toronto international film festival

HBO Teases European Spy Drama 'The Sleepers' With Mysterious New Trailer

A woman searches for her missing husband in HBO's dramatic new thriller.

YouTube and Tribeca to Host 'We Are One' Online Film Festival

The 10-day festival will feature content from Cannes, Toronto and Sundance.

HBO Offers $20 Million for TIFF Favorite 'Bad Education' Starring Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney

The dark comedy follows supervisors in a Long Island school district who masterminded the largest public school embezzlement scandal in American history.

Ed Norton's magnetic in 'Motherless Brooklyn'

It's been 20 years since Jonathan Lethem published his award-winning noir novel "Motherless Brooklyn." Edward Norton has been trying to make it into a movie for almost as long. It's...

'Judy' review: Renée Zellweger delivers gut-wrenching portrayal of Garland

You may never be able to comfortably watch "The Wizard of Oz" again after "Judy" gets its hooks in you. Renée Zellweger gets deep inside the skin of late-career Judy...

Cynthia Erivo's 'Harriet' is haunting

Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln. Denzel Washington as Malcolm X. Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher. So many historical figures instantly evoke famous faces who've played them on the big screen....

Toronto Film Festival 2019: 'Ford v Ferrari' movie review

TORONTO -- I think I preferred this movie when it was called "Speed Racer" and directed by the Wachowskis. At least there were psychedelic colors to spice things up. Even...

The Weeknd debuts polarizing new look post-Bella Hadid breakup

Including a mustache.

Meryl Streep, Joaquin Phoenix honored at Toronto International Film Festival

Filmmaker Taika Waititi and cinematographer Roger Deakins were also honored.

Gritty 'Joker' is no superhero movie

TORONTO — "I'll warn you," said director Todd Phillips as he introduced the first North American screening of "Joker" — "it's f--king bonkers." The "Hangover" director is partly right: The...

The best red carpet looks from TIFF 2019

From the "Hustlers" cast to Nicole Kidman.

Eddie Murphy's comeback starts big with 'Dolemite'

TORONTO — "Dolemite Is My Name" kicks off the Eddie Murphy comeback that's been a very long time coming. And this comic biopic is a blast from start to finish....

Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx bring the pain in masterful 'Just Mercy'

If "Green Book" piqued your interest in racial relations in the South, just wait 'till you see "Just Mercy." Michael B. Jordan, heartthrob of "Black Panther" and the "Creed" movies,...

'A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood' is more than a biopic

If you were raised on Mister Rogers, you may find your tear ducts a little wobbly at the first plinking piano notes that play during the opening credits of "A...

Netflix and Amazon Banned From Toronto Film Festival Primary Screening Venue

Scotiabank Theatre will not show any film that is distributed by a streaming service over the festival’s 10-day run.

'Hustlers' review: Stripper flick fails to arouse interest

The greatest hustle that "Hustlers" ever pulled was making you think gloriously foulmouthed rap sensation Cardi B was going to be a legitimate part of the movie. She's not, much...

Michael B. Jordan reveals his superhero at Toronto film fest

They may be two of the hottest names in Hollywood, but Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx bonded on playing mere mortals in the Q&A after their new movie, "Just Mercy,"...

The breakout stars from this year's Toronto Film Festival

As this year’s Toronto Film Festival moves toward its closing night on Sunday, we take a look back at some of its most eye-catching, and potentially award-garnering, breakout performances. The...

Why is 'Three Billboards' — a mostly great film — so ridiculously mean?

I’m of two minds about “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” On the one hand, this drama is the best yet from playwright and filmmaker Martin McDonagh (“In Bruges,” “Seven Psychopaths”),...

How a threesome spurred the birth of Wonder Woman

Well, now we know how she got that golden lasso. “Professor Marston and the Wonder Women” digs up the real-life roots of the comic-book Amazon who took this summer’s box...