Headlines

Helen Mirren Says ‘Ripley’ Author Patricia Highsmith Is ‘The Most Difficult’ Real Person She’s Played: “Very Abrasive”

M

Sara Bareilles on ‘Good Grief’ and Finding Joy in the Tough Stuff: ‘Grief Is the Mothership of This Record, but It Carries Release, Hope, Optimism and Connection’

M

Alex Gibney Says He Got “Nothing Back” From Elon Musk When Reaching Out After Doc Legal Threat

M

Ella Langley’s ‘Dandelion’ Album Returns to No. 1 Spot on Billboard 200 for First Time in Four Months, So ‘Choosin’ Texas’ Won’t Get Lonely at the Top

M

‘On Behalf of My Son’ Review: A Strained Brazilian Drama About a Mother’s Apology Tour

M

New York Knicks Player Jalen Brunson — Emmys Host Mariska Hargitay’s Buddy — Expected to Open Show (EXCLUSIVE)

M

Emmys Party Pics 2026: Mariska Hargitay, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Riz Ahmed, Katherine LaNasa and More

M

‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ Among the Winners at MacGuffin Awards

M

John Stamos Delivers Emotional Speech About Fatherhood at Creative Coalition Awards

M

Courteney Cox Remembers ‘Scream’ Co-Star Hayden Panettiere: ‘She’s a Really Wonderful Actor’

M

‘Diary of a Mad Old Man’ Review: Wayne Wang and Fan Bingbing Unintentionally Find the Boredom in Sex and Death

M

Christian Bale Opens 11,000-Square-Foot Foster Care Facility in Palmdale: ‘Turn Their Heartbreak and Their Pain into Love’

M

‘Crystal Lake’ Trailer: Linda Cardellini Stars in Peacock’s Spooky ‘Friday the 13th’ Prequel Series

M

Chris Rock Says Scott Rudin’s ‘Hard Coaching’ Made Him a Better Filmmaker: Some Creatives Don’t ‘Respond to a Hug’

M

Emmys Presenters: Matthew McConaughey, Shailene Woodley and ‘Baywatch’ Reboot Stars Join Lineup

M

Toronto: Seth Rogen Shares Secret to Hollywood Success:  “I Was Lucky Coming Up”

M

Seth Rogen Tells TIFF the Best Advice He’s Ever Received: ‘Less Semen, More Emotion!’

M

Teary-Eyed Kaley Cuoco Recalls Death of Her ‘8 Simple Rules’ TV Dad John Ritter: ‘One of the Worst Days of My Life’

M

Hollywood Ventures Group, Canada’s Big Picture Cinema Group, and Morocco’s Pink Sheep Team on Casablanca-Set Thriller ‘The Final Bet’ (EXCLUSIVE)

M

Nike Unveils Alex Eala T-Shirt Inspired by Tennis Phenom’s Filipino Heritage

M

Box Office: ‘Practical Magic 2’ Fizzles With $30 Million Debut

M

‘Severance’ Producer Nicholas Weinstock Boards Indian Fantasy-Horror ‘Tongue’ Starring Sayani Gupta (EXCLUSIVE)

M

‘Union Town’ Review: Barbara Kopple’s Labor Rights Documentary Is Both Aptly Angry and Optimistically Community-Minded

M

‘Angh’ Cinematographer on How He Captured the Film’s Challenging Nighttime Sequences

M

TNT’s Iraq War Drama ‘High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam’ Is Dull and Deeply Disturbing: TV Review

M

Ali Asgari Doesn’t Believe in a Bright Future After Iran’s January Massacre – Just ‘A Bit of Light’

M

Kaelen Ohm Talks Bringing Inner Extreme Skier to Film Roles: “I Want to Find the Steeper Hill to Go Down”

M

TIFF 2026: 20 International Titles to Track, From Feng-I Fiona Roan’s Shuhua Starrer to a Taxidermy Musical and a John Madden Parkinson’s Rom-Com

M

‘Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother’ Star Adia On Film Debut Opposite Mahershala Ali, Getting Certified as a Doula: ‘Birth Work Fills My Soul’

M

‘How We Stand’ Director on Recasting 1950s American Indians Relocation Legacy: “It’s Such an Epic Story”

M

Netflix’s ‘Scooby-Doo: Origins’ Wraps Production Ahead of 2027 Release

M

Israel, Palestine and the Films No One Will Buy

M

Melissa Rivers on Her Glorious Return to the Emmys Carpet, Remembering Her Mom Joan and Why ‘It’s Been Really Hard’ to Watch ‘Hacks’

M

‘Much Ado About Nothing’ Gets Modern War-Zone Update From Lakeem Rose (EXCLUSIVE)

M

‘Back in Black’ Director on Lovable Serial Killer Doing “Bad Things for the Right Reasons” in Christopher Walken-Starrer

M

Fina Strazza to Star in, Produce Romantic Drama ‘Any Way You Want Me’ (Exclusive)

M

Toronto: Irene Dionisio’s ‘IDDA’ Lands at FilmClub Distribuzione for Italy (Exclusive)

M

Variety and Chanel’s Women in Film Dinner: Ayo Edebiri, Lily-Rose Depp, Michelle Yeoh, Courteney Cox and More Light Up TIFF

M

‘The Stunt Driver’ Review: Jay Baruchel Takes a Leap into Tepid Biopic Territory

M

‘Words Are Weapons’: Michaël R. Roskam on Turning a WWII Fake-Newspaper Prank Into a Heist Movie

M

Willy Chavarria on His Don Julio Creative Director Role, the Fashion-Entertainment Crossover and Expanding His Brand ‘Into a Full Creative Studio’

M

‘Girl Group’ Review: Rebel Wilson’s Bawdy Pop Comedy Is All Fizz and Little Substance

M

Tom Nicoll Looks Beyond Male Influencer Culture in TIFF Title ‘Salvation’: ‘I Don’t Think Anyone’s Ever Been Insulted Into Changing Their Mind’

M

Yoon Dan-bi’s Toronto and San Sebastian Film ‘The World Before’ Gives Its Camera a Soul and Its Island a Voice

M

‘Masc’ Review: A Sensitive Character Study Where Identity is Found in Imitation and Observation

M

Shuhua’s Acting Debut and Breaking Free From the ‘American Girl’ Label: Director Feng-i Fiona Roan on Toronto Title ‘Happily Ever After’

M

Cannes Prize-Winning Nepal Oscar Entry ‘Elephants in the Fog’ Sells Wide for Best Friend Forever (EXCLUSIVE)

M

TIFF Platform Competition Film ‘Idda’ Portrays Female Friendship, Grief and Memory Set on Sicily’s Mount Etna

M

‘Up Against It’ Review: Antonio Banderas Stars in a British Family Dramedy That Ignores Its Own Conundrums

M

Inside ‘NAZA,’ the Bombshell Exposé on IDF’s War in Gaza

M