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In The Penguin, Cristin Milioti is right at home as Gotham City’s new baddie
Demi Moore and team behind The Substance peel back layers of Hollywood’s grotesque beauty myth
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Writer and director Megan Park named her new film ‘My Old Ass’ for a reason
Johanna Schneller
Legal team for Russians at War producers sends note to TVO demanding network reinstate support
<p>People protest outside of Scotiabank Theatre about the documentary "Russians at War" playing at the Toronto International Film Festival, in Toronto, on Tuesday Sept. 10, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paige Taylor White</p>
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My Old Ass telegraphs big ideas in a moving coming-of-age story
Maisy Stella as Elliott in My Old Ass Photo: COURTESY OF AMAZON STUDIOS © AMAZON CONTENT SERVICES LLC
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Middle-of-the-pack Apple TV+ caper Wolfs leaves George Clooney and Brad Pitt hungry for more
Brad Pitt and George Clooney in “Wolfs,” premiering in theaters on September 20 and globally on Apple TV+ on September 27.
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An under-the-radar Netflix drama, an admirable M. Night Shyamalan film and three other things to watch this weekend
Barry Hertz
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Ay yi yi, robot: Transformers One is more than a few nuts and bolts shy of a finely tuned machine
L-r, Brian Tyree Henry (D-16/Megatron), Scarlett Johansson (Elita-1), Chris Hemsworth (Orion Pax/Optimus Prime) and Keegan-Michael Key (B-127), star in PARAMOUNT ANIMATION and HASBRO Present In Association with NEW REPUBLIC PICTURES A di BONAVENTURA PICTURES Production A TOM DESANTO / DON MURPHY Production A BAY FILMS Production “TRANSFORMERS ONE”
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Post-apocalyptic horror Never Let Go does its best work in service of a supernatural reckoning
Anthony B. Jenkins as Samuel, Halle Berry as Momma and Percy Daggs IV as Nolan in Never Let Go. Photo Credit: Liane Hentscher
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Joseph Kahn’s eye-popping Ick is the horror-comedy Hollywood doesn’t realize it so desperately needs
Ick TIFF 2024
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Bloody Hollywood satire The Substance is the best kind of unhinged nightmare
Demi Moore in THE SUBSTANCE Film Still
Demi Moore and team behind The Substance peel back layers of Hollywood’s grotesque beauty myth
(L-R) Actress Margaret Qualley, director Coralie Fargeat and actress Demi Moore attend the North American premiere of "The Substance" on opening night of the Toronto International Film Festival at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 5, 2024. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP) (Photo by VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)
The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal is a rare inside look at a beloved Canadian institution
NO-DRESS-REHEARSAL_Still_02 TIFF 2024 The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal
The on-screen moments that gave Eugene and Dan Levy a place in Canadians’ hearts
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‘Justice for the buffalo’: Inside filmmaker Tasha Hubbard’s quest to unearth history
Singing Back the Buffalo Cree filmmaker Tasha Hubbard and her beautiful new doc Singing Back the EMBARGOED until Sept. 13
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Actor Chad McQueen, son of Steve McQueen, dies at 63
FILE - Producer Chad McQueen poses for photographers during a photo call for the film, "Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans," at the 68th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, May 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)
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Opinion: Russians at War is an exceptional documentary and needs to be seen
Marsha Lederman
TIFF stands firm on decision to premiere controversial Russians at War documentary
People protest outside of Scotiabank Theatre about the documentary "Russians at War" playing at the Toronto International Film Festival, in Toronto, on Tuesday Sept. 10, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paige Taylor White
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Speak No Evil relies on slasher tropes to create a spectacle
Paddy (James McAvoy) in Speak No Evil, directed by James Watkins.
Toronto’s Revue Cinema reaches new lease agreement after tensions with landlords threatened closing
The Revue Film Society, the not-for-profit board that operates the historic cinema in the city’s west end, obtained an interim 10-day injunction from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, preventing the theatre’s landlords from “evicting, locking out, or otherwise interfering with Revue’s business operations” until trial or further court order. The Globe spoke with Serena Whitney, head programmer at Revue Cinema in Toronto, Ontario on July 2, 2024. (Carlos Osorio/The Globe and Mail)
Paula Abdul cancels Canadian tour with a 'heavy heart' after recent injuries
<p>Singer Paula Abdul speaks with members of the media at the Idol Eyes audio glasses booth during the Pepcom Digital Experience before the start of the CES tech show, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, in Las Vegas. Abdul has cancelled her 21-date Canadian tour this fall as she deals with unspecified recent injuries. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-John Locher</p>
TIFF 2024 starts this week. Here’s everything you need to know
Pedestrians walk past a TIFF sign a day before the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) returns for its 49th edition in Toronto, September 4, 2024.
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Five things to watch this weekend: David Chase spills the gabagool on The Sopranos, plus Kevin Costner heads west on Crave
Barry Hertz
The art of the CanCon deal: Inside the release of The Apprentice, a Trump biopic with homegrown roots
The Apprentice charts a young Donald Trump's ascent to power. CAST Sebastian Stan Jeremy Strong Maria Bakalova Martin Donovan DIRECTED BY Ali Abbasi CREDT - MONGREL MEDIA
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Netflix’s Rebel Ridge is a high-impact blast of a thriller that should make Aaron Pierre a star
Rebel Ridge. (L-R) Don Johnson as Chief Sandy Burnne and Aaron Pierre as Terry Richmond in Rebel Ridge. Cr. Allyson Riggs/Netflix © 2024.
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Beetlejuice sequel feels like a blend of a dozen scripts that never escaped Development Hell
Film stills Beetlejuice MICHAEL KEATON as Beetlejuice in Warner Bros. Pictures’ comedy, “BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE,” a Warner Bros. Pictures releas
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Canadian comedy Deaner ‘89 is the heavy-metal gift that keeps on give’r!-ing
L to R: Paul Spence as Dean Murdoch and Mary Walsh as May in DEANER '89, photo by Alan Fraser, courtesy of Mongrel Media
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Moviegoers should just say ‘no’ to hagiographic Reagan biopic starring Dennis Quaid
Ronald Reagan (Dennis Quaid) speaking to Congress. Credit: Cooper Ross
Inside the twisty journey of Netflix’s electrifying thriller Rebel Ridge
Rebel Ridge. Director Jeremy Saulnier on the set of Rebel Ridge. Cr. Allyson Riggs/Netflix © 2024.
TIFF 2024: The untold story of Roadkill, Bruce McDonald’s Canadian classic, 35 years later
Don McKellar as Russell Skelly and Valerie Buhagiar as Ramona in ROADKILL, a Mr. Shack Motion Picture. Photo Credit: Chris Buck
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Soulless remake of The Crow will make you want to fly far away
Bill Skarsgård and FKA twigs in THE CROW. Photo Credit: Larry Horricks for Lionsgate
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What to watch this weekend: John Woo returns to The Killer, plus Hit Man finally comes to Netflix Canada
Barry Hertz
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Master Spanish filmmaker Victor Erice returns after three-decade absence with singular drama Close Your Eyes
acclaimed Spanish drama Close Your Eyes (TIFF) Close-Your-Eyes -Image1
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Grimy thriller Strange Darling puts the ‘ick’ in sick
STDL_09142022_AR_00120.ARW Willa Fitzgerald Genre: Horror Thriller Director: JT Mollner Cast: Willa Fitzgerald, Kyle Gallner, Giovanni Ribisi Runtime: 96 minutes A relentless predator tracks an injured woman through the Oregon wilderness.
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Intense and awkward Jewish comedy Between the Temples is a mitzvah of a movie
Temples’ Image: Sean Price Williams. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics
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Zoë Kravitz bucks the nepo-baby reputation with ambitious cancel-culture-skewering thriller Blink Twice
BT_02854_R Naomi Ackie stars as Frida in director Zoë Kravitz's BLINK TWICE, an Amazon MGM Studios film. Photo credit: Carlos Somonte © 2024 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
In mostly unscripted family drama Close to You, Elliot Page finds his boundaries
Elliot Page as Sam in CLOSE TO YOU, courtesy of Mongrel Media

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