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Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Sam Worthington Talk David Mackenzie’s ‘Fuze,’ With Updates on ‘Avatar’ Sequels and Kevin Costner’s Stalled ‘Horizon’ Films

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Brendan Fraser Says Streaming Forces Actors to ‘Up Your Game’ and Choose Films ‘More Carefully’ Because Viewers Can Just Hit Skip: ‘I Welcome That Challenge’

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Brendan Fraser and Director Hikari on Bringing the Emotional Drama ‘Rental Family’ to TIFF: ‘The Villain is Apathy’

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Ross McElwee’s ‘Remake’ Wins Golden Globes Impact Prize for Documentary at Venice Film Festival

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Eugene Levy and Martin Short on How a 1972 Toronto Production of ‘Godspell’ Changed the Course of Their Careers and Comedy History

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Venice Jury Boss Alexander Payne Responds to Backlash Over Not Giving ‘Voice of Hind Rajab’ the Top Prize, Rejects Claim a Juror Threatened to Quit: Don’t ‘Believe Everything We Read Online’

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James Vanderbilt on Pitting Russell Crowe Against Rami Malek in TIFF Thriller ‘Nuremberg’

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‘Beating Hearts’ Producer Hugo Selignac on Delivering His Biggest Movie With Venice Closing Pic ‘Dog 51’ and Luring Quentin Dupieux, Leos Carax (EXCLUSIVE)

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Ryan Reynolds Enraged Denzel Washington When His Phone Rang During Emotional ‘Safe House’ Scene: ‘Who the F—‘s Phone Is That?’

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Chris Evans, Anya Taylor-Joy on Filming at an Active Volcano for Their Gonzo Action-Adventure ‘Sacrifice’

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Please Don’t Destroy Reunites For First Time Since John Higgins’ ‘SNL’ Exit, Confirms Staying Together: ‘It’s PDD Forever Baby!’

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‘I Wanted to Live on for Hamnet’: Jacobi Jupe Breaks Down in Tears, Consoled by Co-Stars Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal

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Christopher Woodrow Tapped as Chairman of Eli Roth’s The Horror Section (EXCLUSIVE)

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Cillian Murphy Is Taking a Christopher Nolan Break for ‘The Odyssey’ but Is ‘So Excited to See It’ and Jokes: ‘I Have ROMO: Relief of Missing Out’

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West Point Association of Graduates Cancels Award Ceremony Intended to Honor Tom Hanks

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Jeremy Renner Says ‘It Felt Good’ for ‘Knives Out 3’ to Be His First Movie After Near-Death Snow Plow Accident: I Was With ‘People I Love’

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From Cillian Murphy Netflix Hit ‘Steve’ to a Poland 1981 Neo-Noir Thriller With Lesley Manville, a Closer Look at All Toronto’s 10 Platform Titles

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‘Daily Variety’ Podcast Recap: Summer Box Office Analysis; Venice and Telluride Takeaways; Michael Lewis Revisits ‘The Big Short’; Channing Tatum and Derek Cianfrance Nail ‘Roofman’

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Venice Film Festival Awards: Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ Wins Golden Lion

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Venice Film Festival Winners: Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ Takes Golden Lion, Benny Safdie Gets Best Director for ‘Smashing Machine’

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Thailand’s Oscar Entry ‘A Useful Ghost’ Sells to Key International Territories Ahead of North American Premiere at Toronto (EXCLUSIVE)

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Kris Jenner and Jennifer Lopez Attend YES Gala Honoring Ted Sarandos and Nicole Avant

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Agnieszka Holland’s Kafka Biopic ‘Franz’ Sells to More Territories Following Toronto World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Pools’ Star Odessa A’Zion Hopes John Hughes-Inspired Dramedy Will Help Audiences ‘Connect With Their Younger, Freer Selves’

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How the ‘Wednesday’ Effects Team Brought Christopher Lloyd’s Severed Head to Life

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Toronto: Why Canadian Indigenous Filmmakers Are Having a Moment

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‘Twinless’: James Sweeney on Why He Wrote a Letter to Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Toe-Sucking and Working With ‘Chameleon’ Dylan O’Brien

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Signature Acquires U.K., Irish Rights to David Dastmalchian and Ashley Greene’s Psychological Horror ‘The Cure’ (Exclusive)

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Channing Tatum, Derek Cianfrance Celebrate ‘Roofman’ at Variety’s Toronto Film Festival Cover Party

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Toronto Title ‘In Search of the Sky’ Tackles Mental Health Stigma in Rural India: ‘How Society Can Be So Ruthless’

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Box Office: ‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ Possesses Franchise-Best $34.5 Million Opening Day

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Sydney Sweeney Relied on Smucker’s and Milkshakes to Gain 30 Pounds for ‘Christy,’ Got ‘Gnarly Bruises’ Filming Boxing Scenes: ‘I Got Pummeled’

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‘Sk+te’kmujue’katik (At the Place of Ghosts)’ Director Reveals How It’s ‘Subversive’ to Introduce Big Ideas Like Intergenerational Trauma Into Horror Movies — TIFF

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Krishan Bhatia, Who Helped Amazon Build Presence in TV Upfronts, Is Exiting

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‘Crouching Tiger’ Producer’s Toronto and Busan Martial Arts Actioner ‘The Furious’ Aims to Revitalize Genre: ‘Pushing the Boundaries’

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Could 3D Make a Comeback With the Help of Low-Cost AI? Werner Herzog and Experts Weigh In

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Toronto Premiere ‘To the Victory!’ Imagines a Post-War Ukraine Where Hard Work of Rebuilding Has Just Begun

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‘My Tennis Maestro’ Review: Pierfrancesco Favino Serves Stubbly Charm in an Appealing Italian Dramedy

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Anurag Kashyap’s Toronto Prison Drama ‘Monkey in a Cage’ Tackles #MeToo Fallout: Bobby Deol ‘Totally Put His Whole Vulnerable Self Out There’

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David Jonsson, Tom Blyth and ‘Wasteman’ Director Cal McMau on ‘Alchemy’ Behind Pressure Cooker Prison Thriller and Blending Ex-Inmates With Actors

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UFC Fight Night Paris: Imavov vs. Borralho Livestream — Here’s How to Watch the MMA Event Online

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Huma Qureshi, ‘Bayaan’ Team Reveal Toronto Indian Thriller’s Real-World Inspiration: ‘Trying to Make Sense of the Systemic Patriarchy’

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Former MGM Executive Tania Sarra Launches Sauce Studios (EXCLUSIVE)

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Lesley Manville Faces Political Chaos as Kasia Adamik’s ‘Winter of the Crow’ Debuts Clip, Says Work with Mike Leigh ‘Still Lives in Her Bones’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ Is a Monster Made in Canada

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Sex, Love & Lies in Filmax Pickup ‘Every Side of the Bed’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Fuze’ Review: A Starry Cast Lends Only So Much Excitement to a Movie About a Ticking WW2 Bomb Unearthed in Central London

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‘The Lost Bus’ Review: You’d Swear It Was Matthew McConaughey Who Saved 22 California Kids After Seeing Paul Greengrass’ Chaotic Docudrama

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‘The Lost Bus’ Heats Up TIFF: Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera Deliver in Harrowing Wildfire Thriller

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‘Bandish Bandits’ Star Ritwik Bhowmik Books First Theatrical Feature With Bollywood Horror-Comedy ‘Abhootpurva’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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