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The César Awards ceremony held tonight in Paris included a poignant tribute by Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan to late actor Gaspard Ulliel who died in January at age 37 following a skiing accident. Ulliel, a star of Marvel's upcoming Moon Knight series, previously won the Best Actor César for 2016's It's Only The End…

UPDATE, writethru: Xavier Giannoli's Lost Illusions (Illusions Perdues) scooped the Best Film prize at France's César Awards this evening in Paris. Along with the top honor, the period drama adapted from the Honoré de Balzac classic took a further six statues and was the overall biggest laureate of the evening…

Period drama has a bad name, especially period drama drawn from literary classics, but there is a European tradition of grand historical films that match their sources' canonical status with the cinematic strengths of narrative sweep and visual opulence. Think The Leopard as a peerless example: Visconti's masterpiece…

Studiocanal, Canal+ and Quebecor Content are teaming up to produce Xavier Dolan's (Mommy) first drama series, The Night Logan Woke Up.  The psychological thriller will chart the story of three friends whose lives are shattered after one of them commits rape. The five episode drama, which is due to start production in…

Quebec wunderkind filmmaker Xavier Dolan, who ten years ago at the age of 20 arrived at Cannes and knocked their socks off with I Killed My Mother, returns to the Croisette with Matthias and Maxime about two young childhood male friends, who after a kiss as adults, begin to question their true feelings. As a filmmaker…

Unveiling what he categorized a "romantic and political" Official Selection this morning, Cannes Film Festival chief Thierry Frémaux offered up a roster of titles from veterans of the Riviera as well as first-timers, and a handful of so-called graduates from parallel sections to the main Competition. Overall, there's…

Deadline wrapped its Coffee With Creators panel series at the Toronto Film Festival on Monday with the team from The Death And Life Of John F. Donovan, Xavier Dolan’s latest movie that is prepping for its world premiere tonight in the fest’s Special Presentations section. Dolan will join star Kit Harington, Thandie New…

The Toronto Film Festival has landed the world premiere of The Death and Life of John F. Donovan, Canadian director Xavier Dolan’s drama starring Jacob Tremblay. The pic will screen as part of TIFF’s Special Presentations program. The pic traces the story of a young actor (Tremblay) as he reminisces on the letters he…

EXCLUSIVE: Xavier Dolan and Will Beinbrink have landed supporting roles in New Line Cinema's IT Chapter Two for director Andy Muschietti, who helmed the original. The sequel portrays the kids — members of the Losers’ Club, who were tormented by Pennywise — as adults. James McAvoy plays Bill, Bill Hader is Richie…

Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan has made the “extremely difficult decision” to cut Jessica Chastain’s character from his English-language debut, The Death and Life of John F. Donovan. The Cannes Jury Prize and Grand Prize winner posted a lengthy explanation on Instagram om Sunday night about removing Chastain from the…

The Toronto Film Festival has revealed the lineup of titles that will make up its Canadian offerings next month. Running the gamut from documentaries to dramas, biographies, thrillers and animation, the roster includes veteran filmmakers and emerging talent. Among the world premieres are docs The River Of My Dreams…

First let me say to the esteemed jury of the 69th Cannes Film Festival, picking Ken Loach’s moving and vital I, Daniel Blake, about a carpenter fighting to retain his benefits after losing his livelihood because of a debilitating health crisis, was an inspired choice — especially for a film that came so early in the…