The 31st Toronto International Film Festival is approaching and we've got all the latest news and resources on our 2006 website! This year, several brand new features have been added, including a Flickr photo gallery, videos on YouTube and a special Festival blog section called TIFFBlogs. Check it out now and let us know what you think.

CBC New Brunswick, Canada - Two previously unreleased tracks by the late John Lennon will be included in the upcoming documentary The U.S. vs John Lennon, which is set to be screened at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. One song, Attica State, was recorded at the John Sinclair Freedom Rally in Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1971. The other track from the former Beatle is an instrumental version of How Do You Sleep, a song that was part of the public spat between Lennon and Paul McCartney after the Beatles broke up... [Full Story]

Times Now.tv, India - When you think of films from the production house, Yashraj Films, you think of mush, romance, and candy floss. But it seems the production house is geared up to break out of the mould. It is experimenting with offbeat cinema and the latest from their banner is the post Taliban war film, Kabul Express. The film has not been released, but Kabul Express is already making waves in the international circuit. Yashraj Film's Kabul Express has been selected for a world premiere at the 31st Toronto Film Festival this September... [Full Story]

CBC News, Canada - Music, violence and social issues are among the topics that will be tackled in the documentary lineup at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival this fall. Festival organizers unveiled Thursday nearly two dozen new documentaries set to join the previously announced titles, with Dixie Chicks - Shut Up and Sing set for its world premiere at a TIFF gala presentation... [Full Story]

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Fangoria - Maurice Devereaux, the Montreal-based filmmaker behind BLOOD SYMBOL, LADY OF THE LAKE and $LA$HER$ (the latter two released by Fango Video), gave us the word that his latest chiller END OF THE LINE just snagged a slot at the Toronto International Film Festival, premiering in the Canada First section. "This is quite an honor," Devereaux tells Fango, "as very few indie films and even fewer horror films are chosen to be part of this prestigious festival, the biggest one in North America and second only to Cannes worldwide... [Full Story]