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Midnight Madness! A Caped Canadian Prime Minister Stars In ‘Ladies And Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney’ – Toronto Film Festival

Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, attended the opening of the Toronto Film Festival last year, helping introduce the documentary John Candy: I Like Me. This year, a former Canadian PM, Brian Mulroney, is appearing at TIFF, in a manner of speaking. The Conservative Party politician, who served from 1984-1993, stars in Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian […]

DeadlineDeadline•Matthew Carey13 Sept

‘I Play Rocky’ Review: Peter Farrelly’s Sensational Biopic Of The Making Of Stallone’s Classic Is Just As Inspiring As The Original Movie Itself – Toronto Film Festival

It is no spoiler to say I am going to reveal the final moments of Peter Farrelly’s fantastic crowd pleasing biopic chronicling the making of the 1976 classic, Rocky, that not only made Sylvester Stallone a major star, but also became one of the greatest behind the scenes stories in Hollywood history. Stay all the […]

DeadlineDeadline•Pete Hammond13 Sept

‘Misty Green’ Review: Rosalind Eleazar Is The Whole Show In Chris Rock’s Sizzling Hollywood Portrait Of A Down And Out Emmy Winner Whose Career Is On The Skids – Toronto Film Festival

I have to confess I am a sucker for down-on-your-luck Hollywood stories, especially movies about actresses who once had success and are now scraping the bottom. Of course there is the classic of classics, Sunset Boulevard, but there are many more. A personal favorite is The Star which got Bette Davis an Academy Award nomination […]

DeadlineDeadline•Pete Hammond13 Sept

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Accuses James Talarico Of Running A “Hoax” With Jimmy Kimmel Sit Down; YouTube Interview Nears 7 Million Views

As Jimmy Kimmel’s interview with James Talarico nears 7 million views on YouTube, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr weighed in on Saturday evening, accusing the Texas U.S. Senate candidate of orchestrating a “hoax” to drive up “clicks and donations.” Earlier this week, Kimmel told viewers that he would be sitting down with an interview with Talarico […]

DeadlineDeadline•Ted Johnson13 Sept

‘NAZA’ Review: Israeli Military Accused Of Depraved Indifference To Palestinian Life, Using AI To Kill In Gaza – Venice Film Festival

The devastating documentary NAZA, an investigation into Israel’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza, was shot at night on rooftops in Tel Aviv, in part to avoid potential Israeli eavesdropping, presumably, and to facilitate shielding the identities of participants. Those participants are 24 Israeli military intelligence officers and soldiers who reveal, in almost matter-of-fact tones, […]

DeadlineDeadline•Matthew Carey13 Sept

‘Babies’ Review: Lauren Miller Rogen Film Is A Witty, Heartfelt Exploration Of Childless Adulthood & Chosen Family – Toronto Film Festival

After years of fielding questions about whether she wants to be a mom, Lauren Miller Rogen gives the definitive answer in the form of her witty, heartfelt comedy Babies. Written and directed by Miller Rogen, Babies stars Anna Kendrick and the auteur’s husband Seth Rogen as the happily married Aaron and Annie, a couple without kids of their […]

DeadlineDeadline•Lynette Rice13 Sept

Huge L.A. Job Losses If Paramount Exits California, County Warns; Ellison-Led Company Slams AGs & WGA’s Antitrust Action In Official Rebuke

There will be harsh job losses and severe economic pain if Paramount carries out its threat to leave California over the antitrust action a coalition of blue state Attorneys General are pursuing to stop David Ellison’s $111 billion merger with Warner Bros Discovery, an internal L.A. County report estimates. “At a minimum, relocating Paramount’s headquarters […]

DeadlineDeadline•Dominic Patten12 Sept

‘Twilight’ Star Kellan Lutz Leading Faith-Based Survival Thriller ‘The Rescue’, Sales Launch At TIFF

EXCLUSIVE: Premiere Entertainment Group is introducing faith-based survival thriller The Rescue, which has Kellan Lutz (Twilight franchise) attached, to international buyers at the TIFF market. The synopsis reads: “After a violent storm leaves a rescue team stranded on a frozen Alaskan mountain, survival becomes a test not only of endurance, but of faith, as hope […]

DeadlineDeadline•Andreas Wiseman12 Sept

‘Dancing with the Stars’ Pro Emma Slater Pulls Out Stops By Performing with Savannah Bananas Ahead of Tuesday’s Premiere

Emma Slater isn’t leaving anything to chance before the season 35 premiere of Dancing with the Stars. Partnered with Savannah Bananas second baseman Jackson Olson for the season that begins Tuesday on ABC, the popular pro doubled down on her pre-season publicity tour by performing with his exhibition baseball team. Slater and Olson joined the […]

DeadlineDeadline•Lynette Rice12 Sept

‘Closing Night’ Review: Killer Cast Sarah Paulson, Naomi Watts, And Dianne Wiest As Mothers On The Edge – Toronto Film Festival

Douglas Sirk , the master of so many great female-driven melodramas of the 50’s (Imitation Of Life, Magnificent Obsession) might have been jealous of Cody Fern’s directorial debut that just had its World Premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. It is what Sirk’s and other movies of the era were once dubbed, “women’s films” that […]

DeadlineDeadline•Pete Hammond12 Sept

‘The Face of Horror’ Review: Anna Biller’s Medieval Ghost Story Is A Technicolor Fever Dream Of Love, Betrayal & Vengeance — Toronto Film Festival

A decade after her sophomore feature The Love Witch, Anna Biller has returned from a whole other era with another technicolor fever dream of female rage. In The Face of Horror, the writer/director updates the Kabuki ghost story Yotsuya Kaidan, which she deconstructs for the medieval era with help from stars Kristine Frøseth, Jonah Hauer-King, […]

DeadlineDeadline•Glenn Garner12 Sept

Glen Basner & Roeg Sutherland Open Their Global Sales Playbook: “You Have To Reset Yourself Every Two Weeks” — TIFF: The Market

Glen Basner and Roeg Sutherland opened their global sales playbook at TIFF: The Market. The duo discussed the realities of working in the modern-day independent film business during a conference session at TIFF’s newly-minted market. They also got into the weeds on the dos and don’ts of packaging indie film projects. Sutherland, CAA’s Co-Head of […]

DeadlineDeadline•Stewart Clarke12 Sept

Searchlight’s Matthew Greenfield On Getting People Into Movie Theaters & Finding New Talent On YouTube — TIFF: The Market

Searchlight Pictures boss Matthew Greenfield broke down how YouTube has become fertile ground for finding new stories and filmmakers. The Searchlight Pictures boss also spoke about the battle with familiarity and the need for original ideas to get people into movie theaters in the streaming age. After Obsession and Backrooms, studios and producers are scouring […]

DeadlineDeadline•Stewart Clarke12 Sept