Five top casting directors -- including several whose films hit paydirt with Academy Award nominations -- sound off on an underappreciated art. Oscar, anyone?

2012 was a year full of film versions of books that seemed impossible to bring to the big screen

Sony still doesn't have a release date for "Skyfall" in China, a key market in the Bond movie's bid for $1 billion at the box office

TheWrap staff offers up deserving films and folks who might get lost in the crush of a crazy awards season.

Analysis: "Cloud Atlas" had a lame opening in the U.S., but producers believe it will do three times its domestic box office overseas

"Argo" is on pace for No. 1 with $13M in its third week.  The Tom Hanks sci-fi saga "Cloud Atlas" is looking at $10M, "Silent Hill: Revelation 3D" at $9.5M " as "Chasing Mavericks" and "Fun Size" fizzle

"Argo," back for its third week, will battle "Cloud Atlas" for No. 1. Debuting "Silent Hill: Revelation 3D," "Fun Size" and "Chasing Mavericks" all vie for young crowds

The Wachowskis’ and Tom Tykwer’s time-spanning epic offers a feast for the eyes and ears, but the emotional payoffs just aren’t there

The film from the makers of "The Matrix" has proved divisive with critics

While some Toronto-watchers debate about which festival fave will take home the gold, other films debut to considerably less enthusiasm -- sorry, Billy Bob Thornton

David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook" enjoys a spectacular Toronto launch, while the Wachowskis' "Cloud Atlas" thrills some viewers, confounds others

Rian Johnson's time-travel movie "Looper" will open festival; Terrence Malick, Ben Affleck, Joss Whedon, Wachowskis will also have films in Toronto