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TORONTO (AP) 鈥� The loudest applause on opening night at the Toronto International Film Festival was for Totoro.

TORONTO 鈥� Fewer stars and less buzz are expected at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, which kicked off Thursday under the shadow of dual strikes by Hollywood writers and actors.

TORONTO (AP) 鈥� When the Hollywood actors union announced a strike this summer, Cameron Bailey, the longtime chief executive of the Toronto International Film Festival, dusted off his COVID-19 playbook.

TORONTO 鈥� Promoting a film at the Toronto International Film Festival is inherently challenging, and even more difficult in the absence of lead actors for support during press engagements and on the red carpet.

鈥淭he Conjuring鈥� Universe celebrates 10 years in business this fall with the dull 鈥淭he Nun II,鈥� a movie that seems destined to pound a nail into this franchise's undead coffin.

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Countless English protagonists have for decades been making their way to grand country estates where their lives are irrevocably changed. 鈥淏rideshead Revisited.鈥� 鈥淭he Go-Between.鈥� 鈥淩emains of the Day.鈥� 鈥淩ebecca.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) 鈥� Film director Agnieszka Holland demanded an apology from Poland's justice minister after he compared her latest film , which explores the migration crisis at the Poland-Belarus border, to Nazi propaganda.

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Nia DaCosta, director of the upcoming 鈥淭he Marvels,鈥� has a diagnosis for the recent struggles of superhero movies. It basically comes down to, she says, 鈥淢o鈥� money, mo鈥� problems.鈥� Success inevitably breeds bigger budgets.

The Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is not dead in Pablo Larra铆n鈥檚 鈥淓l Conde.

VANCOUVER 鈥� Sofia Coppola's buzzworthy biopic "Priscilla," about a young Priscilla Presley's budding romance with music superstar Elvis, is headed to this year's Vancouver International Film Festival.