#TIFF23: VIGGO MORTENSEN AND BARRY JENKINS ARRIVING FOR 2023 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
We approach the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival with managed expectations and full-on expect things a little lower key this year. But how exciting is it to capture some of the first sightings already around town?
Seen in-town tonight already are Oscar-nominated Actor Viggo Mortensen who tries writing and directing a second time in his feature THE DEAD DON'T HURT, premiering Friday at the Princess of Wales Theatre. The Feminist Western also stars TIFF Tribute Gala honouree Vicky ...
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#TIFF23: “THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED” REVIEW
By Amanda Gilmore
Writer-Director Joanna Arnow’s feature debut follows thirty-something Ann (played by Arnow) in a series of vignettes. Over the course of these vignettes, we watch her idle in her meaningless corporate job, dabbling in different BDSM relationships while stagnating in a long-term submissive sexual relationship with an older man, Allen (Scott Cohen).
Arnow has crafted an acerbic Dark Comedy about being a millennial. Right from the start it’s clear that no one listens ...
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#TIFF23: “HOMECOMING (Máhccan)”
Sámi voices are being given a significant elevation at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, with acclaimed documentarians Suvi West and Anssi Kömi's quietly powerful indigenous repatriation non-fiction feature Homecoming (Máhccan) leading a trio of Sámi films at the festival for the first time ever.
Homecoming (Máhccan), premiering as part of the prestigious TIFF docs section, joins fiction features Sara Margrethe Oskal's The Tundra Within Me from Norway and Katja ...
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#TIFF23: 2ND ANNUAL TRANS FILMMAKERS SUMMIT X TIFF
The Trans Film Mentorship (TFM) is delighted to present the 2nd annual Trans Filmmakers Summit x TIFF, which will be held on Sunday, September 10, 2023 at Malaparte at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. Open to all trans and non-binary creators, filmmakers, actors, industry partners and allies, Trans Filmmakers Summit x TIFF is an afternoon to foster industry exchanges and dialogue and to reimagine trans storytelling as an opportunity to nurture emerging trans talent in the film and TV industry. The ...
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#TIFF23: NEW TEASER TRAILER FOR “PAIN HUSTLERS”
Premiering at TIFF '23, today we get a new Teaser Trailer for PAIN HUSTLERS starring Emily Blunt and Chris Evans!
SYNOPSIS:
Liza Drake (Emily Blunt) is a blue-collar single mom who has just lost her job and is at the end of her rope. A chance meeting with pharmaceutical sales rep Pete Brenner (Chris Evans) puts her on an upwards trajectory economically but dubious path ethically as she becomes entangled in a dangerous racketeering scheme. Dealing with her increasingly unhinged boss ...
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#TIFF23: “THE DELINQUENTS” TRAILER
Today we get a new Trailer for THE DELINQUENTS, getting an October 27, 2023 release via Mongrel Media and Mubi following its TIFF '23 premiere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ravh791uxoY
Global film distributor, streaming service and production company MUBI and Canadian distributor Mongrel Media have announced that Rodrigo Moreno’s (El Custodio) critically-acclaimed The Delinquents will open theatrically in Canada on October 27 following the film’s North American premiere at ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: 2023 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE LONGLIST ANNOUNCED
Twelve outstanding Canadian authors have been named to the 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist. Kicking off the 30th anniversary of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, last year’s winner Suzette Mayr, announced the longlist today in St. John’s to a crowd of booklovers, authors, and publishers.
The 12 titles were chosen from 145 books submitted by publishers across Canada, an all-time record number of submissions.
The longlist for the 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize is:
David Bergen for ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR “GEN V”
Today, Prime Video released the official trailer for the highly anticipated Amazon Original series Gen V, which comes from the world of The Boys. The series will debut exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories around the world with three episodes on Friday, September 29, followed by weekly episodes, leading up to the epic season finale on Friday, November 3, 2023.
https://youtu.be/XTTk1zAQQXE?si=8bX1-vm7aUVsccdh
Set in the diabolical world of The ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: “THE BIKERIDERS” TRAILER
Today, 20th Century Studios released the trailer and poster for the upcoming feature film, “The Bikeriders.” “The Bikeriders,” written and directed by Jeff Nichols, was screened last week at the Telluride Film Festival to critical acclaim.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diV4n3HdGhM
Sheri Linden of the Hollywood Reporter comments, “From beginning to end, the visual beauty of the film pays tribute to the source material….” The Playlist’s Gregory ...
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#TIFF23: MR. WILL’S OFFICIAL 2023 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PARTNERS
While we're completely in support of Actors making their voices heard during this SAG-AFTRA strike, we can't help but miss feeling some of the anticipation and electricity that we feel normally at this time of year. But does that mean we're still going all out TIFF '23? You bet!
The Team - Amanda Gilmore, David Baldwin, George Kozera, Justin Waldman and Nicholas Porteous are all thrilled for the Festival and if anything, the current state of things allow us to have an even deeper ...
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