TIFF 2013 Review: ALL IS BY MY SIDE Is A Momentously Audacious Musical Biopic...
Making a movie about a musician is bound to be extremely difficult when you don't have the permission of the family's estate. Why has there never been a definitive Elvis biopic -- or Kurt Cobain...
View ArticleToronto: Nicolas Cage-Starrer 'Joe' Pits Lionsgate/Roadside Against Magnolia
The David Gordon Green-directed Joe are drawing a crowd. Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions has been the frontrunner all day in an auction held by CAA, with Magnolia and Sony Pictures Classics among those...
View ArticleJoel Edgerton Talks FELONY, Ridley Scott’s EXODUS, JANE GOT A GUN Production...
One of the many films to premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival was Australian director Matthew Saville’s (Noise) Felony. Starring Joel Edgerton (who also wrote the screenplay),...
View ArticleToronto: Magnolia Nears Deal For Ti West's 'The Sacrament'
EXCLUSIVE: Ti West wrote and directed The Sacrament, the contemporary found-footage thriller that world premiered at Venice before showing at Toronto over the weekend in the fest’s Vanguard section....
View ArticleBest and Worst of the 2013 Toronto Film Festival
The 2013 Toronto International Film Festival delivered a strong slate of films this year as "Gravity,""12 Years A Slave,""Bad Words,""Can A Song Save Your Life?" and "Afflicted" were among the best...
View ArticleTIFF 2013: 12 YEARS A SLAVE Wins People's Choice Award; Midnight Madness...
The 2013 Toronto International Film Festival is in the books, and earlier today, TIFF announced this year's award winners. The biggest award, the People's Choice Award, went to Steve McQueen's 12 Years...
View ArticleNew Photos From 'Only Lovers Left Alive' Plus Watch TIFF Intro And Q&A With...
After hitting Cannes and Toronto, with New York and London in its sights, Jim Jarmusch's vampire film "Only Lovers Left Alive" continues to hit the festival circuit hard, and another stop planned on...
View ArticleMyriad seals deals on Rigby
EXCLUSIVE: Buyers have flocked to Toronto hit The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby starring Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy.
View ArticleThe Toronto International Film Festival Insists on Premieres for its Opening...
Film festivals track world premieres religiously. They want to boast of them when box office glory and Oscars come around. So last fall it did not go over well when the Telluride Film Festival...
View ArticleToronto: Universal Pictures International Takes Mads Mikkelsen Western 'The...
UPIE will release Kristian Levering's feature, co-starring Eva Green, across Latin America, Eastern Europe and South Africa.
View ArticleToronto: Bidding War Erupts Over John Travolta Heist Thriller 'The Forger'...
The film will make its world premiere Sept. 12 at Roy Thompson Hall
View ArticleToronto: Jerry Ferrara's 'Club Life' Picked Up by The Orchard (Exclusive)
The movie is based on the true life experiences of Danny A. Abeckaser, who wrote the script
View ArticleRADiUS-TWC Nabs Chris Evans' Directorial Debut, 'Before We Go'
RADiUS-TWC has acquired Chris Evan's directorial debut, "Before We Go," in what Deadline reports is a low seven-figure deal. The film premiered at the Special Presentations section of the Toronto...
View ArticleTIFF Review: 'Revenge Of The Green Dragons' Directed Andrew Lau, Executive...
“There’s a storm coming detective, and I don’t know of any umbrellas that will keep this city dry,” says the protagonist of “The Revenge Of The Green Dragons” at one point. It’s spoken with a sincerity...
View ArticleToronto: Second Jennifer Aniston Pic Catches Buzz North Of The Border
EXCLUSIVE: Most of the Jennifer Aniston-related focus at Toronto has been for Cake, the Daniel Barnz-directed pic in which she plays a woman who becomes fascinated by the suicide of a woman in her...
View ArticleToronto: 'Food, Inc.' Doc Maker Back in Oscar Contention for 'Merchants of...
Robert Kenner's latest film, like the one for which he was nominated five years ago, looks at the shocking lengths to which corporations will go to preserve their profits
View ArticleMagnolia Pictures & CNN Films Acquire 'Sunshine Superman' BASE Jumping...
Magnolia Pictures and CNN Films have acquired North American rights to "Sunshine Superman," a documentary portrait of Carl Boenish known as "the father of BASE jumping," the two companies announced...
View ArticleToronto: Tribeca Film Acquires North American Rights to Cop Thriller 'Hyena'
The distributor is planning a 2015 theatrical release for the London-set film
View ArticleToronto: Open Road in Talks to Acquire Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer's...
Written and directed by Mike Binder, the racially-themed drama is based on a true story
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