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Movie Review: 'Cassandro,' with Gael Garcia Bernal as a liberated luchador, is a winner

Anyone who has eagerly followed Gael Garcia Bernal since his breakthrough roles in 鈥淎mores Perros鈥� and 鈥淵 tu mam谩 tambi茅n鈥� likely never foresaw him one day in the world of lucha libra wrestling.

Sep 14, 2023 4:15 AM Read more >

Movie Review: 'A Million Miles Away' charms and inspires with the tale of an unlikely astronaut

If ever there was an inspirational story about reaching for the stars, it's 鈥淎 Million Miles Away,鈥� the real-life journey of a how a boy who grew up as a migrant farmworker became a NASA astronaut.

Sep 13, 2023 12:40 PM Read more >

Richard Linklater's 'Hit Man,' with a movie-star turn by Glen Powell, is a Toronto festival hit

TORONTO (AP) 鈥� There's been no shortage of hit-man movies at film festivals this fall.

Sep 13, 2023 10:35 AM Read more >

'Invisible Beauty' offers a unique take on fashion through eyes of trailblazer Bethann Hardison

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� 鈥淚 always know, because I've lived life long enough, you can change things," Bethann Hardison said at the start of "Invisible Beauty,鈥� a new documentary focused on her more than five decades in fashion.

Sep 13, 2023 9:12 AM Read more >

'Boil Alert' doc examines most 'egregious' examples of water crisis in North America

TORONTO 鈥� When documentarian James Burns and Apache guitarist Stevie Salas set out to create a film that examined the ongoing impacts of the water crisis in Indigenous communities, the two knew they wanted the final piece to be an exploration of iden

Sep 13, 2023 7:51 AM Read more >

Filmmakers, celebs ask TIFF to cut ties with sponsor RBC over environmental concerns

TORONTO 鈥� A group of Canadian filmmakers have joined forces with Hollywood A-listers in asking the Toronto International Film Festival to end sponsorship ties with the Royal Bank of Canada because of the financial institution's funding of the oil and

Sep 12, 2023 3:33 PM Read more >

'Rustin' puts a spotlight on a undersung civil rights hero

TORONTO (AP) 鈥� Bayard Rustin, the civil rights activist and primary architect of the 1963 March on Washington , who often worked tirelessly out of the limelight, takes center stage in the new Netflix drama 鈥淩ustin.

Sep 12, 2023 2:01 PM Read more >

Movie Review: Kenneth Branagh crafts a sumptuously spooky 鈥楢 Haunting in Venice鈥�

Kenneth Branagh indulges in the kind of macabre theatricality that only a crumbling Venetian palazzo on a stormy Halloween night can provide in 鈥� A Haunting in Venice.

Sep 12, 2023 1:35 PM Read more >

A new documentary reexamines the Louis CK scandal, 6 years later

TORONTO (AP) 鈥� Louis C.K. came to the Toronto International Film Festival six years ago with the hotly anticipated 鈥淚 Love You, Daddy,鈥� just as allegations of sexual misconduct against the comedian were gaining new prominence.

Sep 12, 2023 7:03 AM Read more >

Talking Heads bring TIFF crowd to its feet with revamped film 'Stop Making Sense'

TORONTO 鈥� A boisterous world premi猫re for Talking Heads鈥� revamped classic 鈥淪top Making Sense鈥� brought a Toronto International Film Festival audience to its feet as moviegoers and the band themselves jumped up to dance, hoot and clap along to 鈥�80s hit

Sep 12, 2023 6:47 AM Read more >