who continue to make a name for themselves by reworking tunes and giving them a new feel.

Calvin Harris - Summer (Diplo & Grandtheft Remix)
There have been countless remixes of 160 million-streamed "Summer" by Calvin Harris over the past few months, but none match the explosive star power that is packed in this remix by Diplo and Grandtheft. This official remix offers a trap spin on the original, with bed squeaks, booming bass and high-hitting percussion. This marks the second Harris remix by Diplo and Grandtheft, following "Sweet Nothing" featuring Florence Welch. Championed by countless DJs at festivals worldwide all summer, this jam will continue to have an impact into the school year.

Golden Coast - Break My Fall (Rainer + Grimm Remix)
After catching fire online with their Sam Smith "Stay With Me" remix, eventually picked up by Capitol for mainstream radio, this duo followed up with a remix of a single from Golden Coast, a relatively unknown LA synth pop band. The original was well received, but Rainer + Grimm's remix quickly hit #1 on Hype Machine's popular charts. Now co-signed by taste-making YouTube channel Majestic Casual, it's rapidly approaching one million plays. Catch the duo live in Toronto on September 11th at Weldon Park and then September 12th at The Hoxton opening for Klangkarussell.

Tears for Fears - Shout (Avenue Remix)
This remix was released in January, but remained relatively dormant until July, when it was reposted and approved by Tears for Fears through their Facebook account. It climbed to the top of Hype Machine's charts and continues to receive praise as 80's synth-pop makes a serious resurgence in electronic music daily. Avenue's energetic spin on the classically famous 1985 tune is sure to get you (and your mom) dancing, singing along and letting it all out.

Natural Animal - Last Night ft. Craig Stickland (Strokes Cover)
This Toronto-made cover of The Strokes' "Last Night" is an awesome new interpretation of the original. Singer/model Craig Stickland puts a smooth and sultry spin on the vocals, while duo Natural Animal offers a nice cowbell infused, shiny pop remix on the classic tune. The first single from Natural Animal's upcoming release is set to drop in the coming weeks, but for now, enjoy this Hype Machine #1 - it's all positive summer vibes!

BANKS - Drowning (Love Thy Brother Remix)
Love Thy Brother's remix of Banks' single Drowning dropped in June and has been receiving much love all summer long, reaching #1 on Wavo and #3 on Hype Machine. The two Toronto-born brothers embrace vintage electronic sounds on this deep and dark tropical house rendition, offering up a nice serving of hard-hitting percussion and distorted samples, while staying true to the sexy, atmospheric vibe of the original.

Photo of Grandtheft by Laser Light Photography via Facebook

Award-winning Canadian director David Cronenberg has taken on a lot of different subjects over his nearly forty-year filmmaking career: Russian gangsters, small town violence, virtual reality, William Burroughs, exploding heads.

With his latest film, Maps to the Stars, he takes on something closer to home: movies. More specifically, Hollywood. With a searing performance by Julianne Moore (a conniving actress who is part Lindsay Lohan part Mommie Dearest), the movie is a cynical but always entertaining look at the self-serving, shrewd, sometimes monstrous people who can populate Los Angeles.

I was granted 10 minutes to speak with David Cronenberg about being a Canadian making a movie about such an iconic American place, his own experiences in Hollywood, and why he continues to love living in Toronto instead of Los Angeles.

Maps to the Stars often feels like it has an outsider-looking-in perspective on Hollywood. Despite the fact that the script is written by an insider, and directed by someone who has been working in movies for a long time. Do you think that outsider perspective comes from being a Canadian director?

I like what Marshall McLuhan used to say: that being a Canadian really gave him an immense perspective on America that Americans couldn't have. Sort of standing out of the river a little bit in the whack water is the way he described it. So I'm sure I have a perspective that an American director wouldn't' have. And certainly there wasn't any American director who wanted to make this movie.

This was your first film made in the U.S. Did you find your outsider perspective changed while working in the States?

Not really. I've spent a lot of time in America. The first time I went to L.A. was in 1971. I have a lot of friends there, and know it quite well, even though I've never ended up making a 100% studio film there. It was, however, kind of cathartic to shoot in America for the first time after all these years, and to shoot in Hollywood of all places.

Were there any particular Hollywood experiences of your own that made it into Maps to the Stars?

I can't say that, but I have had some very surreal meetings with studio executives that were equally surreal as the ones we have in the movie. But it was Bruce [Wagner's] script after all. He's said he's basically heard every line of the dialogue actually spoken over his years. So it was really his point of view. But I've had parallel experiences. I knew how accurate the script was.

Julianne Moore's character is constantly surrounded by gossip, casting news, and bad-mouthing. It made me think about exhausting living in Los Angeles must be. Is that why you prefer to stay in Toronto? So you can be outside that echo chamber?

Absolutely. There is a lot less noise. LA is a one business town. I knew right away when I first went there that if I was forced to move there to make movies, which I thought for a while I might really have to do in the early 70s, that my values and my standards for everything would change and shift hugely.

First, because it's America, not Canada. Second, because it's the business. The power, the pressure to get a better agent, or whatever it would happen to be, would be enormous because you couldn't get away from it. It's there every day, all the time, everywhere, whereas in Toronto it's just not there at all.

Thanks to the Equalizer, starring Denzel Washington, for sponsoring our coverage of TIFF 2014.

Photo by Jesse Milns

The last Forum Research poll regarding the Toronto mayoral race hinted at the possibility of a Ford comeback, but that appears in doubt according to new numbers released by the company today. In what amounts to his best numbers so far, John Tory leads with 40 per cent over Ford with 28 per cent and Chow at 21 per cent. Forum's last poll had all three candidates much closer, with Tory at 36 per cent, Ford at 31 per cent and Chow at 26 per cent.

In other news David Soknacki seemed to be finally making an impression on voters with sharp increases in his visibility and approval rating. That will go for naught now that he has pulled out of the race (and it probably was too late anyway). Approval ratings for the leading candidates remain steady from Forum's last poll in late August (Ford has dropped slightly from 39 per cent to 34 per cent). With seven weeks to go before election night and a whole lot of debates left to go, much can still change, but both Ford and Chow look to be playing major catch up.

California burger chain In-N-Out has long been the stuff of dreams for those of us north of the border. Tomorrow, it looks like that dream will finally be real - at least for one day. The California burger chain is heading north for a promotional pop-up lunch service, taking over, curiously, Osteria dei Ganzi, a stately farm-to-table Italian restaurant on Jarvis St.

From 11am to 3pm on Thursday, a limited number of the Cali chain's burgers will be doled out outside the restaurant. Choices will include three of their signature offerings: double-double burgers (two patties and two slices of cheese - no cream or sugar here, folks), animal-style burgers (with a patty cooked in yellow mustard), and a protein-style version (which comes served in a lettuce wrap instead of a bun).

Could this be a sign of a northern expansion for In-N-Out? My tastebuds say yes; my arteries are panicking.

Day 6 at the Toronto International Film Festival brought a whole crop of new stars, including fan faves like Robert Pattinson and Benedict Cumberbatch, to the red carpet. Predictably, the Twi-hards and BBC obsessives were out in full force, toting glossy photos and full camera batteries for selfies with their favourite stars, while those coming fandom-free to the fest were still treated to sightings of celebs like Keira Knightley, Julianne Moore and John Cusack.

Check out all the action in our photo gallery of Day 6 at TIFF.

Thanks to the Equalizer, starring Denzel Washington, for sponsoring our coverage of TIFF 2014.

The best onion rings in Toronto can be found at chippies and fast food joints that take pride in making their heavy, hearty foods from scratch. The rings on this list are cut by hand, dipped and fried to order, seasoned generously, and served immediately. Suitable as a snack or side, this favourite alternative to fries is still salty and crisp on the outside, while the onion itself provides a sweet, soft counterpoint.

Here are the best onion rings in Toronto.

See also:

The Best Fries in Toronto
The Best Sweet Potato Fries in Toronto
The Best Old-School Burgers in Toronto
The Best Cheeseburgers in Toronto

Top photo by Lucas Richarz in the blogTO Flickr pool

Mike Tyson, in town tonight at the Air Canada Centre for his one man show, was his unpredictable self during a live interview this afternoon on CP24. The trouble started when host Nathan Downer questioned Tyson about whether it was prudent for Mayor Ford to meet with Tyson, the former boxing champ but also a convicted rapist.

Tyson, probably thinking he was sitting down for a nice bit of friendly PR, basically lost it, and starting cursing at Downer, at one point stating "It's so interesting that you come across like a nice guy but you're really a piece of shit."

Watch all the video evidence below.

As of this posting, there are still tickets left for tonight's show Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth at the Air Canada Centre.

Rob Ford has been admitted to Humber River Hospital on a "working diagnosis" of an abdominal tumor. Speaking at a press conference earlier this evening, Dr. Rueben Devlin, the president and CEO of the hospital, said Ford was suffering from pain in the lower left quadrant of his abdomen when he entered the emergency department earlier today.

A subsequent CT scan confirmed the presence of a tumor and doctors are conducting a biopsy to determine whether the mass is cancerous, he said.

"We need to determine exactly what type of tumor it is, and then we can decide on what treatment is required," Devlin said. "We hope that we will be able do a lot of that investigation this week ... it wasn't a small tumour, but the size is not as relevant as what it is."

Beyond that, little information is available about Ford's immediate condition. Doug Ford said his brother was complaining of stomach pain earlier this morning. "I had breakfast with him today over at Perkins. He said his stomach was bothering him, he went to the doctors, and then the doctor sent him over to Humber," he said. "He's in good spirits and he just thanks everyone for all the well-wishes."

According to Toronto Sun reporter Don Peat on Twitter, Ford was treated for a tumor on his appendix in 2009. Since becoming mayor, Ford has been hospitalized twice: for kidney stones in 2011 and for a throat problem that aggravated his asthma in 2012.

Ford was absent from city hall today and information on his whereabouts was not made available by his election campaign staff. News of his condition came in a press release from the hospital at 6:18 this evening.

Doug wouldn't say whether his brother was thinking about dropping out of the race.

"If you could just leave us alone, that would be great, for the next couple of days, then we will inform you on what's going on," he said. "I'll speak to you folks probably in the next couple of days."

Chris Bateman is a staff writer at blogTO. Follow him on Twitter at @chrisbateman.

Image: RadarContact/blogTO Flickr pool.

Photo by mooncall2012 in the blogTO Flickr pool.

Today in Toronto catch Alixander III live at Coalition (formerly Neutral) along with CHOBO and Dragun. It's five bucks before 11pm. Beer lovers will want to head (heh), one day ahead of Beer Week's official kick-off, to the Beer Experience for unique brews by a variety of breweries aimed at those with advanced palettes, or anyone who wants to give their taste buds something new.

OCAD is hosting a block party and unveiling their new mural by Julia Dickens, Tara Dorey, Alexandra Mackenzie (Petra Glynt), Lido Pimienta, Peter Rahul and Diana VanderMeulen. Looking for a rowdy show? At the Horseshoe the The Dirty Nil will release their new 7". For more events, click on over to our events section.

• Party: Alixander III (Coalition)
• Beer: The Beer Experience (Berkeley Church)
• Music: The Dirty Nil (Horseshoe)
• Art: Georgia Dickie (Cooper Cole)
• Art: Judy Natal: Future Perfect (Circuit Gallery)
• Lit: DAYTRIP Issue 1 Launch
• Comedy: Lesbian Road Trip Comedy (Steady)
• Comics: Toronto Launch! Undocumented (Art Metropole)
• Art/Party: Ultra Rare (OCAD Student Gallery)

Have an event you'd like to plug? Submit your own listing to the blogTO Toronto events calendar or contact us directly.

Photo via Facebook

Toronto Restaurant Openings highlights the latest restaurant openings and closings in Toronto and also gives a preview of what's coming soon. Find us here every Thursday morning.

OPEN NOW

• Kaffebar is open at 2830 Dundas St. West in The Junction serving coffees and baked goods like cookies, cakes and cinnamon buns.
• Saturday Dinette is now open at 807 Gerrard St. The modern diner that took over Hammersmith's old spot has been serving dinner all week and launches brunch service this weekend.
• The newest location of Spin Dessert Cafe celebrates it's grand opening today, Thursday, September 18 at 51 Lebovic Ave. in Scarborough. The chain already has an outpost on The Queensway and other GTA locales like Mississauga and Vaughan.

RECENTLY REVIEWED

• Pie Squared
• Thoroughbred
• Local Public Eatery

OPENING SOON

• Dining options at Toronto Pearson continue to improve with the announcements that The Hearth by Lynn Crawford, LEE Kitchen by Susur Lee and Twist by Roger Mooking are slated to open over the next year, along with Paramount Fine Foods and Caplansky's Snack Bar.

OTHER NEWS

• Lucky Red (318 Spadina Ave.), the months-old spinoff from Banh Mi Boys, is currently closed and sporting a notice in the window that reads its under construction and soon to reopen as a sit-down restaurant.
• Loka Snacks, a new pop-up concept, debuts inside Hi-Lo Bar (753 Queen St. East) on Saturday, September 13. Ex-The Chase chef Dave Mottershall has been tweeting out some pretty delicious looking things to look forward to, and pending the sucess of this first week, the pop-up aspires to become a weekly fixture (if not more frequent).

Have you seen restaurants opening or closing in your neighbourhood? Email tips to liora@blogto.com

Photo via Loka Snacks on Facebook.

A beloved Bolton burger joint has expanded to Toronto bringing a host of unholy burger creations along for the ride. Chief among these is their nacho inspired burger that comes with melted cheese, homemade chili and fried jalapeño rings. All it needs is some guac.

Read my profile of Hole-E Burger in the restaurants section.

In a city saturated with awesome design stores, shopping local should be a breeze when it comes to furnishing your place. Problem is, not every customer has hours to spend going store-to-store looking for the perfect throw pillow to fill that maddening gap on their couch. A new Toronto-based startup, Fetchpad, aims to bridge that gap, giving shoppers an easier way to hunt for fresh decor items (or, at the very least, some stellar eye candy).

The site's offerings currently include more than 8500 selections from stores across Toronto, including Decorium, Casalife, BoConcept and Mjolk; click "buy now" on that vase or sofa you've been eyeing, and it'll forward you on to the retailer's site to complete the purchase. Even if you're not looking to pull out your VISA, it still makes it easy to scroll through some of the best eye candy Toronto's design scene has to offer.

If you miss the Junction Flea's cozy apparition in the (still) empty Dundas West lot and are, perhaps, unable to leave the Junction for Sterling Road's flea on a weekend (say, this weekend) in your post-brunch haze, don't fret it. The hood's newest concert venue Junction City Music Hall has something special in store for local shoppers of vintage goods, hand-mades, and baked treats - I'm hazarding a guess you won't find dice made of human teeth at this flea, but I'll stop by just to make sure.

On September 20, the day of this year's Junction Music Fest featuring The Sadies, Kashka, and more, the bar will host their first JCMH flea market at 2907 Dundas West (just west of Keele). Shop clothes, vinyl, and treats while sipping on a drink from the bar from 12-6pm. The added bonus, of course, is the multi-stage free festival outside will merge music, food, and mingling in such a way that you can drink your way through brunch > flea market > music > snacks > dog-spotting without ever leaving a two block radius. Check out the vendor list for the flea here.

Photo of Junction City Music Hall by Jesse Milns.

The HMV Underground venue at its Toronto flagship Yonge Street store has been an unlikely addition to the city's live music scene, as the struggling chain downsizes and shifts its focus further away from, well, music.

Once upon a time people bought music. Paid for it in physical form, with money. Not only that, they left their house to do it. They ventured out on a Tuesday night (say around 9:30) just to check out the late-night record shop. It was impulsive, compulsive, and by today's standards you could call it insane, but I did just that to check out the HMV Underground where Sloan was performing Tuesday evening.

The basement venue is billed as a multi-purpose event and exhibition space, currently oft-used for autograph sessions. Beneath the CDs (CDs!) and t-shirts upstairs, the ceiling is exposed pipe-and-ducts with some hanging fluorescent lights, and the side walls are lined with track-lighting to illuminate photo and art exhibitions.

There's a sound and lighting desk at the back, and next to that is a small kiosk with a cash register where they were selling Sloan's latest release, Commonwealth. It was almost surreal seeing the cash register flash it's dot-matrix "WELCOME TO HMV" greeting. Remember Soundscan?

LED's cast multi-coloured hues onto a low-rise stage. Sight lines leave a lot to be desired, so if you're a shawty like myself, get there early to secure a good spot. The sound was rich and full without being obnoxiously loud. It was dark in there - a total house party-style basement where teenagers can make-out in the corner as a lone super-fan pogos near the back of the crowd.

The place is large enough to fit 100+ people, but retains a great deal of intimacy. As Sloan pumped through deep album cuts and took shouted requests from the audience, a certain charm about the space revealed itself. You have a chance here to get very close to the performers.

The basement of 333 Yonge Street lacks in nuance and ambiance, but works as a no-nonsense, semi-small concert venue. Those unforgiving fluorescent lights came on as the the audience chanted for an encore. I have a feeling that won't be a rare event here, and in a small way Yonge Street's musical legacy lives on in a new and unexpected corner.

Photos by Matt Forsythe.

Before TIFF started, I put together a list of the Top 10 Canadian films that looked most promising. Now that we're near the end of the festival, it's worth taking a look at what Canadian films wound up generating enthusiasm from festival audiences.

Here are my picks for the top 5 Canadian movies at TIFF 2014.

Tu Dors Nicole
Quebec's Stéphane Lafleur charming, black and white look at twenty-something ennui has proven to have charmed TIFF-goers as much as it did audiences at the Cannes Film Festival. By all accounts it amused with its humour, charmed with its quirkiness, and was embraced as more than just your everyday maturity-challenged twenty-something movie.

Monsoon
Sturla Gunnarsson documentary about monsoon season in India looked gorgeous and proved to be. The film proved to be not just heralded for its incredible beauty, but praised as both an immersive experience and an insightful one.

Preggoland
Jacob Tierney's high-concept comedy about a thirtysomething woman faking a pregnancy to fit in with her friends proved to do what all comedies should: make people laugh. It also received particularly high praise in one case, with one moviegoer declaring it "that movie you go to TIFF for hoping to discover a gem."

Mommy
Canadian wunderkind, Xavier Dolan, sees his wunderkind status continue. Mommy - about a troubled teenager and his mother trying to survive each other - was declared the best movie at TIFF, the best movie by Xavier Dolan, and heralded as an outright masterpiece.

Corbo
This film about the beginnings of the FLQ before the 1970 October Crisis, told from the eyes of a teenager who slowly becomes a radical terrorists, proved to be widely admired at TIFF. It was praised for its historical insight, its score and complexity, and its emotion. But without a doubt it's most impressive praise, however, comes from Oscar-nominated director, Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan)

Thanks to the Equalizer, starring Denzel Washington, for sponsoring our coverage of TIFF 2014.

Image from Mommy

Even before Mike Tyson had a meltdown on CP24 yesterday, you knew that his endorsement of Mayor Rob Ford wouldn't be without weirdness. Just the very idea of Tyson vouching for a local politician is bizarre, but there is a wonderfully cringeworthy interview clip in which the former heavyweight champion discusses the mayor's past. It's so all-over-the-place that it's impossible not to feel sympathy for Ford as he has to hold his breath and withstand the various soundbites.

Kimmel delights in the awkwardness, but his take doesn't really come off as mean-spirited -- which is good given the troubling news Ford was delivered yesterday. You really can't help but feel for the mayor as he listens to Tyson pontificate. Have a watch.