Awards Campaign

September 18, 2016 3:50 pm

The fact that Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land” won the People’s Choice Award at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival is going to be something of a relief for the studio behind it, Lionsgate. But it’s not ...

Taraji P. Henson On “Overwhelming” Reaction To ‘Hidden Figures,’ A Movie “Needed Right Now”

September 15, 2016 7:41 pm

TORONTO – Last Saturday, in a packed theater at the TIFF Lightbox, Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae watched 20 minutes of cut scenes from their new film “Hidden Figures” with a public audienc...

Isabelle Huppert Reminds Us How Incredible She Is In New ‘Elle’ Extended Clip

September 15, 2016 4:37 pm

Awards Campaign, News, Video

The fall and winter is going to get very repetitive if we keep mentioning how competitive the Best Actress race is this year (too late), so how about we use this opportunity to remind you that Paul Verhoeven’s ...

‘Moonlight’ Becomes A Legit Oscar Contender And 7 Other Things We Learned In The Toronto Bubble

September 15, 2016 5:33 am

TORONTO – As a long time executive in the awards season game noted just a few nights ago after another round of parties and celebratory drinks came to an end, “We’re still in a bubble right now.” And they were...

‘Deepwater Horizon’ With Mark Wahlberg Is Stellar Filmmaking Except When It Isn’t [TIFF Review]

September 14, 2016 5:13 am

TORONTO – When the mobile offshore drilling rig the Deepwater Horizon exploded into flames on April 20, 2010 it resulted in the loss of 11 lives and the largest oil spill in U.S. history. Five years later, BP, ...

Felicity Jones Says ‘A Monster Calls’ Co-star Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley Made ‘Rogue One’ Possible

September 13, 2016 4:29 pm

TORONTO – Felicity Jones has walked red carpets round the globe. She’s survived the rigors of an intense Oscar season for “The Theory of Everything” and blissfully sat through five different awards shows where ...

Fox Searchlight Gets ‘Jackie’ As Natalie Portman Enters The Best Actress Race

September 13, 2016 4:20 am

TORONTO – It’s been an up and down few days for Fox Searchlight. “The Birth of a Nation,” the mini-major's expected Oscar powerhouse has been the center of controversy ever since rape allegations against direct...

‘Denial’ With Rachel Weisz Fails As A Cautionary Tale In The Age of Trump [TIFF Review]

September 12, 2016 7:37 pm

TORONTO – In this age of Trump where any statement is somehow a fact regardless of the truth, there should be something incredibly poignant about “Denial,” a film about the libel case between Holocaust denier D...

‘Sing’ Is ‘Pitch Perfect’ With Some Crowd Pleasing Animation And That’s A Compliment [TIFF Review]

September 11, 2016 7:43 pm

TORONTO – Sometimes you just can’t hate a movie. It may annoy you. It may make your eye rolls a bit, but eventually you just succumb to the sheer entertainment of it all. That’s the case with Garth Jennings’ “S...

Lupita Nyong’o And David Oyelowo Break The Disney Mold In Mira Nair’s ‘Queen of Katwe’ [TIFF Review]

September 11, 2016 11:32 am