‘Blinded by the Light’ Film Review: Joyous Indie Musical Soars to Songs of Bruce Springsteen
The film that landed the Sundance Film Festival’s biggest deal is a moving tribute to the way pop songs can detonate in our lives
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Here’s How Sophie Turner Really Wanted ‘Game of Thrones’ to End
TheWrap Emmy magazine: Hint: It involved a different ending for Cersei Lannister
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus Beats Cancer, and ‘Veep’ Looks to Beat Everybody One More Time at the Emmys
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “I love it whenever Trump does something idiotic and some person online will put it next to the end credits of ‘Veep,'” says six-time nominee Anna Chlumsky
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Why the Emmys Documentary Race Looks So Much Like the Oscars Doc Race
TheWrap Oscar magazine: Four of the five Oscar-nominated nonfiction films are back competing for Emmys, because the Television Academy doesn’t mind a little double-dipping
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Trevor Noah on the Advantage of ‘The Daily Show’ in the Trump Era: ‘He Writes Most of the Jokes’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “There’s more outrage and engagement but less nuance and closure,” Noah says of making “The Daily Show” now
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Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones Drama ‘The Aeronauts’ Among New Additions to Toronto Film Festival Lineup
Films added to the Galas, Special Presentations, Masters and Contemporary World Cinema sections include work starring Natalie Portman, Kristen Stewart, Daniel Radcliffe, Elizabeth Debicki and Mick Jagger
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Watch Out, ‘Game of Thrones’ – ‘NYPD Blue’ Once Set a Record and Then Got Ambushed at the Emmys
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “GoT” broke the 25-year-old “NYPD Blue” record for series nominations, but that ’90s cop show fell short when it came to wins
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How ‘Fosse/Verdon’ Addressed #MeToo Moment Without Making Fosse ‘One-Dimensional Punching Bag’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: The choreographer-director’s troubling behavior was “a big reason to do the story at this time,” producer Joel Fields says
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How Bruce Springsteen Kept Director Thom Zimny on His Toes Making ‘Springsteen on Broadway’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: The show had been running for more than a year on stage, but the Boss still threw in a brand new song for the Netflix taping
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ShortList 2019: ‘Sister’ Director Reflects on Growing Up in China’s One-Child Generation (Video)
Director Siqi Song used her experiences growing up in 1990s China, and those of her friends, in this stop-motion family fantasy
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Joaquin Phoenix to Receive Actor Award from Toronto Film Festival
The “Joker” star joins Meryl Streep as a recipient of TIFF’s first-ever acting awards
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ShortList 2019: How ‘One Cambodian Family’ With Emily Mortimer Accidentally Became a Political Film
A.M. Lukas’ gentle comedy about her own experience in an immigrant family arrives at a time when its message of acceptance is a timely one
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Toronto Film Festival Adds Documentaries From Alex Gibney, Barbara Kopple, Bryce Dallas Howard
The festival also reveals programs in its Midnight Madness, Discovery and TIFF Cinematheque sections
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New Academy President on the Next Oscars: ‘I Don’t Think We Need to Be Changing the Show’
David Rubin also promises that the organization will take its time with the long-delayed museum after the exit of its director
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ShortList 2019: Paloma Martinez’s ‘Enforcement Hours’ Offers a Timely Look at a Hotline for Immigrants
“Hatred seems to be coming out in the open,” the Mexican-American documentary filmmaker says of the current political climate
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‘After the Wedding’ Film Review: Julianne Moore Remake Swaps Genders, Finds a Reason to Exist
With the help of Moore, Michelle Williams and Billy Crudup, director Bart Freundlich offers a new take on a 2006 Susanne Bier drama
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Toronto Film Festival Sets Sarah Gavron, Julie Delpy Films for Platform Section
Other films competing for $20,000 in the TIFF section include Alice Winocur’s “Proxima,” Pietro Marcello’s “Martin Eden” and Darius Marder’s “Sound of Metal”
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Oscars Academy Elects Casting Director David Rubin as New President
Rubin replaces John Bailey, who had to leave the board after two terms as Academy president because of term limits
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New York Film Festival: Kelly Reichardt, Agnes Varda Lead Slate With 20% Female Directors
The 29 films in the NYFF’S main slate include lots of movies from Cannes, but only six from female directors
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‘The Farewell’ Director Lulu Wang, Producer Cassian Elwes Join Toronto Film Festival’s Filmmaker Lab
The festival also announces its slate of Canadian films, which includes new work from Atom Egoyan, Louise Archambault, Joey Klein and Ellen Page
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‘Marriage Story’ Booked for Centerpiece Slot at New York Film Festival
Noah Baumbach film stars Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver as a married couple negotiating a divorce
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Music Producer David Foster Gets Toronto Film Festival Tribute, Documentary
The Barry Avrich film “David Foster: Off the Record” will feature Foster clients and friends including Barbra Streisand, Michael Buble and Josh Groban
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Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ to Open New York Film Festival
The film will have its world premiere on Sept. 27 at Alice Tully Hall
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Meryl Streep to Receive Toronto Film Festival’s First Actor Award
Streep stars in Steven Soderbergh’s “The Laundromat,” which will also screen at this year’s festival
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Roman Polanski and the Joker Headed to the Venice Film Festival
Directors represented at Venice will also include Steven Soderbergh, Noah Baumbach, Todd Phillips, James Gray, Pablo Larrain, Alex Gibney and Tim Robbins
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‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Film Review: A Contemplative Quentin Tarantino Still Blows the Roof Off the Joint
Big, brash, ridiculous, too long, and in the end invigorating, the film is a grand playground for its director to fetishize old pop culture
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‘For Sama’ Film Review: Syrian Documentary Finds Wrenching Personal Take on Conflict
The Syrian tragedy has been the subject of numerous nonfiction films, but directors Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts put the children at its center
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Mister Rogers, the Joker and Judy Garland Are All Headed to Toronto Film Festival
TIFF’s formidable lineup of directors will include Steven Soderbergh, Noah Baumbach, Taika Waititi, Rian Johnson, John Crowley, Kasi Lemmons, Armando Iannucci … and Bruce Springsteen
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‘The Lion King’ Could Compete for the Best Animated Feature Oscar – But Will It?
The last time director Jon Favreau was given the choice of submitting a CG remake as an animated film, he opted not to
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Robbie Robertson Documentary ‘Once Were Brothers’ to Open 2019 Toronto Film Festival
The film from director Daniel Roher will be the first Canadian-made documentary to open the festival
