Report From Toronto
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French Film ‘A Good Man’ Faces Backlash for Casting Cis Woman in Lead Trans Role
TIFF 2020: Film is being screened as part of Toronto festival’s Industry Selects section
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Why Playing Dementia Was Easy for Anthony Hopkins in ‘The Father’ (Video)
Toronto Film Festival 2020: “This sounds like actor talk, but I couldn’t believe my luck at my age to be offered that,” Hopkins tells TheWrap
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Netflix Acquires ‘Malcolm & Marie’ Starring John David Washington for $30 Million
TIFF 2020: Drama that also stars Zendaya was shot in the midst of the global pandemic
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‘The Way I See It’ Review: Pete Souza Documentary Throws Major Shade at Donald Trump
TIFF 2020: The film by Dawn Porter showcases photographer Souza’s work in the Obama and Reagan administrations, but it’s also a pointed rebuke to the current president
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Viggo Mortensen Explains How His Family History Influenced Directorial Debut ‘Falling’ (Video)
TIFF 2020: TheWrap’s Sharon Waxman talks with actor-director and main cast
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‘Fireball’ Film Review: Werner Herzog Looks to the Sky and Brings the Wonder
Toronto Film Festival 2020: Surveying the world of meteorites and asteroids, Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer mix science with a healthy dose of philosophy and mysticism
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‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’ Film Review: Byrne and Spike Lee Burn Down the House With Style
Toronto Film Festival 2020: Like all of Byrne’s work, the film is sly performance art masquerading as rock ‘n’ roll, or maybe it’s sly rock ‘n’ roll masquerading as performance art
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How the Pandemic Will Shake Up Toronto Film Festival’s (Virtual) Sales Market
TIFF 2020: “It’s kind of a feast or famine situation,” “No Man’s Land” director Conor Allyn tells TheWrap
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‘The Personal History of David Copperfield’ Film Review: Armando Iannucci Meets Charles Dickens
The creator of “Veep” and “The Death of Stalin” has fun with a color-blind take on Dickens’ large and wacky cast of characters
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‘Burnt Orange Heresy’ Star Claes Bang Insists His Character Isn’t a ‘Psychopath’ (Video)
Director Giuseppe Capotondi says the film is “pertinent to the times we’re living in”
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Toronto Film Festival Lineup to Include Films Directed by Regina King, Halle Berry
Films by Werner Herzog, Chloe Zhao, Viggo Mortensen, Mira Nair and Frederick Wiseman will also be part of the scaled-down Canadian festival
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‘True History of the Kelly Gang’ Film Review: Outlaw Epic Isn’t True, But It Packs a Punch
Justin Kurzel’s period drama stars George Mackay, Russell Crowe, Charlie Hunnam and Nicholas Hoult
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‘True History of the Kelly Gang’ Filmmaker on Directing His Wife Essie Davis in a Sex Scene With Charlie Hunnam (Video)
“That was more confronting than I thought, actually!” says Justin Kurzel
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Why Ellen Page Documented ‘Environmental Racism’ in Her New Film ‘There’s Something in the Water’ (Video)
The filmmaker only wanted to use her platform and privilege to spread awareness about the issue
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‘Hope Gap’ Film Review: Divorce Drama Showcases Annette Bening and Little Else
Writer-director William Nicholson’s look at the aftermath of a decades-long British marriage gives Bening plenty to act but not much to chew on