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I thought I'd figured out Hollywood's prevailing attitude toward firearms. Oscar winner John Legend seemed to sum it up at an appearance in Dayton this week when he said: "The NRA doesn't represent America," and "we're tired of bigotry and hate turning lethal because of easy access to guns." Then I saw the trailer for…

The Toronto Film Festival has unveiled its lineup for this year’s Primetime program, a total of six TV series from around the world including the world premieres of HBO’s Mrs. Fletcher starring Kathryn Hahn, USA Network’s Briarpatch starring Rosario Dawson, and Facebook Watch's Limetown based on the crime podcast and…

EXCLUSIVE: Former Creative Circle COO and Co-Founder Dennis Masel’s new film production company Camera Ready Pictures will kick off their launch with their first feature The Giant which will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. Based in New York City and Los Angeles, Camera…

The Toronto Film Festival has revealed this year’s lineups for its documentary, Midnight Madness, Discovery and retro Cinematheque sections, adding movies from Alex Gibney, Barbara Kopple, Bryce Dallas Howard, Richard Stanley and Ali LeRoi to the 2019 fest that kicks off next month. TIFF Docs’ 25 pics kicks off with…

The Toronto International Film Festival has set a slew of films for its Platform strand including the world premiere Sarah Gavron's Rocks, which will open the programme, and bookened by Pietro Marcello's Martin Eden. Suffragette and Brick Lane director Gavron's Rocks stars Bukky Bakray as a teenager who suddenly finds…

Taika Waititi is to receive the Toronto Film Festival’s (September 5–15) Ebert Director Award at this year's inaugural TIFF Tribute Gala awards event. The award recognizes and honors a filmmaker for their outstanding contribution to cinema. Taking place on Monday, September 9 at Fairmont Royal York, during the…

Meryl Streep will receive the Toronto Film Festival’s TIFF Tribute Actor Award at this year's inaugural TIFF Tribute Gala event. Three-time Oscar winner Streep most recently starred in HBO’s Big Little Lies and has Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming The Laundromat at festivals this fall, including its North American…

With today’s initial announcement of Gala and Special Presentations at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, we get the first major burst of clues to the race for the 92nd annual Academy Awards. On paper, and mostly sight unseen, I spot at least 20 films that might be considered hopefuls for the Oscar race…

The 2019 Toronto Film Festival has unveiled an early list of Gala Premieres and Special Presentations for the festival that runs September 5-15, and there will be no shortage of star power. Among the highlights: Tom Hanks in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Christian Bale and Matt Damon in Ford V Ferrari, Eddie…

The Band are coming to the Toronto Film Festival. Rock doc Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band about The Weight rockers is to open the festival as its Opening Night Gala Presentation on September 5. It will be the world premiere of the doc, which is directed by Ghosts of Our Forest director Daniel Roher…

The Toronto Film Festival has promoted Geoff Macnaughton to director of industry. Macnaughton will oversee the organization's industry programming and talent development initiatives, as well as industry-related sales and services. He will continue to act as lead programmer of Primetime, the festival’s strand…

The Cannes Competition line-up of 50 years ago was an extraordinary one; a who's who of iconic filmmakers. Among the 26 competing for the Palme d'Or were Sidney Lumet, Louis Malle, Andrzej Wajda, Pierre Étaix, Lindsay Anderson, Volker Schlöndorff, Costa-Gavras, Éric Rohmer, Glauber Rocha, Ronald Neame and Dennis…