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TIFF Docs programmer Thom Powers on this year’s slate and the rise in popularity of documentary film

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TIFF Docs programmer Thom Powers on this year’s slate and the rise in popularity of documentary film

Erik Anderson August 27, 2018

Thom Powers has been the documentary programmer for the Toronto International Film Festival since 2006. He oversaw TIFF’s Mavericks conversation series for nine years and created the TIFF... Read More

Lucas Hedges returns home in teaser trailer for ‘Ben is Back’

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Lucas Hedges returns home in teaser trailer for ‘Ben is Back’

Erik Anderson August 24, 2018

19 year-old Ben Burns (Academy Award nominee Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea) unexpectedly returns home to his family’s suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben’s... Read More

‘A Private War,’ starring Rosamund Pike and Jamie Dornan to open 41st Mill Valley Film Festival

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‘A Private War,’ starring Rosamund Pike and Jamie Dornan to open 41st Mill Valley Film Festival

Erik Anderson August 23, 2018

Returning for its 41st year, the Mill Valley Film Festival announced today the first of two official Opening Night films for 2018, Aviron Pictures’ A Private War,... Read More

TIFF 2018 In Conversation With…Hilary Swank, Mahershala Ali and Maggie Gyllenhaal

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TIFF 2018 In Conversation With…Hilary Swank, Mahershala Ali and Maggie Gyllenhaal

Erik Anderson August 23, 2018

The Toronto International Film Festival presents this year’s In Conversation With… lineup: Hilary Swank, Mahershala Ali and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Through insightful, dynamic and intimate discussion,... Read More

Ben Mendelsohn starts over in trailer for Nicole Holofcener’s ‘The Land of Steady Habits’

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Ben Mendelsohn starts over in trailer for Nicole Holofcener’s ‘The Land of Steady Habits’

Erik Anderson August 23, 2018

“I used to have this vision, my life was like a web. The more webs you could have coming from you then the more important... Read More

Tremble tremble, the ‘Suspiria’ trailer is here with darkness, tears and sighs

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Tremble tremble, the ‘Suspiria’ trailer is here with darkness, tears and sighs

Erik Anderson August 23, 2018

“When you dance the dance of another,  you make yourself in the image of its creator.” The first full trailer for Suspiria from Academy Award-nominee... Read More

NYFF56 Retrospective and Revivals brings The Marriage of Maria Braun, My Dinner with André, Play Misty For Me

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NYFF56 Retrospective and Revivals brings The Marriage of Maria Braun, My Dinner with André, Play Misty For Me

Erik Anderson August 22, 2018

The Retrospective and Revivals sections have been announced for the 56th New York Film Festival, taking place September 28–October 14 at the Film Society of... Read More

2018 TIFF Speaker Series Lines Up Emilio Estevez, Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra

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2018 TIFF Speaker Series Lines Up Emilio Estevez, Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra

Erik Anderson August 21, 2018

DEMOCRACY, COMMUNITY, AND CULTURAL HISTORIES ARE AMONGTHIS YEAR’S TOPICS AT THE 2018 TIFF SPEAKER SERIES A series of talks on Look at Me , The... Read More

First Look: Nicole Kidman in ‘Destroyer’

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First Look: Nicole Kidman in ‘Destroyer’

Erik Anderson August 21, 2018

The first official look at Nicole Kidman in Destroyer is here. The Academy Award-winning actress is no stranger to deglam and transformation; her role as... Read More

2018 TIFF Adds Neil Jordan’s ‘Greta’ with Isabelle Huppert and Chloë Grace Moretz; Brady Corbet’s ‘Vox Lux’ with Natalie Portman

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2018 TIFF Adds Neil Jordan’s ‘Greta’ with Isabelle Huppert and Chloë Grace Moretz; Brady Corbet’s ‘Vox Lux’ with Natalie Portman

Erik Anderson August 21, 2018

The Toronto International Film Festival today announced two new films that will premiere as part of the Special Presentations program in September. The World Premiere... Read More