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September 08, 2025

TIFF Tribute Awards Recipients Idris Elba, Guillermo Del Toro & Nina Hoss Urge Empathy: "We Need That In This World Right Now"

By Natalie Oganesyan

'Nuremberg' World Premiere At TIFF Gets 4-Minute Standing Ovation

Sony Pictures Classics has indeed an awards contender in hand with James Vanderbilt's Nuremberg as the Russell Crowe, Rami Malek, M …

By Anthony D'Alessandro and Antonia Blyth

Donna Langley At TIFF Talks Shifting Audience Tastes & Their Embrace Of Horror

Speaking shortly after her sister label Focus Features made the first big buy at TIFF with the Curry Barker directed horror movie, Obses …

By Anthony D'Alessandro

Palestinian Director Annemarie Jacir Talks Decade-Long Battle To Bring Arab Revolt Drama 'Palestine 36' To Big Screen: " I'm Obsessed With The Period"

Palestinian Director Annemarie Jacir Talks Decade-Long Battle To Bring Arab Revolt Drama ‘Palestine 36’ To Big Screen: " I’ …

By Melanie Goodfellow

Paris-Based Lucky Number Scores Deals On György Pálfi's TIFF World Premiere 'Hen'; First Clip Revealed

Hen chronicles the life of a remarkable chicken as she escapes her grisly fate.

By Andreas Wiseman

Blue Fox Entertainment Picks Up Two Tubi Original YA Romantic Comedies 

Blue Fox Entertainment will have distribution rights outside of the U.S. and Canada for both titles.

By Zac Ntim

'Nuremberg' Review: Russell Crowe And Rami Malek In Thrilling And Urgent Nazi Drama More Relevant Than Ever - Toronto Film Festival

A review of Nuremberg, about the interrogation of Russell Crowe's Hermann Goring by Army psychologist Douglas Kelley during the Nazi tribuna …

By Pete Hammond

'Couture' Review: Angelina Jolie In Film About 3 Women During Paris Fashion Week May Be Her Most Personal Role Yet - Toronto Film Festival

A review of 'Couture,' a new film from Alice Winocour and starring Angelina Jolie as a director going through a life crisis while working in …

By Pete Hammond

'Poetic License' Review: Maude Apatow's Smart & Funny Directing Debut Gifts Mom Leslie Mann With Dynamite Lead Role - Toronto Film Festival

A review of 'Poetic License', the directing debut of Maude Apatow, starring Leslie Mann, Cooper Hoffman and Andrew Barth Feldman.

By Pete Hammond

'Sentimental Value's Elle Fanning On Playing A Catalyst For Family Drama: "It Was Quite Cathartic" - Toronto Studio

‘Sentimental Value’s Elle Fanning On Playing A Catalyst For Family Drama: "It Was Quite Cathartic" – Toronto Studio

By Ryan Fleming

Corey Hawkins On Diving "Unapologetically" Into Themes Of Trauma, Community & Family Legacy With 'The Man In My Basement' - Toronto Studio

Corey Hawkins On Diving "Unapologetically" Into Themes Of Trauma, Community & Family Legacy With ‘The Man In My Basement’ & …

By Ryan Fleming