Entertainment

Zack Snyder Goes Indie: No Green Screen, No Video Village and No Slow-Motion Shots (Exclusive)

The filmmaker built a career on spectacle with '300' and the polarizing DC mega-movies, but he stripped it all away for 'The Last Photograph,' which saw him spend a week in the Amazon with no safety net.

‘The Face of Horror’ Review: Anna Biller’s Medieval Ghost Story Is A Technicolor Fever Dream Of Love, Betrayal &…

‘The Face of Horror’ Review: Anna Biller’s Medieval Ghost Story Is A Technicolor Fever Dream Of Love, Betrayal &…

A decade after her sophomore feature The Love Witch, Anna Biller has returned from a whole other era with another technicolor fever dream of female rage. In The Face of Horror, the writer/director updates the Kabuki ghost story Yotsuya…

‘Woman Unknown’ wins Gold Lion at Venice Film Festival

South China Morning Post

‘Woman Unknown’ wins Gold Lion at Venice Film Festival

Danish filmmaker May el-Toukhy’s post-war drama Woman Unknown ⁠won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, with its star Mathilde Arcel also taking best actress honours in a rare double victory. El-Toukhy was the only…

South China Morning Post

From the archive: Are Mexicans really always late?

Mexico News Daily

From the archive: Are Mexicans really always late?

The goal of our “From the Archive” series is to revisit popular stories that capture the unique history and culture of life in Mexico. This Sarah DeVries article — originally published in December 2024 — is a humorous look at a stereotype…

Mexico News Daily

In ‘Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother,’ John Cho Finally Gets to Play the Villain

In Bassam Tariq‘s action film, set to premiere at TIFF, Cho plays a Texas pastor with a violent streak opposite Mahershala Ali’s grieving contract killer.

Taylor Frankie Paul Is Single and Celibate After Cheating Drama

E! Online

Taylor Frankie Paul Is Single and Celibate After Cheating Drama

Taylor Frankie Paul is letting fans in on a secret about her love life. After The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star admitted to cheating on her former fiancé Doug Mason—who received the final...

E! Online

Glen Basner & Roeg Sutherland Open Their Global Sales Playbook: “You Have To Reset Yourself Every Two Weeks”

Glen Basner & Roeg Sutherland Open Their Global Sales Playbook: “You Have To Reset Yourself Every Two Weeks”

Glen Basner and Roeg Sutherland opened their global sales playbook at TIFF: The Market. The duo discussed the realities of working in the modern-day independent film business during a conference session at TIFF’s newly-minted market. They…

Gaza genocide documentary ‘NAZA’ wins Special Jury Prize at Venice

Al Jazeera

Gaza genocide documentary ‘NAZA’ wins Special Jury Prize at Venice

‘NAZA’, a documentary about Israel’s genocide in Gaza, has won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.

Al Jazeera

Andrew Scott Gets Candid at TIFF About ‘Elsinore’ and People Against Gay Actors Playing Straight Roles

Variety

Andrew Scott Gets Candid at TIFF About ‘Elsinore’ and People Against Gay Actors Playing Straight Roles

Could Andrew Scott make history? That is the big question concerning the Irish actor’s towering performance in “Elsinore,” which debuted in Telluride before playing the Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Simon Stone, the film…

Variety

Toronto: Indigenous Directors Flex Artistry With Bigger-Budget Films

No longer just go-to foils for the white heroes in movie westerns, Canadian indigenous actors and filmmakers are showcasing their storytelling traditions at TIFF with eight titles in the official lineup.

Trump Demands Smithsonian Install ‘Colossus’ George Washington Statue

The New York Times

Trump Demands Smithsonian Install ‘Colossus’ George Washington Statue

The president’s latest attack on the National Museum of American History reflects his longstanding desire for “patriotic” history.

The New York Times

Trump asks Smithsonian to install ‘Colossus statue’ of George Washington with exhibit

The Guardian