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‘Hold Your Fire’ Trailer & Poster: Everything Is Resolvable By Talking [Exclusive]

April 12, 2022 9:45 am

Emmy-nominated American writer and film director Stefan Forbes, known for making the documentary "Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story," is back with another fantastic documentary, this time focusing on conflict ...

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TIFF Returns With A New Venue & Full Capacity In 2022

Gregory Ellwood

April 1, 2022 2:30 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, Festivals, News

The 2021 Fall Festival season seemed to bring a sense of normalcy 18 months into the COVID pandemic. Venice, Telluride, and the New York Film Festival all had in-person screenings with no capacity restrictions...

‘Mr. Kneff’: Steven Soderbergh Turns ‘Kafka’ Into A Radical, Demented “Silent Film With Sound” [TIFF Review]

David Cuevas

September 22, 2021 9:54 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

During my first year of film school, my teacher would assign a great task to all her students during a post-production and sound course. The assignment was a unique redubbing exercise, stripping the audio and ...

‘Charlotte’: Animated Holocaust Drama Recounts The Tragic Life Of An Artist [Review]

Carlos Aguilar

September 21, 2021 3:38 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Toronto International Film Festival: The utilization of hand-drawn animation as preferred medium for artists to assimilate and explicate real-world chaos in recent years has produced gorgeously sensitive visio...

‘Saloum’ Is A Kinetic, Genre-Bending Revenge Story [TIFF Review]

Andrew Crump

September 17, 2021 4:49 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Guns, gold bars, drug lords, military coups, folk heroes, tall tales, and ghost stories. Is there a 2021 film that gives more bang for the buck than Jean Luc Herbulot’s superb “Saloum”? This is not a case of “...

‘The Good House’ Showcases The Greatness Of Sigourney Weaver [TIFF Review]

Jason Bailey

September 17, 2021 1:21 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

We casually throw the word “icon” around with such abandon these days that it almost feels like we need a new, more potent idiom to describe those who actually fit the bill. But until we get that term, let’s s...

Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye

‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ Screenwriter Hopes Jim Bakker Will Watch It [Interview]

Gregory Ellwood

September 16, 2021 7:52 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, Interviews, News

Jessica Chastain isn't the only connection between "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" and the upcoming Paramount+ "George and Tammy" limited series. Abe Sylvia, a co-executive producer on "The Affair" and "Dead to Me," ...

‘Silent Night’: Keira Knightley & Co. Blend The Holiday Film With The End Of The World Genre [TIFF Review]

Marya E. Gates

September 16, 2021 7:00 pm

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

Writer-director Camille Griffin’s debut feature film “Silent Night” effectively blends two seemingly disparate genres — holiday films and impending apocalyptic cinema. Both high-pressure situations that get yo...

‘Violet’: Director Justine Bateman Faces Her Fears With New Olivia Munn-Starring Self-Doubt Drama [TIFF Interview]

Valerie Thompson

September 16, 2021 3:33 pm

Interviews, News

Justine Bateman is on a quest to explore the fears and to openly address the toxic, self-destructive voices in our heads that tell us we're no good and unworthy of love and success. The actor's directorial deb...

‘The Box’: Golden Lion Winner Lorenzo Vigas Crafts A Tense, Slow-Burn Coming-Of-Age Drama [TIFF Review]

Carlos Aguilar

September 16, 2021 3:00 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Comfortable in his newly found friendship, Hatzín (Hatzín Navarrete), a teenager from Mexico City who traveled to Chihuahua's northern state to reclaim his father's remains, pretends to be upset and explains h...

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