"R-rated Looney Tunes on acid!" Roadside Attractions has launched a new red band trailer for action movie Boy Kills World, opening in US theaters later this month. This first premiered at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival last year in the Midnight Madness section. A dystopian fever dream action film that follows Boy, a deaf mute with a vibrant imagination. When his family is killed, he is trained by a mysterious shaman to become an instrument of death. "As he tries to parse his place in this delirious realm, Boy soon falls in with a desperate resistance group, all the while bickering with the apparent ghost of his rebellious little sister." The feature directorial debut of German filmmaker Moritz Mohr, adapting his own short film. Starring Bill Skarsgård as Boy, along with Jessica Rothe, Yayan Ruhian, Andrew Koji, Isaiah Mustafa, Famke Janssen, Brett Gelman, & Sharlto Copley. Plus H. Jon Benjamin as the voice in Boy's head.
- 4/2/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Indian director-producer Karan Johar wrapped up the conference section of the first Cinevesture International Film Festival with a lively conversation that ranged from working with the right people and Bollywood’s shifting gender politics, to letting slip a few new projects from his Dharma Productions slate.
Johar, who’s having a busy year as a producer with Love Storiyaan on Prime Video and Showtime on Disney+ Hotstar, started the session by talking about how he surrounds himself with people “who know all facets of cinema, not just the mainstream” – even if they’ve been outspoken critics of his work in the past.
He used the example of indie maverick Anurag Kashyap, and producer Somen Mishra, now head of content at Dharma and its Ott division Dharmatic Entertainment, who used to slate him on the popular ‘Passion of Cinema’ blog.
“I think I was their favorite target. But when Rensil D’Silva...
Johar, who’s having a busy year as a producer with Love Storiyaan on Prime Video and Showtime on Disney+ Hotstar, started the session by talking about how he surrounds himself with people “who know all facets of cinema, not just the mainstream” – even if they’ve been outspoken critics of his work in the past.
He used the example of indie maverick Anurag Kashyap, and producer Somen Mishra, now head of content at Dharma and its Ott division Dharmatic Entertainment, who used to slate him on the popular ‘Passion of Cinema’ blog.
“I think I was their favorite target. But when Rensil D’Silva...
- 4/1/2024
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
For a little while it seemed The People’s Joker might be lost to time, a new generation’s Day the Clown Cried or, if you like, Promises Written in Water. Despite an initial screening in TIFF’s Midnight Madness program, director Vera Drew pulled her film from subsequent showings over rights issues. Yet it came to light this December that The People’s Joker would open spring 2024 via Altered Innocence, and ahead of its April 5 debut at the IFC Center (with nationwide bookings to follow), there’s a trailer for the feature a PR email informs us “is in no way created by, endorsed by, or affiliated with DC Comics or any of its related companies.”
What’s seen hews closer to Repo Chick than The Dark Knight, recalling also Tim and Eric––a fitting comparison given Drew’s involvement with many of their projects, to say nothing of Tim Heidecker...
What’s seen hews closer to Repo Chick than The Dark Knight, recalling also Tim and Eric––a fitting comparison given Drew’s involvement with many of their projects, to say nothing of Tim Heidecker...
- 3/5/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
"Welcome to the resistance!" Roadside Attractions has revealed an official trailer for an action thriller titled Boy Kills World, set for US release in theaters at the end of April this spring. This originally premiered at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival last year in the beloved Midnight Madness section. A dystopian fever dream action film that follows Boy, a deaf mute with a vibrant imagination. When his family is killed, he is trained by a mysterious shaman to become an instrument of death. More from TIFF: "As he tries to parse his place in this delirious realm, Boy soon falls in with a desperate resistance group, all the while bickering with the apparent ghost of his rebellious little sister." The feature directorial debut of German filmmaker Moritz Mohr, adapting his own short film. Starring Bill Skarsgård as Boy, with Jessica Rothe, Yayan Ruhian, Andrew Koji, Isaiah Mustafa, Famke Janssen, Brett Gelman,...
- 2/22/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
After seeing her DC-inspired debut feature The People’s Joker pulled from TIFF 2022 over what the fest described as “right’s issues,” Vera Drew has secured a North American release for the film via L.A.-based indie distributor Altered Innocence.
A mixed-media dark comedy drawing inspiration from Drew’s personal life, the film is set to open at IFC Center in New York City on April 5th, 2024, with additional markets and engagements to be announced at a later date.
Co-written by Drew and Bri LeRose, the film reimagining the origin story of iconic Batman villain The Joker sees Drew’s painfully unfunny aspiring clown grapple with her gender identity while unsuccessfully attempting to join the ranks of Gotham City’s sole comedy program, in a world where comedy has been outlawed. Uniting with a ragtag team of rejects and misfits, Joker the Harlequin forms an illegal anti-comedy troupe that...
A mixed-media dark comedy drawing inspiration from Drew’s personal life, the film is set to open at IFC Center in New York City on April 5th, 2024, with additional markets and engagements to be announced at a later date.
Co-written by Drew and Bri LeRose, the film reimagining the origin story of iconic Batman villain The Joker sees Drew’s painfully unfunny aspiring clown grapple with her gender identity while unsuccessfully attempting to join the ranks of Gotham City’s sole comedy program, in a world where comedy has been outlawed. Uniting with a ragtag team of rejects and misfits, Joker the Harlequin forms an illegal anti-comedy troupe that...
- 12/21/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
It wasn’t her intention, but Taylor Swift saved this weekend as well as ones still to come.
“The Era Tour” concert film opens Friday with over $100 million in estimated presales, but it already forced “The Exorcist: Believer” (Universal), originally set for October 13, to move up a week and get out of the way.
As a result, the sequel to William Friedkin’s smash hit dominated this weekend with $27.2 million. That’s more than double the #2 title, “Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie” (Paramount), with $11.8 million.
All told, this weekend grossed around $75 million. Without “Exorcist,” and assuming other titles would pick up some of the slack, that number would have been closer to $55 million — and close to the worst of 2023. Instead, it improved $16 million (27 percent) over last year, which also included Indigenous Peoples’/Columbus Day on Monday. Year to date remains up about 26 percent.
Another way to find a positive spin...
“The Era Tour” concert film opens Friday with over $100 million in estimated presales, but it already forced “The Exorcist: Believer” (Universal), originally set for October 13, to move up a week and get out of the way.
As a result, the sequel to William Friedkin’s smash hit dominated this weekend with $27.2 million. That’s more than double the #2 title, “Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie” (Paramount), with $11.8 million.
All told, this weekend grossed around $75 million. Without “Exorcist,” and assuming other titles would pick up some of the slack, that number would have been closer to $55 million — and close to the worst of 2023. Instead, it improved $16 million (27 percent) over last year, which also included Indigenous Peoples’/Columbus Day on Monday. Year to date remains up about 26 percent.
Another way to find a positive spin...
- 10/8/2023
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
On October 6, 2023, A24 released “Dicks: The Musical” based on the off-broadway musical “F***ing Identical Twins” by Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson. The writers star in the film as Craig and Trevor, a pair of business rivals who discover they’re identical twins and decide to swap places in an attempt to trick their divorced parents to get back together.
The movie made its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last month, winning the People’s Choice Award for Midnight Madness. It currently holds fresh at 79% on Rotten Tomatoes, with the critics consensus reading, “From its eyebrow-raising title to its gleefully provocative humor, talented cast, and catchy songs, ‘Dicks: The Musical’ is a cult movie in the making.” The star-studded ensemble includes Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, Bowen Yang and Megan Thee Stallion. Read our full review round-up below.
See ‘The Zone of Interest’ may continue the streak of international...
The movie made its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last month, winning the People’s Choice Award for Midnight Madness. It currently holds fresh at 79% on Rotten Tomatoes, with the critics consensus reading, “From its eyebrow-raising title to its gleefully provocative humor, talented cast, and catchy songs, ‘Dicks: The Musical’ is a cult movie in the making.” The star-studded ensemble includes Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, Bowen Yang and Megan Thee Stallion. Read our full review round-up below.
See ‘The Zone of Interest’ may continue the streak of international...
- 10/6/2023
- by Vincent Mandile
- Gold Derby
The fifth feature from Argentinian director Rugna premiered in Toronto’s Midnight Madness programme.
France’s Charades Films has inked a slew of sales worldwide for Demián Rugna’s rural horror When Evil Lurks.
Klockworx has acquired the demonic possession feature for release in Japanese cinemas and the film will also to travel to Germany and Switzerland via Indeed Film, Spain (Selecta Vision) and Italy (Blue Swan). Pictureworks picked up rights for India and Airlines.
When Evil Lurks follows two brothers who find a mutilated corpse near their property and soon discover that the odd happenings in their village are...
France’s Charades Films has inked a slew of sales worldwide for Demián Rugna’s rural horror When Evil Lurks.
Klockworx has acquired the demonic possession feature for release in Japanese cinemas and the film will also to travel to Germany and Switzerland via Indeed Film, Spain (Selecta Vision) and Italy (Blue Swan). Pictureworks picked up rights for India and Airlines.
When Evil Lurks follows two brothers who find a mutilated corpse near their property and soon discover that the odd happenings in their village are...
- 10/5/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Stars: Ezequiel Rodriguez, Demian Salomon, Luis Ziembrowski, Silvina Sabater | Written and Directed by Demián Rugna
When Evil Lurks (Cuando Acecha la Maldad) is the new feature film from Argentinian director Demián Rugna. Rugna assured himself a place in horror history with his film Terrified in 2017 and then vanished off the scene until his segment in last year’s Satanic Hispanics. Thankfully he didn’t make us wait another five years for something new, and When Evil Lurks premiered this year at TIFF as part of its Midnight Madness program.
Appropriately enough the film starts somewhere around midnight when Pedro and his brother Jimmy are awakened by the sound of gunshots somewhere in the woods. Going to investigate the next morning they find a body, or half of one anyway, with a strange device nearby and a notebook in a language the brothers don’t recognize nearby.
As it turns out...
When Evil Lurks (Cuando Acecha la Maldad) is the new feature film from Argentinian director Demián Rugna. Rugna assured himself a place in horror history with his film Terrified in 2017 and then vanished off the scene until his segment in last year’s Satanic Hispanics. Thankfully he didn’t make us wait another five years for something new, and When Evil Lurks premiered this year at TIFF as part of its Midnight Madness program.
Appropriately enough the film starts somewhere around midnight when Pedro and his brother Jimmy are awakened by the sound of gunshots somewhere in the woods. Going to investigate the next morning they find a body, or half of one anyway, with a strange device nearby and a notebook in a language the brothers don’t recognize nearby.
As it turns out...
- 10/4/2023
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
The Hollywood strikes and the new location have been hot topics for buyers and sellers in the build-up to this year’s AFM.
Prior to news landing this weekend that the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and AMPTP have reached a tentative agreement to end the 146-day writer’s strike, US sellers were busy future-proofing the AFM should both Hollywood strikes still be in full force by the time the market kicked off on October 31.
The resolution of the WGA strike will bring a collective sigh of relief across the industry. However, should the SAG-AFTRA work stoppage continue into or beyond the market,...
Prior to news landing this weekend that the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and AMPTP have reached a tentative agreement to end the 146-day writer’s strike, US sellers were busy future-proofing the AFM should both Hollywood strikes still be in full force by the time the market kicked off on October 31.
The resolution of the WGA strike will bring a collective sigh of relief across the industry. However, should the SAG-AFTRA work stoppage continue into or beyond the market,...
- 9/25/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Updated with latest: The Toronto Film Festival began September 7 in Ontario with opening-night movie The Boy and the Heron, from Oscar-winning filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki. It kicked off a lineup for the fest’s 48th edition that included world premieres of GameStop pic Dumb Money, Netflix’s Pain Hustlers, Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins, Kristin Scott Thomas’ Scarlett Johansson pic North Star, Chris Pine’s Poolman, Michael Keaton-directed Knox Goes Away, Anna Kendrick’s Woman of the Hour, Atom Egoyan’s Seven Veils, Michael Winterbottom’s Shoshana, Grant Singer’s Reptile, Viggo Mortensen’s The Dead Don’t Hurt, Lee Tamahori’s The Convert and Alex Gibney’s doc In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon.
It ended Sunday when Cord Jefferson’s satire American Fiction won TIFF’s People’s Choice Award for best film, usually a steppingstone to a strong awards season to come.
The fest also...
It ended Sunday when Cord Jefferson’s satire American Fiction won TIFF’s People’s Choice Award for best film, usually a steppingstone to a strong awards season to come.
The fest also...
- 9/18/2023
- by Stephanie Bunbury, Valerie Complex, Pete Hammond, Todd McCarthy and Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
The 48th edition kicked off with actors and writers on strike, so many of the stars who attended trekked across the border with both their passports and SAG-AFTRA interim agreements in hand.
The cast of “Dicks: The Musical” didn’t learn they could participate until the eleventh hour. “Thank you, A24, for making a fucking deal that a trillion-dollar tech company won’t [make],” writer-star Josh Sharp told the crowd at the movie’s Midnight Madness screening.
Another last-minute addition was Ava DuVernay’s “Origin,” which premiered in Venice.
“This film is meant to be a conversation starter,” DuVernay said while introducing the film, then quoted activist Angela Davis. “She says, ‘Walls turned sideways are bridges,’ and that’s what we hope this film becomes: a bridge.”
Here’s a look at some of the highlights from this year’s festival:...
The cast of “Dicks: The Musical” didn’t learn they could participate until the eleventh hour. “Thank you, A24, for making a fucking deal that a trillion-dollar tech company won’t [make],” writer-star Josh Sharp told the crowd at the movie’s Midnight Madness screening.
Another last-minute addition was Ava DuVernay’s “Origin,” which premiered in Venice.
“This film is meant to be a conversation starter,” DuVernay said while introducing the film, then quoted activist Angela Davis. “She says, ‘Walls turned sideways are bridges,’ and that’s what we hope this film becomes: a bridge.”
Here’s a look at some of the highlights from this year’s festival:...
- 9/18/2023
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Early in Mladen Djordjevic’s tragicomic satire, Working Class Goes To Hell, a young girl eats her lunch in the husk of a dead factory. A faded mural “Long Live Labour Day” peels off the burnt out walls above her. She eventually joins her union brethren outside protesting, by grabbing a sign with a picture of her dead mother to hold up for the TV cameras.You may think from this deliberate intro, that this is a kitchen-sink realism drama. You would be wrong. Those who might have encountered Djordjevic’s transgressively hilarious 2009 film, Life and Death of A Porno Gang, or wondered why this film was playing in the Toronto International Film Festival's Midnight Madness programme, might be hip to what is what. Indeed, here things...
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- 9/17/2023
- Screen Anarchy
’Mr. Dressup: The Magic Of Make Believe’ wins doc award, ’Dicks: The Musical’ wins Midnight Madness.
The satire American Fiction starring Jeffrey Wright has won the Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) 2023 People’s Choice Award, boosting the crowd-pleaser’s Oscar credentials heading into awards season.
‘American Fiction’: Toronto Review
Cord Jefferson’s directorial debut for Amazon/MGM stars Wright as a frustrated Black author whose deliberately dumbed-down novel about cliched Black characters becomes a hit. There are multiple screenings at TIFF Bell Lightbox today (September 17) from 2:30pm-9:30pm Et.
American Fiction follows last year’s recipient...
The satire American Fiction starring Jeffrey Wright has won the Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) 2023 People’s Choice Award, boosting the crowd-pleaser’s Oscar credentials heading into awards season.
‘American Fiction’: Toronto Review
Cord Jefferson’s directorial debut for Amazon/MGM stars Wright as a frustrated Black author whose deliberately dumbed-down novel about cliched Black characters becomes a hit. There are multiple screenings at TIFF Bell Lightbox today (September 17) from 2:30pm-9:30pm Et.
American Fiction follows last year’s recipient...
- 9/17/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
’Mr. Dressup: The Magic Of Make Believe’ wins doc award, ’Dicks: The Musical’ wins Midnight Madness.
The satire American Fiction starring Jeffrey Wright has won the Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) 2023 People’s Choice Award, boosting the crowd-pleaser’s Oscar credentials heading into awards season.
‘American Fiction’: Toronto Review
Cord Jefferson’s directorial debut from Orion and MRC stars Wright as a frustrated Black author whose deliberately dumbed-down novel about cliched Black characters becomes a hit. There are multiple screenings at TIFF Bell Lightbox today (September 17) from 2:30pm-9:30pm Et.
MGM distributes American Fiction in the...
The satire American Fiction starring Jeffrey Wright has won the Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) 2023 People’s Choice Award, boosting the crowd-pleaser’s Oscar credentials heading into awards season.
‘American Fiction’: Toronto Review
Cord Jefferson’s directorial debut from Orion and MRC stars Wright as a frustrated Black author whose deliberately dumbed-down novel about cliched Black characters becomes a hit. There are multiple screenings at TIFF Bell Lightbox today (September 17) from 2:30pm-9:30pm Et.
MGM distributes American Fiction in the...
- 9/17/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
’Mr. Dressup: The Magic Of Make Believe’ wins doc award, ’Dicks: The Musical’ wins Midnight Madness.
The satire American Fiction starring Jeffrey Wright has won the Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) 2023 People’s Choice Award, boosting the crowd-pleaser’s Oscar credentials heading into awards season.
‘American Fiction’: Toronto Review
Cord Jefferson’s directorial debut from Orion and MRC stars Wright as a frustrated Black author whose deliberately dumbed-down novel about cliched Black characters becomes a hit. There are multiple screenings at TIFF Bell Lightbox today (September 17) from 2:30pm-9:30pm Et.
MGM distributes American Fiction in the...
The satire American Fiction starring Jeffrey Wright has won the Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) 2023 People’s Choice Award, boosting the crowd-pleaser’s Oscar credentials heading into awards season.
‘American Fiction’: Toronto Review
Cord Jefferson’s directorial debut from Orion and MRC stars Wright as a frustrated Black author whose deliberately dumbed-down novel about cliched Black characters becomes a hit. There are multiple screenings at TIFF Bell Lightbox today (September 17) from 2:30pm-9:30pm Et.
MGM distributes American Fiction in the...
- 9/17/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
“American Fiction,” Cord Jefferson’s blistering satire of race and media, captured the Toronto International Film Festival’s people’s choice award, bolstering its Oscars chances.
TIFF’s people’s choice award is considered to be among the best predictors of eventual awards success, though the 2023 festival hosted a weaker lineup than most years due to the writers and actors strikes that saw some prominent contenders skip a Canadian premiere. In the past, winners of the prize such as “Green Book,” “12 Years a Slave” and “Nomadland” went on to be named best picture at the Academy Awards. Other recipients, including “Belfast,” “La La Land,” “Jojo Rabbit,” and 2022’s winner, “The Fabelmans,” were all best picture nominees.
The people’s choice category was created in 1978. Seven recipients won best picture at the Oscars, with five of those victories coming in the past two decades.
Alexander Payne’s boarding school dramedy...
TIFF’s people’s choice award is considered to be among the best predictors of eventual awards success, though the 2023 festival hosted a weaker lineup than most years due to the writers and actors strikes that saw some prominent contenders skip a Canadian premiere. In the past, winners of the prize such as “Green Book,” “12 Years a Slave” and “Nomadland” went on to be named best picture at the Academy Awards. Other recipients, including “Belfast,” “La La Land,” “Jojo Rabbit,” and 2022’s winner, “The Fabelmans,” were all best picture nominees.
The people’s choice category was created in 1978. Seven recipients won best picture at the Oscars, with five of those victories coming in the past two decades.
Alexander Payne’s boarding school dramedy...
- 9/17/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction picked up the top People’s Choice honor Sunday at the Toronto Film Festival, which wrapped up a 48th edition with little Hollywood star wattage amid the uncertainty of dual Hollywood strikes.
Jefferson’s feature directorial debut, an adaptation for Orion of Percival Everett’s 2001 novel Erasure, had its world premiere in Toronto at the Princess Alexandra Theatre on Sept. 8. MRC is the film’s studio and financier.
The American drama about U.S. racial dynamics portrays a Black academic, played by Jeffrey Wright, who grows frustrated that the only “Black books” that seem to find a wide (and white) audience are those that tread on stereotypes.
“My gratitude towards everyone who watched American Fiction [and] discussed it afterwards among friends and colleagues is endless. The film is now in your hands, and I’m so grateful that it was embraced in this way,” Jefferson said in a statement Sunday morning.
Jefferson’s feature directorial debut, an adaptation for Orion of Percival Everett’s 2001 novel Erasure, had its world premiere in Toronto at the Princess Alexandra Theatre on Sept. 8. MRC is the film’s studio and financier.
The American drama about U.S. racial dynamics portrays a Black academic, played by Jeffrey Wright, who grows frustrated that the only “Black books” that seem to find a wide (and white) audience are those that tread on stereotypes.
“My gratitude towards everyone who watched American Fiction [and] discussed it afterwards among friends and colleagues is endless. The film is now in your hands, and I’m so grateful that it was embraced in this way,” Jefferson said in a statement Sunday morning.
- 9/17/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“American Fiction” has won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, TIFF organizers announced at an awards brunch on Sunday.
The Orion/MGM film by first-time director Cord Jefferson is a barbed satire that stars Jeffrey Wright as a writer who, to his dismay, achieves enormous success after as a joke writing a book filled with what he feels are the worst and most pandering cliches of Black representation. In its review, TheWrap called the film “an outlandishly assured directorial debut, a beautifully modulated film that takes a great actor, Jeffrey Wright, and gives him a spectacular showcase.”
While the film did not come into the festival as one of its highest profile selections, it was an immediate sensation after its Friday night premiere at the Princess of Wales Theatre, drawing some of TIFF’s most positive reviews. It currently stands at 86% positive on Rotten Tomatoes...
The Orion/MGM film by first-time director Cord Jefferson is a barbed satire that stars Jeffrey Wright as a writer who, to his dismay, achieves enormous success after as a joke writing a book filled with what he feels are the worst and most pandering cliches of Black representation. In its review, TheWrap called the film “an outlandishly assured directorial debut, a beautifully modulated film that takes a great actor, Jeffrey Wright, and gives him a spectacular showcase.”
While the film did not come into the festival as one of its highest profile selections, it was an immediate sensation after its Friday night premiere at the Princess of Wales Theatre, drawing some of TIFF’s most positive reviews. It currently stands at 86% positive on Rotten Tomatoes...
- 9/17/2023
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The People’s Choice Award from the just-wrapped 2023 Toronto Film Festival has gone to Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction. First Runner-Up is Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers. Second Runner-Up is Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron. The Documentary Award goes to Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe, and the Midnight Madness winner is Dicks: The Musical.
Orion and MRC’s American Fiction stars Jeffrey Wright and comes from writer-director Jefferson. It is a scathing satire on the publishing industry and its treatment of serious works by Black writers, one whose name is Thelonious “Monk” Ellison. He travels back to his hometown of Boston to attend a book festival, but the turnout is low in favor of another book seminar with author Sintara Golden’s (Issa Rae) bestseller We Lives in Da Ghetto. It is scheduled to be released in theaters in November.
Voted by audience members since 1978 and...
Orion and MRC’s American Fiction stars Jeffrey Wright and comes from writer-director Jefferson. It is a scathing satire on the publishing industry and its treatment of serious works by Black writers, one whose name is Thelonious “Monk” Ellison. He travels back to his hometown of Boston to attend a book festival, but the turnout is low in favor of another book seminar with author Sintara Golden’s (Issa Rae) bestseller We Lives in Da Ghetto. It is scheduled to be released in theaters in November.
Voted by audience members since 1978 and...
- 9/17/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
’Dumb Money’, ’Woman Of The Hour’, Nickelback, ’Stop Making Sense’ among highlights.
The ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike ensured 2023 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was quieter than usual, although there was some awards season buzz, a handful of famous US actors turned up, and you-know-who forked out a lot of money in the only major deal of the festival so far.
Screen picks out the main talking points of this year’s event. TIFF runs through September 17.
Awards launchpad light on heavyweights
Venice and Telluride usually prevail in the annual scramble for world premiere bragging rights to the shiniest awards contenders and this year was no different.
The ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike ensured 2023 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was quieter than usual, although there was some awards season buzz, a handful of famous US actors turned up, and you-know-who forked out a lot of money in the only major deal of the festival so far.
Screen picks out the main talking points of this year’s event. TIFF runs through September 17.
Awards launchpad light on heavyweights
Venice and Telluride usually prevail in the annual scramble for world premiere bragging rights to the shiniest awards contenders and this year was no different.
- 9/16/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
’Dumb Money’, ’Woman Of The Hour’, Nickelback, ’Stop Making Sense’ among highlights.
The ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike ensured 2023 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was quieter than usual, although there was some awards season buzz, a handful of famous US actors turned up, and you-know-who forked out a lot of money in the only major deal of the festival so far.
Screen picks out the main talking points of this year’s event. TIFF runs through September 17.
Awards launchpad light on heavyweights
Venice and Telluride usually prevail in the annual scramble for world premiere bragging rights to the shiniest awards contenders and this year was no different.
The ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike ensured 2023 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was quieter than usual, although there was some awards season buzz, a handful of famous US actors turned up, and you-know-who forked out a lot of money in the only major deal of the festival so far.
Screen picks out the main talking points of this year’s event. TIFF runs through September 17.
Awards launchpad light on heavyweights
Venice and Telluride usually prevail in the annual scramble for world premiere bragging rights to the shiniest awards contenders and this year was no different.
- 9/16/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Producer Guneet Monga who made India proud after winning an Oscar for ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ at the 95th Academy Awards this year is back with yet another spectacular action film titled ‘Kill’ and winning audiences Internationally. Currently, at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival with her ‘Kill’ co-producers Karan Johar and Apoorva Mehta, along with lead star Lakshya, Guneet Monga revealed about ‘Kill’, her instincts as a producer, collaborating with Karan Johar and more.
Talking about her collaboration with Dharma Productions & Karan Johar, and how they teamed up for ‘Lunchbox’ and in 2023 they reunited once again for ‘Kill’, Guneet Monga said, “This happened a decade ago during ‘Lunchbox’ when Dharma came on and wanted to present ‘Lunchbox’, it was amazing because I tried to sell lunchbox before it premiered at Cannes, but there was no buyer for it and then at Cannes, Karan was with ‘Bombay Talkies’, the four films marking...
Talking about her collaboration with Dharma Productions & Karan Johar, and how they teamed up for ‘Lunchbox’ and in 2023 they reunited once again for ‘Kill’, Guneet Monga said, “This happened a decade ago during ‘Lunchbox’ when Dharma came on and wanted to present ‘Lunchbox’, it was amazing because I tried to sell lunchbox before it premiered at Cannes, but there was no buyer for it and then at Cannes, Karan was with ‘Bombay Talkies’, the four films marking...
- 9/14/2023
- by Editorial Desk
- GlamSham
Producer Guneet Monga who made India proud after winning an Oscar for ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ at the 95th Academy Awards this year is back with yet another spectacular action film titled ‘Kill’ and winning audiences Internationally. Currently, at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival with her ‘Kill’ co-producers Karan Johar and Apoorva Mehta, along with lead star Lakshya, Guneet Monga revealed about ‘Kill’, her instincts as a producer, collaborating with Karan Johar and more.
Talking about her collaboration with Dharma Productions & Karan Johar, and how they teamed up for ‘Lunchbox’ and in 2023 they reunited once again for ‘Kill’, Guneet Monga said, “This happened a decade ago during ‘Lunchbox’ when Dharma came on and wanted to present ‘Lunchbox’, it was amazing because I tried to sell lunchbox before it premiered at Cannes, but there was no buyer for it and then at Cannes, Karan was with ‘Bombay Talkies’, the four films marking...
Talking about her collaboration with Dharma Productions & Karan Johar, and how they teamed up for ‘Lunchbox’ and in 2023 they reunited once again for ‘Kill’, Guneet Monga said, “This happened a decade ago during ‘Lunchbox’ when Dharma came on and wanted to present ‘Lunchbox’, it was amazing because I tried to sell lunchbox before it premiered at Cannes, but there was no buyer for it and then at Cannes, Karan was with ‘Bombay Talkies’, the four films marking...
- 9/14/2023
- by Editorial Desk
The 2023 Toronto International Film Festival is underway. While this is one of the festivals where a lot of awards season contenders start getting buzz as we head into the fall and winter months, it's also a place where hidden horror gems can sneak up on you as we head into Halloween. Like many film festivals, TIFF has its own genre programming block called Midnight Madness where horror, thrillers, and the wilder side of filmmaking can be experienced. This year, a handful of titles have been getting some decent buzz, ranging from "Stranger Things" star Finn Wolfhard making his directorial debut with the slasher comedy "Hell of a Summer" to "Dream Scenario" putting Nicolas Cage into everyone's dreams and plenty in between.
Let's take a closer look at some of the horror titles drumming up noise at TIFF 2023.
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Hell Of A Summer
Director: Finn...
Let's take a closer look at some of the horror titles drumming up noise at TIFF 2023.
Read more: The 95 Best Horror Movies Ever
Hell Of A Summer
Director: Finn...
- 9/13/2023
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
Amrit (Lakshya) admits near the beginning of Nikhil Nagesh Bhat’s no-holds-barred action extravaganza Kill that the only reason Fani (Raghav Juyal) and his extended family of dacoit train robbers are still alive is because they aren’t on a battlefield. Had he and his Commando Captain partner Viresh met them in combat, they probably wouldn’t have even seen them coming. So be glad for a few broken bones and lacerations. Things could be so much worse. I just never quite imagined how much worse.
Because a switch gets flipped around the midway point. What starts as Amrit desperately trying to protect Tulika (Tanya Maniktala), the woman he loves, and her powerful family soon becomes a gorefest devoid of prisoners. It’s not even like Fani and his gang were intentionally targeting them, either; they were simply looking for an easy score lasting the thirty minutes between train stops...
Because a switch gets flipped around the midway point. What starts as Amrit desperately trying to protect Tulika (Tanya Maniktala), the woman he loves, and her powerful family soon becomes a gorefest devoid of prisoners. It’s not even like Fani and his gang were intentionally targeting them, either; they were simply looking for an easy score lasting the thirty minutes between train stops...
- 9/10/2023
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
A24 after a raucous Midnight Madness premiere of Dicks the Musical brought the funny again tonight with the world premiere of Kristopher Borgli’s Dream Scenario, another ode and self satire of Oscar winner Nicolas Cage if there ever was one.
Cage said onstage tonight that Dream Scenario was one of a few projects in his career, that after reading it and seeing it “perfect on the page,” he had to play it; the other titles being Raising Arizona, Vampire’s Kiss, and Leaving Las Vegas. The pic follows Paul Matthews, a humdrum professor, who starts appearing in other people’s dreams, both sexually and brutally. Matthews becomes something of a social media sensation, err meme, and that was something that Cage could relate to.
Nicolas Cage on Memeification and what drew him to ‘Dream Scenario’ #TIFF23 pic.twitter.com/cIGqgeygeh
— Deadline Hollywood (@Deadline) September 9, 2023
“Well, in the name of Thespis,...
Cage said onstage tonight that Dream Scenario was one of a few projects in his career, that after reading it and seeing it “perfect on the page,” he had to play it; the other titles being Raising Arizona, Vampire’s Kiss, and Leaving Las Vegas. The pic follows Paul Matthews, a humdrum professor, who starts appearing in other people’s dreams, both sexually and brutally. Matthews becomes something of a social media sensation, err meme, and that was something that Cage could relate to.
Nicolas Cage on Memeification and what drew him to ‘Dream Scenario’ #TIFF23 pic.twitter.com/cIGqgeygeh
— Deadline Hollywood (@Deadline) September 9, 2023
“Well, in the name of Thespis,...
- 9/10/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Natalie Sitek
- Deadline Film + TV
There are a lot of words you could use to describe Dicks: The Musical, A24's first foray into the musical form. Freaky. Disgusting. Toe-tapping. Queer. Outrageous. Ingenius. Incomprehensible. Queer. Bizarre. Did I mention queer? Because yes, it is, and delightfully committed to staying true to its off-broadway, grotesque, ridiculous, fringe roots while taking full advantage of the budget afforded to go as far as allowed, and even more than a few steps further. The opening film of the Midnight Madness section, the delightfully monstrous film, brainchild of writers and performers Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp, delights in its perversion that leaves few stones unturned in throwing its in audience into its madness. Directed by Larry Charles, and starring Jackson, Sharp, Megan Mullally,...
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- 9/9/2023
- Screen Anarchy
It is no secret that film festivals have had to rely on directors to provide the star power fueling their big premieres during the strikes, but opening night of the Toronto International Film Festival mostly failed to deliver even that.
The first audience for Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy and the Heron,” the festival’s official opening title, only got an introduction from Studio Ghibli VP Junichi Nishioka. Meanwhile the audience at the later screening got an extra speech from surprise guest Guillermo del Toro.
The big special presentation of the night, actress Kristin Scott Thomas’ directorial debut “North Star,” is an acquisition title, so one would think the cast would be in the clear to promote the film starring Scarlett Johanssen, Sienna Miller, Emily Beecham, and Thomas herself, but instead producer Finola Dwyer flew solo to introduce the movie, saying “Kristin, Scarlett, Sienna, and Emily would have loved to...
The first audience for Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy and the Heron,” the festival’s official opening title, only got an introduction from Studio Ghibli VP Junichi Nishioka. Meanwhile the audience at the later screening got an extra speech from surprise guest Guillermo del Toro.
The big special presentation of the night, actress Kristin Scott Thomas’ directorial debut “North Star,” is an acquisition title, so one would think the cast would be in the clear to promote the film starring Scarlett Johanssen, Sienna Miller, Emily Beecham, and Thomas herself, but instead producer Finola Dwyer flew solo to introduce the movie, saying “Kristin, Scarlett, Sienna, and Emily would have loved to...
- 9/8/2023
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
“Show us your Dicks!”
Roughly 90 minutes after someone in the audience yelled that request out, the people sitting in the Royal Alexandra Theatre would find themselves being showered with makeshift confetti, led in a gospel sing-along by folks in church-choir robes, and batting around beach balls and, naturally, inflatable penises. Everyone who came to the Toronto International Film Festival’s opening night premiere in the “Midnight Madness” section knew what they were getting into, or at the very least thought they did. The sold-out crowd wanted show tunes, sex scenes,...
Roughly 90 minutes after someone in the audience yelled that request out, the people sitting in the Royal Alexandra Theatre would find themselves being showered with makeshift confetti, led in a gospel sing-along by folks in church-choir robes, and batting around beach balls and, naturally, inflatable penises. Everyone who came to the Toronto International Film Festival’s opening night premiere in the “Midnight Madness” section knew what they were getting into, or at the very least thought they did. The sold-out crowd wanted show tunes, sex scenes,...
- 9/8/2023
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
A24’s Dicks — The Musical got the 2023 Toronto Film Festival’s Midnight Madness section off to a raucous, rollicking start as the world premiere of Larry Charles’ campy comedy brought the house down.
The TIFF Midnight Madness crowd came ready to party and the mood was set early, with a swinging, softshoe number by Midnight Madness programmer Peter Kuplowsky, who danced on stage belting out a musical tribute to the festival’s beloved cult-film sidebar. “I’ll be your host for the next 10 midnights, this is only the beginning!” said Kuplowsky. “We have so many outrageous movies for you!”
Dicks — The Musical, Charles’ adaptation of the off-Broadway musical Fucking Identical Twins by Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson, was the perfect film to kick off the section, said Kuplowsky, because it is a film “where love is love and dicks are dicks!”
Sharp and Jackson reprise their roles in the film version,...
The TIFF Midnight Madness crowd came ready to party and the mood was set early, with a swinging, softshoe number by Midnight Madness programmer Peter Kuplowsky, who danced on stage belting out a musical tribute to the festival’s beloved cult-film sidebar. “I’ll be your host for the next 10 midnights, this is only the beginning!” said Kuplowsky. “We have so many outrageous movies for you!”
Dicks — The Musical, Charles’ adaptation of the off-Broadway musical Fucking Identical Twins by Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson, was the perfect film to kick off the section, said Kuplowsky, because it is a film “where love is love and dicks are dicks!”
Sharp and Jackson reprise their roles in the film version,...
- 9/8/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Screen has first-look image of Roberts.
Jackrabbit Media has acquired worldwide rights to the Eric Roberts western thriller 5 Outlaws and commenced sales in Toronto this week.
Mark Padilla, Jackrabbit’s president of worldwide sales and acquisitions, is showing exclusive first footage to buyers on the story from first-time directors Joey Palmroos and Austen Paul.
5 Outlaws centres on the titular bandits who awaken to find their hard-earned bag of loot from a train heist is mysteriously empty. Each cowboy becomes the focus of a high-stakes interrogation as the group attempts to unmask the thief among them.
With no witnesses and only...
Jackrabbit Media has acquired worldwide rights to the Eric Roberts western thriller 5 Outlaws and commenced sales in Toronto this week.
Mark Padilla, Jackrabbit’s president of worldwide sales and acquisitions, is showing exclusive first footage to buyers on the story from first-time directors Joey Palmroos and Austen Paul.
5 Outlaws centres on the titular bandits who awaken to find their hard-earned bag of loot from a train heist is mysteriously empty. Each cowboy becomes the focus of a high-stakes interrogation as the group attempts to unmask the thief among them.
With no witnesses and only...
- 9/8/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg among the producers.
Bradley Cooper’s Maestro at Netflix has been named as the closing night selection of AFI Fest on October 29.
The film just received its world premiere in Venice where it earned strong reviews, bolstering its Oscar credentials as Hollywood heads into awards season.
Cooper directed the feature and stars as the celebrated conductor, composer, and musician Leonard Bernstein opposite Carey Mulligan as his wife Felicia Montealegre Cohn.
Cooper co-wrote the screenplay with Josh Singer (Spotlight) and the producers are Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Cooper, Fred Berner, Amy Durning, and Kristie Macosko Krieger.
As previously announced,...
Bradley Cooper’s Maestro at Netflix has been named as the closing night selection of AFI Fest on October 29.
The film just received its world premiere in Venice where it earned strong reviews, bolstering its Oscar credentials as Hollywood heads into awards season.
Cooper directed the feature and stars as the celebrated conductor, composer, and musician Leonard Bernstein opposite Carey Mulligan as his wife Felicia Montealegre Cohn.
Cooper co-wrote the screenplay with Josh Singer (Spotlight) and the producers are Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Cooper, Fred Berner, Amy Durning, and Kristie Macosko Krieger.
As previously announced,...
- 9/7/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
As you read this, new titles from filmmakers of Tunisian, Moroccan and Franco-Palestinian-Algerian heritage are making their mark at the Venice Film Festival, while Toronto Film Festival will premiere a trio of first features from Saudi Arabia, along with discoveries from the UAE and Palestine, plus a handful of Arab titles screened at Cannes and Venice. Those in the know say that the annual number of Arab films produced has increased along with the emergence of new filmmakers, and that fall festivals such as El Gouna, Marrakech, Cairo and Red Sea will be chockablock with fresh regional titles.
Last year, Venice boasted a remarkably large crop of Arab-language features, but a strong Cannes 2023 selection of Arabic cinema that claimed kudos in various sections of the French fest left the Biennale with a picked over selection. Nevertheless, Venice can claim credit for nurturing this year’s Cannes Critics’ Week prize-winner “Inshallah a Boy...
Last year, Venice boasted a remarkably large crop of Arab-language features, but a strong Cannes 2023 selection of Arabic cinema that claimed kudos in various sections of the French fest left the Biennale with a picked over selection. Nevertheless, Venice can claim credit for nurturing this year’s Cannes Critics’ Week prize-winner “Inshallah a Boy...
- 9/4/2023
- by Alissa Simon
- Variety Film + TV
Steven Spielberg is a hot-take name to take jabs at within the movie industry, but Gummo director Harmony Korine has taken that route, saying that the maverick filmmaker’s movies pale visually to modern video games.
In a new profile by GQ, Harmony Korine cited his recent work with Edglrd – a collective that includes video game designers, AI specialists, Korine himself, and more – as a reason for his perspective. “It’s almost gone 360. You could look at the Call of Duty trailer now, and it looks better than anything that Spielberg’s ever done.” Of note, four films by Spielberg have won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, showing that the man has always had the pulse of technological advances at the forefront: Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Jurassic Park. Wait, the most recent one was 30 years ago?...
In a new profile by GQ, Harmony Korine cited his recent work with Edglrd – a collective that includes video game designers, AI specialists, Korine himself, and more – as a reason for his perspective. “It’s almost gone 360. You could look at the Call of Duty trailer now, and it looks better than anything that Spielberg’s ever done.” Of note, four films by Spielberg have won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, showing that the man has always had the pulse of technological advances at the forefront: Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Jurassic Park. Wait, the most recent one was 30 years ago?...
- 8/25/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
The Toronto International Film Festival has today announced that its upcoming 2023 edition will conclude with the world premiere of Thom Zimny’s Sylvester Stallone documentary “Sly,” which will serve as the Closing Night Gala for the 48th edition of the festival. Billed by TIFF as “a vivid exploration of an illustrious life woven through the silver screen,” the film will have its world premiere on Saturday, September 16, at Roy Thomson Hall.
“Stallone’s story is one of perseverance, triumph, and his indelible mark left on the world of film, and we couldn’t be more honored to share it with our audiences as our Closing Night film,” said Cameron Bailey, TIFF CEO, in an official statement. “Celebrating the legacy of a true icon, ‘Sly’ takes audiences on an intimate journey through the life of Stallone, a cultural touchstone whose impact on cinema spans nearly half a century. ‘Sly’ offers an...
“Stallone’s story is one of perseverance, triumph, and his indelible mark left on the world of film, and we couldn’t be more honored to share it with our audiences as our Closing Night film,” said Cameron Bailey, TIFF CEO, in an official statement. “Celebrating the legacy of a true icon, ‘Sly’ takes audiences on an intimate journey through the life of Stallone, a cultural touchstone whose impact on cinema spans nearly half a century. ‘Sly’ offers an...
- 8/8/2023
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Yellow Veil Pictures and Vinegar Syndrome announced have co-acquired North American rights for “Riddle of Fire,” the feature debut of writer and director Weston Razooli. The movie follows three mischievous children as they embark on an odyssey when their mother asks them to run an errand.
The film was also an official selection at this year’s Cannes Directors’ Fortnight and will screen on the closing night of the Toronto Film Festival’s Midnight Madness section. It stars Lio Tipton, Charles Halford, Charlie Stover, Skyler Peters, Phoebe Ferro, and Lorelei Olivia Mote. The film is produced by David Atrakchi, Sohrab Mirmont, Razooli and Tipton. Executive producers are Marlow Griffin Lyddon, Brendon Griffin Lyddon, David Wiener, Kate Wiener, Jay Van Hoy, Sophie Meister, and Donna Gruneich. Mister Smith Entertainment is handling worldwide sales.
This is the first time that the two distributors have partnered. Yellow Veil and Vinegar Syndrome are planning...
The film was also an official selection at this year’s Cannes Directors’ Fortnight and will screen on the closing night of the Toronto Film Festival’s Midnight Madness section. It stars Lio Tipton, Charles Halford, Charlie Stover, Skyler Peters, Phoebe Ferro, and Lorelei Olivia Mote. The film is produced by David Atrakchi, Sohrab Mirmont, Razooli and Tipton. Executive producers are Marlow Griffin Lyddon, Brendon Griffin Lyddon, David Wiener, Kate Wiener, Jay Van Hoy, Sophie Meister, and Donna Gruneich. Mister Smith Entertainment is handling worldwide sales.
This is the first time that the two distributors have partnered. Yellow Veil and Vinegar Syndrome are planning...
- 8/7/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
The trailer for the Nsfw movie “Dicks: The Musical” is here.
Megan Thee Stallion makes her film debut in the upcoming flick, with the all-star ensemble also featuring Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, Bowen Yang, as well as introducing Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp.
The musical — from the producers of “The Greatest Showman” — will be making it’s world premiere as the opening night film of Midnight Madness at the Toronto International Film Festival.
It’s not your average release, with Megan Thee Stallion rapping for people to “get in line, drop on your knees and suck my f**king d**k” in a track in the teaser.
“Dicks: The Musical”. Credit: A24
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A synopsis reads, “Two self-obsessed businessmen (writers Aaron Jackson & Josh Sharp) discover they’re long-lost identical twins and come together to...
Megan Thee Stallion makes her film debut in the upcoming flick, with the all-star ensemble also featuring Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, Bowen Yang, as well as introducing Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp.
The musical — from the producers of “The Greatest Showman” — will be making it’s world premiere as the opening night film of Midnight Madness at the Toronto International Film Festival.
It’s not your average release, with Megan Thee Stallion rapping for people to “get in line, drop on your knees and suck my f**king d**k” in a track in the teaser.
“Dicks: The Musical”. Credit: A24
Read More: Megan Thee Stallion Attends Wedding With Soccer Player Romelu Lukaku, Sparking Pardi Fontaine Breakup Rumours
A synopsis reads, “Two self-obsessed businessmen (writers Aaron Jackson & Josh Sharp) discover they’re long-lost identical twins and come together to...
- 8/3/2023
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
Pedro Almodóvar and Spike Lee will be feted at TIFF 2023.
Both auteurs were announced as the first Tribute Award recipients for this year’s festival, with the fifth annual fundraising gala taking place Sunday, September 10. TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey confirmed that Almodóvar will receive the Jeff Skoll Award in Impact Media presented by Participant, and Spike Lee will receive the TIFF Ebert Director Award.
The Tribute Awards are presented by Bulgari, with the celebration hosted by the Fairmont Royal York Hotel.
The Jeff Skoll Award in Impact Media recognizes leadership in creating a union between social impact and cinema, with Buffy Sainte-Marie, Alanis Obomsawin, and Mira Nair previously earning the award.
“It’s a true thrill to acknowledge Pedro Almodóvar as the distinguished recipient of the Jeff Skoll Impact Media Award for 2023,” Bailey said. “Pedro has been coming to TIFF for years and each time is better than the time before.
Both auteurs were announced as the first Tribute Award recipients for this year’s festival, with the fifth annual fundraising gala taking place Sunday, September 10. TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey confirmed that Almodóvar will receive the Jeff Skoll Award in Impact Media presented by Participant, and Spike Lee will receive the TIFF Ebert Director Award.
The Tribute Awards are presented by Bulgari, with the celebration hosted by the Fairmont Royal York Hotel.
The Jeff Skoll Award in Impact Media recognizes leadership in creating a union between social impact and cinema, with Buffy Sainte-Marie, Alanis Obomsawin, and Mira Nair previously earning the award.
“It’s a true thrill to acknowledge Pedro Almodóvar as the distinguished recipient of the Jeff Skoll Impact Media Award for 2023,” Bailey said. “Pedro has been coming to TIFF for years and each time is better than the time before.
- 8/3/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Toronto — The Toronto International Film Festival® is thrilled to announce the 2023 selections for the Discovery and Midnight Madness programmes. The infamous Midnight Madness lineup features 10 titles, 7 of which are World Premieres. The Discovery lineup, which primarily boasts World and International Premieres, includes 26 titles. Notably, 13 female filmmakers representing 50% of the total programme are featured in this year’s Discovery programme.
Midnight Madness and Discovery provide a cornucopia of original and unexpected work. Midnight Madness is a fan favourite, iconoclastic programme highlighting the weird and the wicked, while the Discovery programme offers a window to contemporary international cinema and introduces the public to first and second feature films from gifted new filmmakers.
“We’re excited to be showcasing new voices, audacious vision, and genre-bending cinema,” said Anita Lee, TIFF Chief Programming Officer. “TIFF’s Discovery and Midnight Madness programmes for 2023 will once again prove to be the ultimate destination for tastemakers and experience seekers.
Midnight Madness and Discovery provide a cornucopia of original and unexpected work. Midnight Madness is a fan favourite, iconoclastic programme highlighting the weird and the wicked, while the Discovery programme offers a window to contemporary international cinema and introduces the public to first and second feature films from gifted new filmmakers.
“We’re excited to be showcasing new voices, audacious vision, and genre-bending cinema,” said Anita Lee, TIFF Chief Programming Officer. “TIFF’s Discovery and Midnight Madness programmes for 2023 will once again prove to be the ultimate destination for tastemakers and experience seekers.
- 8/3/2023
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
You've seen A24 films about somewhat literal man-eating aliens ("Under the Skin"), people being turned into walruses ("Tusk"), farting corpses ("Swiss Army Man"), talking shells ("Marcel the Shell with Shoes On"), and the multiverse ("Everything Everywhere All at Once"). Now, the studio is trying its hand at a musical for the first time with "Dicks: The Musical," a film that, contrary to my expectations the first time I saw that title, is not about singing penises. I mean, A24 only just made a film featuring a giant penis monster, so it wasn't out of the question.
Backing up -- "Dicks: The Musical" comes from relative newcomers Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp, who both wrote the film -- which is based on their original two-person stage musical "F***ing Identical Twins" -- and star as a pair of obnoxious business bros who find out they're literal twins and conspire to get their divorced parents back together.
Backing up -- "Dicks: The Musical" comes from relative newcomers Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp, who both wrote the film -- which is based on their original two-person stage musical "F***ing Identical Twins" -- and star as a pair of obnoxious business bros who find out they're literal twins and conspire to get their divorced parents back together.
- 8/3/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Just announced as the world-premiering opening night title of TIFF’s Midnight Madness program, a trailer arrives for Borat director Larry Charles’s latest film Dicks: The Musical. The first musical to be distributed by A24, the film was written by Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp, based on their stage play Fucking Identical Twins: The Musical. Jackson and Sharp also star in the film, supported by Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, Megan Thee Stallion and Bowen Yang. A brief synopsis reads: Two self-obsessed businessmen (Jackson and Sharp) discover they’re long-lost identical twins and come together to plot the reunion of their eccentric divorced […]
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- 8/3/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Just announced as the world-premiering opening night title of TIFF’s Midnight Madness program, a trailer arrives for Borat director Larry Charles’s latest film Dicks: The Musical. The first musical to be distributed by A24, the film was written by Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp, based on their stage play Fucking Identical Twins: The Musical. Jackson and Sharp also star in the film, supported by Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, Megan Thee Stallion and Bowen Yang. A brief synopsis reads: Two self-obsessed businessmen (Jackson and Sharp) discover they’re long-lost identical twins and come together to plot the reunion of their eccentric divorced […]
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- 8/3/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
A bit of Cannes (Weston Razooli‘s Riddle of Fire and Jason Yu‘s Sleep), one significant title heading over to Venice in Harmony Korine‘s Aggro DR1FT plus the world premieres to the long-awaited A24 Larry Charles‘ film in the newly titled Dicks: The Musical and a title we though was heading to next year’s Sundance in Hell of a Summer – the debut by actor Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk are among the ten titles selected for the Midnight Madness programme. Here is the 10-film line-up:
Aggro DR1FT Harmony Korine | USA (North American Premiere)
Boy Kills World Moritz Mohr | Germany/South Africa/USA
Dicks: The Musical Larry Charles | USA – Opening Film
Hell of a Summer Finn Wolfhard, Billy Bryk | USA/Canada
Kill Nikhil Nagesh Bhat | India
Naga Meshal Aljaser | Saudi Arabia – World Premiere
Riddle of Fire Weston Razooli | USA (North American Premiere) – Closing Film
Sleep Jason Yu | South...
Aggro DR1FT Harmony Korine | USA (North American Premiere)
Boy Kills World Moritz Mohr | Germany/South Africa/USA
Dicks: The Musical Larry Charles | USA – Opening Film
Hell of a Summer Finn Wolfhard, Billy Bryk | USA/Canada
Kill Nikhil Nagesh Bhat | India
Naga Meshal Aljaser | Saudi Arabia – World Premiere
Riddle of Fire Weston Razooli | USA (North American Premiere) – Closing Film
Sleep Jason Yu | South...
- 8/3/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Fresh off being announced as TIFF’s opening night Midnight Madness movie comes the premiere of the trailer for Dicks: The Musical. Being billed as A24’s first movie musical, the movie stars Aaron Jackson & Josh Sharp, along with Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, Megan Thee Stallion and SNL’s Bowen Yang as God himself. Originally titled F*cking Identical Twins, the film seems to be a subversive, very R-rated twist on The Parent Trap.
Here’s the official synopsis:
Two self-obsessed businessmen (writers Aaron Jackson & Josh Sharp) discover they’re long-lost identical twins and come together to plot the reunion of their eccentric divorced parents in this riotously funny and depraved musical from comedy icon Larry Charles also starring Megan Thee Stallion, Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, and Bowen Yang as God.
Jackson and Sharp also wrote Dicks: The Musical, which is directed by Larry Charles, director of Borat, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm and much more.
Here’s the official synopsis:
Two self-obsessed businessmen (writers Aaron Jackson & Josh Sharp) discover they’re long-lost identical twins and come together to plot the reunion of their eccentric divorced parents in this riotously funny and depraved musical from comedy icon Larry Charles also starring Megan Thee Stallion, Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, and Bowen Yang as God.
Jackson and Sharp also wrote Dicks: The Musical, which is directed by Larry Charles, director of Borat, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm and much more.
- 8/3/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
"Life's a handjob, and I only play to win!" A24 has revealed the first ludicrous trailer for the crazy, wacky, weird, glorious new comedy special called Dicks: The Musical, directed by the iconic comedy filmmaker Larry Charles. This was just announced as a premiere at the upcoming 2023 Toronto Film Festival playing in Midnight Madness. A pair of business rivals discover that they're identical twins and decide to swap places in an attempt to trick their divorced parents to get back together. It was once known as F***ing Identical Twins before they changed the title to this. The musical comedy stars Megan Mullally, Megan Thee Stallion, Bowen Yang, and Nathan Lane - and introducing Aaron Jackson & Josh Sharp, who co-star and co-wrote the script. The looks totally bonkers! Sewer boys? Wtf? And then there's Megan Thee Stallion as a lady boss dropping her own new songs. This is either going...
- 8/3/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Get ready for musical comedy earworms that aren’t safe for work. “Dicks: The Musical,” indie distributor A24’s first-ever musical comedy, is coming to theaters Sept. 29 — and its first trailer previews hilariously absurd performances from Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, Bowen Yang, Megan Thee Stallion and creative duo Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp, who also wrote the script and book.
Larry Charles of “Seinfeld” and “Borat” fame directs.
As announced Thursday, “Dicks” — renamed from original title “F***ing Identical Twins” — will make its World Premiere as the opening night film of Midnight Madness at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The official synopsis of the release reads: “Two self-obsessed businessmen (writers Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp) discover they’re long-lost identical twins and come together to plot the reunion of their eccentric divorced parents, in this riotously funny and depraved musical from comedy icon Larry Charles also starring Megan Thee Stallion, Nathan Lane,...
Larry Charles of “Seinfeld” and “Borat” fame directs.
As announced Thursday, “Dicks” — renamed from original title “F***ing Identical Twins” — will make its World Premiere as the opening night film of Midnight Madness at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The official synopsis of the release reads: “Two self-obsessed businessmen (writers Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp) discover they’re long-lost identical twins and come together to plot the reunion of their eccentric divorced parents, in this riotously funny and depraved musical from comedy icon Larry Charles also starring Megan Thee Stallion, Nathan Lane,...
- 8/3/2023
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
TIFF announces the lineups for its 2023 Midnight Madness and Discovery programs today, following documentary, Platform, as well as gala and special presentation titles. 10 films make up the Midnight Madness roster this year, featuring seven world premieres. Larry Charles’s Dicks: The Musical will serve as the opening night film, while Weston Razooli’s Riddle of Fire, which we covered out of Cannes, will close out the program. This year’s Discovery slate is comprised of 26 films, 23 of which are world premieres, across 25 different countries. The opening night Discovery title will be actress Patricia Arquette’s directorial debut Gonzo Girl. […]
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- 8/3/2023
- by Natalia Keogan
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
TIFF announces the lineups for its 2023 Midnight Madness and Discovery programs today, following documentary, Platform, as well as gala and special presentation titles. 10 films make up the Midnight Madness roster this year, featuring seven world premieres. Larry Charles’s Dicks: The Musical will serve as the opening night film, while Weston Razooli’s Riddle of Fire, which we covered out of Cannes, will close out the program. This year’s Discovery slate is comprised of 26 films, 23 of which are world premieres, across 25 different countries. The opening night Discovery title will be actress Patricia Arquette’s directorial debut Gonzo Girl. […]
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- 8/3/2023
- by Natalia Keogan
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
This year’s edition of the Toronto International Film Festival is set to take place from September 7th through the 17th, and yesterday they invited film fans to guess which ten movies they’ll be screening in their Midnight Madness lineup this year. The hints were the titles of ten movies that could be compared to the films in the lineup in some way. They were Trey Parker’s Orgazmo, Geoff Murphy’s Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, Jimmy Wang Yu’s Fantasy Mission Force, Charles Martin Smith’s Trick or Treat, Stan Brakhage’s Dog Star Man, Martin Scorsese’s After Hours, Lucio Fulci’s City of the Living Dead, Paul Schrader’s Blue Collar, Ingmar Bergman’s Hour of the Wolf, and Theodore J. Flicker’s Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang. Now TIFF has announced the full lineup for both their Midnight Madness and Discovery programmes, and...
- 8/3/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
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