Channing Tatum and Derek Cianfrance raised the roof at Variety ‘s annual Toronto Film Festival party on Friday. The duo was on hand to celebrate their cover story on their new film, “Roofman,” which tells the real-life saga of notorious criminal Jeffrey Manchester. In his toast, Variety Co-Editor-in-Chief Ramin Setoodeh hailed the film as “the one of the big discoveries of the year” and called Tatum and Cianfrance “the perfect match.”

“Roofman,” which premieres on Saturday, is already generating awards buzz for Tatum, who plays a father who robs McDonald’s restaurants to take care of his kids. After breaking out of jail, he camps out in a Toys “R” Us, hoping to evade capture. The film was a chance to work with Cianfrance, who had approached him nearly two decades ago to star in “

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