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Never Mind the IP, Here’s How Original Ideas Dominated This Year’s Emmy Races

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Jonathan Majors Delivers Anti-Islam Speech in Sequel to Daily Wire Thriller ‘Run Hide Fight’

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‘One Minute to Midnight’ Review: A Stellar Cast Deliver Interesting but Overly Preachy Disquisitions on the Changing Nature of Male-Female Relations

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Alexandra Pechman‘s TIFF Drama ‘Magazine’ Takes a Nostalgic Look at New York’s Last Gasp Before the Digital Age

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‘SNL U.K.’ Cast on Wanting ‘Bigger Swings and Some Sex Sketches’ in Season 2, Bloody Backstage Mishaps and if Jack Shep’s Princess Diana Will Return

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‘A Bit of Light’ Review: A Life-Affirming Drama About a Suicidal Iranian Doctor

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Venice Days: María Aparicio’s ‘Sometimes Sadness, Sometimes Rebellion’ Wins GdA Director’s Award

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Venice Days Winners: Argentinian Director Maria Aparicio’s ‘Sadness Sometimes, Sometimes Rebellion’ Claims Top Prize

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How Variety Covered 9/11 Attack and Its Aftermath 25 Years Ago

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‘Uptown Prep and Downtown Weirdness’ Meld in J. Crew and Ekhaus Latta’s New Limited-Edition Collection

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Box Office: ‘Practical Magic 2’ Makes $4.7 Million in Previews

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‘Ancestors’ Invites You to a Cinematic “Séance,” Led by Éanna Hardwicke, That Mixes Dream, Reality and Memory (Exclusive TIFF Clip and Chat)

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Why Hollywood Has Never Made a Great 9/11 Movie

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Filmax Takes Javier Giner’s Feature Debut ‘This Solitude’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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David Turpin’s TIFF Premiere ‘Ancestors’ Revisits the AIDS Crisis Through Love, Found Family and Movie Stars: ‘I Think a Lot of People of My Generation Feel This Absence of Our Elders’

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TIFF Premiere ‘Julián’ Finds Joy, Identity and Family in a Colorful Animated World

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Water Crisis Documentary ‘Every Living Thing’ Sets Toronto Market Debut, Adds VIBE as Strategic Partner (EXCLUSIVE)

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French WWII Blockbuster ‘De Gaulle’ Lands U.S. Distribution With Samuel Goldwyn Films (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Ransom Canyon’ Canceled After Two Seasons at Netflix

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Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’

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Kazakh Horror Sequel ‘Dastur: Teris Bata’ Boards Fearfolks for World Sales (EXCLUSIVE)

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Hans Petter Moland Talks ‘Epic Love Story’ That Defined the Nation as Norway’s Oscar Submission ‘Growth of the Soil’ Debuts Trailer: ‘It Resonates with All of Us’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Toronto Premiere of ‘Le Faux Soir’ Crowns Great Year for Walloon Cinema, Built on Belgian Region’s Creative Freedom, Can Do Attitude

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‘Man in Motion: The Rick Hansen Story’ Doc Takes Viewers Back to 1980s Globe-Circling Wheelchair Trek: “It’s Just Insane”

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Catherine Deneuve on Playing a ‘Punk Fairy Godmother’ in Léa Domenach’s Venice-Bound ‘A Man’s Skin,’ a Feminist Medieval Musical (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Rojo’ Director Benjamín Naishtat on Awaited Toronto, San Sebastián Title ‘Glaxo,’ the Impunity of Power and Connecting via Genre

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Thailand Bets on Film Tourism to Turn Movie Locations Into Travel Destinations

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Venice Film Festival Takeaways: Malkovich Storms the Oscar Race, Political Movies Dominate Buzz and More

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Global Africa Hub at TIFF Market Seeks to Boost Visibility — and Deals — for African Filmmakers in Toronto: ‘It’s Our Moment’

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Toronto: Global Media Producers Urge Stronger Local Content Laws to Fend Off Streaming Domination

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‘In Alaska’ Producer Tyler Hagan Wins CMPA’s Feature Producer Indiescreen Award at Toronto Film Festival

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New Zealand Set to Unveil Tri-Nation Indigenous Co-Production Initiative at Toronto (EXCLUSIVE)

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Def Leppard Documentary ‘Long Live Def Leppard’ Coming to Theaters in 2027 From Bleecker Street’s Crosswalk

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9/11 News Broadcasts: How the ‘Today’ Show, NY1, Fox News and More Covered the Attacks in Real Time

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Worldwide Sales Heat Up for Creature Feature ‘Pacific’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Krux’ Director Tony Vahl Combines Practical Magic With Post-WWII Taboo: ‘A Belief Can Help You – or It Can Destroy You”

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Justin Trudeau Launches His Own Film and TV Production Banner

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Le Havre Rendez-Vous Takeaways: Local Players Navigating Rough Waters, Public Broadcasters Still Buying, Animation Studios Adapting

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‘Everybody Wants to F— Me’ Director on Poking Satirical Fun at Performative, Arthouse-Loving Nice Guys and Casting Taron Egerton to Play One

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‘The Stunt Driver’ Helmer Michael Dowse on Working With Jay Baruchel, Building a Ramp and a Rocket Car: ‘It Wasn’t for the Faint of Heart’

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Taika Waititi, ‘Navalny,’ ‘Hind Rajab’ Producer Odessa Rae Board ‘A Bit of Light’ as Executive Producers Ahead of Venice Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

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How ‘Obsession’ Rewrote TIFF History

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‘Viva Carmen’ Reveals Clip Featuring Singer Silvia Pérez Cruz – and Brand New Song – Ahead of North American Premiere at TIFF (EXCLUSIVE)

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The Don of Hollywood North Takes His Final Bow

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British Comedy Is Back: How the U.K.’s Funny Business Is Rallying Thanks to ‘SNL U.K.’ and ‘Mock the Week’

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Toronto Builds Its One-Stop Shop

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Venice Final Cut Winner Machérie Ekwa Bahango on ‘Madi Makambu’ and Why She Wants Congo to Be Seen: ‘We’re a Great Nation That Needs to Write Its Own History’

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France, South Korea Take Center Stage as Global Film and TV Leaders Confront Industry Upheaval at Lumiere Summit: ‘Culture Itself Is Becoming a Driver of Growth’

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Oscars: Singapore Selects Anthony Chen’s ‘We Are All Strangers’ for International Feature Race

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Female-Led Producer Candid Broads Is Proud to Stand for New Voices, Impact and Representation

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