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Talking Heads bring TIFF crowd to its feet with revamped film 'Stop Making Sense'

Talking Heads bring TIFF crowd to its feet with revamped film 'Stop Making Sense'

TORONTO 鈥 A boisterous world premi猫re for Talking Heads鈥 revamped classic 鈥淪top Making Sense鈥 brought a Toronto International Film Festival audience to its feet as moviegoers and the band themselves jumped up to dance, hoot and clap along to 鈥80s hit
'Dumb Money' goes all in on the GameStop stock frenzy - and may come out a winner

'Dumb Money' goes all in on the GameStop stock frenzy - and may come out a winner

TORONTO (AP) 鈥 Think of movies about the financial system and your mind is almost sure to go to Gordon Gekko and 鈥淲all Street鈥 or Leonardo DiCaprio鈥檚 gyrating Jordan Belfort in 鈥淭he Wolf of Wall Street.
In Toronto, Paul Simon takes a bow with a new career-spanning documentary

In Toronto, Paul Simon takes a bow with a new career-spanning documentary

TORONTO (AP) 鈥 After a three-and-a-half-hour documentary on his life, Paul Simon had only sympathy for the audience.
TIFF 2023: Jessica Yu on directing Sandra Oh's zany performance in 'Quiz Lady'

TIFF 2023: Jessica Yu on directing Sandra Oh's zany performance in 'Quiz Lady'

TORONTO 鈥 There's been lots of talk about "Quiz Lady" co-stars Sandra Oh and Awkwafina playing against type in the odd-couple sibling comedy, but director Jessica Yu says she didn't see it that way.
Patricia Arquette mixes strike anxiety with TIFF support at festivals tribute awards

Patricia Arquette mixes strike anxiety with TIFF support at festivals tribute awards

TORONTO 鈥 With talk of the dual Hollywood strikes looming in the background, three Oscar winners gathered at the TIFF Tribute Awards on Sunday to celebrate cinema and receive honours for their own contributions to the movies.
鈥楾he Nun II鈥 conjures $32.6 million to top box office

鈥楾he Nun II鈥 conjures $32.6 million to top box office

Like many horrors before it, bad reviews didn鈥檛 scare off moviegoers from buying tickets for 鈥 The Nun II .鈥 The sequel to the 2018 hit, released in 3,728 theaters by Warner Bros.
Lil Nas X documentary 'Long Live Montero' goes beyond his 'provocative' art at TIFF

Lil Nas X documentary 'Long Live Montero' goes beyond his 'provocative' art at TIFF

TORONTO 鈥 A new documentary that follows Lil Nas X on his first tour aims to show a deeper side of the genre-transcending artist.

Lil Nas X documentary premiere delayed by bomb threat at Toronto International Film Festival

TORONTO (AP) 鈥 The premiere of the documentary 鈥淟il Nas X: Long Live Montero鈥 was delayed after a bomb threat was called in at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Mr. Dressup doc a 'nostalgia trip' for generations who loved the children's performer

Mr. Dressup doc a 'nostalgia trip' for generations who loved the children's performer

TORONTO 鈥 A record signed by beloved children's performer Ernie Coombs, more affectionately known to generations of Canadians as Mr. Dressup, hangs in Mark Bishop's office.
Cord Jefferson's insightful satire of race and media, 'American Fiction,' lights up TIFF

Cord Jefferson's insightful satire of race and media, 'American Fiction,' lights up TIFF

TORONTO (AP) 鈥 Fifty pages into Percival Everett's 鈥淓rasure" Cord Jefferson knew he wanted to adapt it into a movie script. Halfway through, he began to see Jeffrey Wright playing the book's academic protagonist, Thelonious 鈥淢onk鈥 Ellison.