Skip to content

Film News

Hot Docs film festival under financial pressure, organization president says

TORONTO — Canada's largest documentary film festival says it faces financial pressures that have put its future in jeopardy.
Halifax's Ben Proudfoot credits storytelling roots for third Oscar nom in four years

Halifax's Ben Proudfoot credits storytelling roots for third Oscar nom in four years

Halifax-born filmmaker Ben Proudfoot says he wouldn’t be heading to the Oscars with his third nomination in four years if it weren’t for the conversations he had in the place he grew up.
Place your bets on the Oscars: Provinces taking wagers on 2024 Academy Awards

Place your bets on the Oscars: Provinces taking wagers on 2024 Academy Awards

With Tinseltown set to hand out the Academy Awards on Sunday, the question for some in Alberta is whether to take the long-shot bet on "Barbie" or put the smart money down on "Oppenheimer.
Movie Review: John Cena gets the laughs in middling comedy ‘Ricky Stanicky’

Movie Review: John Cena gets the laughs in middling comedy ‘Ricky Stanicky’

Your tolerance for the new Peter Farrelly comedy “ Ricky Stanicky ” may come down to whether or not you think the idea of accidentally miming a certain sex act is funny. The concept is of little consequence to the plot.
Movie Review: 'Love Lies Bleeding' is peak Kristen Stewart

Movie Review: 'Love Lies Bleeding' is peak Kristen Stewart

Muscles ripple, veins pop and electronic music throbs in “Love Lies Bleeding,” a heaving, hyper-sexy neo-noir drenched in sweat, blood and bug guts.
'Little Bird' creator, 'BlackBerry' director on topping Canadian Screen Award noms

'Little Bird' creator, 'BlackBerry' director on topping Canadian Screen Award noms

Even after 35 years in the business, Toronto showrunner and actress Jennifer Podemski says she was "totally beside herself" to see her series "Little Bird" lead the Canadian Screen Awards nominations.
Movie Review: 'Kung Fu Panda 4' is a sweet, fun and well executed passing of the torch

Movie Review: 'Kung Fu Panda 4' is a sweet, fun and well executed passing of the torch

“Kung Fu Panda 4” finds our trusty, rotund hero Po at a career crossroads and he's nervous. "Change doesn’t have to be a bad thing,” he is told.
After a decade in limbo, Zac Efron and John Cena's buddy comedy 'Ricky Stanicky' hits streaming

After a decade in limbo, Zac Efron and John Cena's buddy comedy 'Ricky Stanicky' hits streaming

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When director Peter Farrelly set out to make what became the genre-defining rom-com “There’s Something About Mary” more than 25 years ago with his brother, Bobby, he knew it might take some convincing for a studio to open the purse
Q&A: Julio Torres and Tilda Swinton on their surreal New York saga ‘Problemista’

Q&A: Julio Torres and Tilda Swinton on their surreal New York saga ‘Problemista’

Julio Torres mined his own life and experiences to make his feature directorial debut “ Problemista ,” in which he plays an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador caught in the nightmarish Catch-22 of the U.S. immigration system.
Montreal's Vincent René-Lortie almost quit filmmaking. Now he's going to the Oscars

Montreal's Vincent René-Lortie almost quit filmmaking. Now he's going to the Oscars

Before receiving an Oscar nod for his debut narrative short film, Vincent René-Lortie was ready to quit filmmaking. “It was a hard time for me.
push icon
Be the first to read breaking stories. Enable push notifications on your device. Disable anytime.
No thanks