In keeping with annual tradition, The Hollywood Reporter’s executive editor (awards) Scott Feinberg and senior editor (film) Rebecca Keegan huddled at the end of this year’s Telluride Film Festival to discuss their Labor Day weekend in the Rockies. (Please note: THR will now be posting a written back-and-forth of this sort every month under the …
The 51st Telluride Film Festival officially kicked off on Friday afternoon with the world premiere of Piece by Piece, an animated documentary about the innovative singer, songwriter and record producer Pharrell Williams, as the Patron Preview screening at the Werner Herzog Theatre. And the consensus of those in attendance was that the film is a …
Hollywood and other global entertainment stars will return to this year’s Toronto Film Festival in pre-pandemic numbers and glory, says local restaurant and nightclub kingpin Charles Khabouth. “I do feel TIFF is coming back to 100 percent, if not 110 percent. Everybody’s been looking forward to this for so many years,” Khabouth told The Hollywood …
The Substance, a feminist horror pic where Demi Moore plays an aging Hollywood star who embraces a secret cloning procedure to save her career will open the Midnight Madness sidebar at the Toronto Film Festival with a North American premiere, organizers said Thursday. The Cannes award winner from director Coralie Fargeat also stars Margaret Qualley …
Following a one-day strike on July 11, the Syndicat des employé-es de l’événementiel-CSN, representing around 60 Fantasia Film Festival workers, reached a tentative deal late Friday night to avert additional labor disruption. The union revealed no details on the agreement in principle before union workers vote on the deal early next week. A formal ratification …
Sharon Stone will receive a lifetime achievement honor on the closing night of the 70th edition of the Taormina Film Festival next month. The fest will present her with the Cariddi d’oro alla carriera (Golden Cariddi for Lifetime Achievement), which has previously been awarded to the likes of Jessica Lange, Robert De Niro, Tom Cruise, …