By Greig Dymond, CBC News

Well, the onslaught of Hollywood glitz always slows down at TIFF by Wednesday, and this year is no exception.

The big Oscar buzz movies -- The King's Speech, Black Swan, 127 Hours -- have each had their red carpet moments. Stars like Will Ferrell, Colin Firth and Megan Fox checked out of their hotels several days ago. Even the crowd of autograph seekers and amateur paparazzi gathered outside the Hotel Intercontinental on Bloor St. seems to be dwindling. (Yesterday, outside that hotel, I saw a construction worker from a nearby work-site holding a camera with a huge zoom lens, just waiting for celebs to wander by. Everyone's a pap nowadays, it seems.)

Fans of cinema shouldn't despair, though; there are all kinds of interesting films left to see. Blue Valentine is being screened at Ryerson tonight. It's generating a ton of interest, primarily because of the on-screen pairing of Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams -- two actors who never fail to compel. They play a couple trying to deal with their marriage's downward spiral.

Actor/sometime director Ed Harris is back at TIFF, appearing in What's Wrong With Virginia -- it gets a gala tonight at the Elgin Theatre. Harris will always be remembered at this fest for his strange outburst at the 2005 press conference for A History of Violence, when he threw a glass of water against a wall behind him. It was his distinctly odd attempt to explain the nature of violence. Classic kookiness.

A couple of long-time fest favourites are unveiling their latest directorial efforts. Ken Loach's Route Irish screens at the Elgin and Gregg Araki's Kaboom is on at the Ryerson.

And later today, I'm interviewing a couple of the folks involved with the impressive new Canadian feature, The High Cost of Living -- director Deborah Chow and actor Zach Braff. It's set in Montreal, and Braff shines as a seedy character involved in a hit and run with a pregnant woman. It premieres tonight at the Scotiabank Theatre; well worth checking out.

Happy viewing.

You can follow Greig throughout #TIFF10 at @cbcarts