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September 06, 2025

'Christy' Review: Sydney Sweeney Is A Coal Miner's Boxer In This By-The-Numbers Biopic That Goes Very Dark - Toronto Film Festival

By Pete Hammond

Why Baz Luhrmann Could Not Shake Elvis And Made TIFF Premiere 'EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert'

Why Baz Luhrmann Could Not Shake Elvis And Made TIFF Acquisition Documentary EPiC 'Elvis Presley In Concert

By Mike Fleming Jr

Brad Ingelsby On Writing 'The Lost Bus' Premiering At TIFF, His New Show 'Task' And The Status Of 'Mare Of Easttown' Season 2

Brad Ingelsby On writing 'The Lost Bus' premiering at TIFF, his new show 'Task' and hopes for Season 2 of 'Mare of Easttown': "I'd love to d …

By Antonia Blyth

Breaking Baz: 'Sentimental Value' Breakthrough Star Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas Finds The Spotlight In Neon's Awards-Season Hopeful - TIFF

Read an interview with ‘Sentimental Value’ breakout star Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas with Deadline's Baz Bamigboye from the Tellurid …

By Baz Bamigboye

Shih-Ching Tsou & Sean Baker Talk Journey To Making Taiwan Oscar Entry 'Left-Handed Girl' - Toronto

Shih-Ching Tsou And Sean Baker Talk Journey To Making Taiwan Oscar Entry ‘Left-Handed Girl’ - Toronto

By Melanie Goodfellow

Lucrecia Martel On The Decades-Long Journey Behind 'Landmarks', Her Political Documentary On The Fight To Protect Argentina's Indigenous Communities + First Look Clip

‘Landmarks’ screens at TIFF on Monday.

By Zac Ntim

'Deadpool's Ryan Reynolds Addresses 'Avengers: Doomsday' Questions, Saying He Hasn't "Stepped Foot On Set"

Ryan Reynolds is playing coy about a possible cameo on Marvel's Avengers: Doomsday after throwing comic book fans into a frenzy, h …

By Armando Tinoco

Paramount Preempts Next From Writer-Director James Vanderbilt Before 'Nuremberg' TIFF Bow

'Nurenberg' writer-director James Vanderbilt has sold his next original idea to Paramount Pictures in a splashy deal. He is writing to …

By Mike Fleming Jr

Sean Penn Joins Brazilian 'Manas' As Executive Producer As Pic Makes International Sales Debut At TIFF

Sean Penn has joined Marianna Brennand’s debut feature Manas as Executive Producer.

By Mike Fleming Jr

Canadian Indie Producer Clever Creature Launches With 'Demon House' - TIFF

Canada's newest production business is Clever Creature, an indie producer that launches with Michael Paré horror 'Demon House'.

By Jesse Whittock and Liz Shackleton

'Fuze' Review: David Mackenzie's London-Set Thriller Opens With A Bang And Doesn't Let Up - Toronto Film Festival

‘Fuze’ review: David Mackenzie’s London-set thriller opens with a bang and doesn't let up – Toronto Film Festival

By Damon Wise