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Patricia Arquette mixes strike anxiety with TIFF support at festivals tribute awards

TORONTO — With talk of the dual Hollywood strikes looming in the background, three Oscar winners gathered at the TIFF Tribute Awards on Sunday to celebrate cinema and receive honours for their own contributions to the movies.

Sep 10, 2023 9:16 PM Read more >

‘The Nun II’ conjures $32.6 million to top box office

Like many horrors before it, bad reviews didn’t scare off moviegoers from buying tickets for “ The Nun II .” The sequel to the 2018 hit, released in 3,728 theaters by Warner Bros.

Sep 10, 2023 7:05 PM Read more >

Lil Nas X documentary 'Long Live Montero' goes beyond his 'provocative' art at TIFF

TORONTO — A new documentary that follows Lil Nas X on his first tour aims to show a deeper side of the genre-transcending artist.

Sep 10, 2023 2:57 PM Read more >

Lil Nas X documentary premiere delayed by bomb threat at Toronto International Film Festival

TORONTO (AP) — The premiere of the documentary “Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero” was delayed after a bomb threat was called in at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Sep 10, 2023 2:03 PM Read more >

Mr. Dressup doc a 'nostalgia trip' for generations who loved the children's performer

TORONTO — A record signed by beloved children's performer Ernie Coombs, more affectionately known to generations of Canadians as Mr. Dressup, hangs in Mark Bishop's office.

Sep 10, 2023 1:09 PM Read more >

Cord Jefferson's insightful satire of race and media, 'American Fiction,' lights up TIFF

TORONTO (AP) — Fifty pages into Percival Everett's “Erasure" Cord Jefferson knew he wanted to adapt it into a movie script. Halfway through, he began to see Jeffrey Wright playing the book's academic protagonist, Thelonious “Monk” Ellison.

Sep 10, 2023 11:22 AM Read more >

TIFF 2023: Nic Cage says being an internet meme helped him tap into 'Dream Scenario' role

TORONTO — Nicolas Cage says his own experience being the subject of internet memes helped him prepare for his latest role.

Sep 10, 2023 10:14 AM Read more >

Vicky Krieps on the feminist Western 'The Dead Don't Hurt' and how she leaves behind past roles

TORONTO (AP) — Vicky Krieps noticed that while there’s plenty of instruction for getting into a role, there's curiously little about getting out of one.

Sep 9, 2023 4:37 PM Read more >

Steps from TIFF, striking actors, writers rally at Canadian offices for Apple, Amazon

TORONTO — Film and TV star Patricia Arquette joined dozens of actors and writers who gathered Saturday outside the Canadian headquarters of Amazon and Apple to support ongoing labour protests. Members of Canadian and U.S.

Sep 9, 2023 2:26 PM Read more >

Canadian filmmakers hope strike-addled TIFF fosters 'hunger' for indie features

TORONTO — Canadian filmmakers are hoping to draw some of the spotlight at a Toronto International Film Festival dimmed by Hollywood actor and writer strikes.

Sep 9, 2023 2:25 PM Read more >