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Everything you need to know about the 2025 Sundance Film Festival

As many in the entertainment industry navigate the devastating effects of the California wildfires, some will soon be decamping to cleaner air in the mountains. The annual Sundance Film Festival begins Thursday in Park City, Utah.

Jan 21, 2025 10:02 PM Read more >

Rogers signs three-year deal to continue on as TIFF's top sponsor

The Toronto International Film Festival says Rogers Communications has signed a three-year deal to return as its official “presenting partner” through 2027.

Jan 21, 2025 6:00 AM Read more >

'Lynch was everything to me': How the surrealist icon inspired Canadian filmmakers

TORONTO — Kyle Edward Ball was only 9 when he watched his first David Lynch movie — 2001’s mind-bending psychological thriller “Mulholland Drive” — but it left an indelible mark on him. "What struck me is his movies are like music.

Jan 20, 2025 9:36 AM Read more >

Keke Palmer comedy ‘One of Them Days’ and ‘Mufasa’ in close race for No. 1

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Keke Palmer buddy comedy “One of Them Days” opened in first place on the North American box office charts on a particularly slow Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. The R-rated Sony release earned $11.

Jan 19, 2025 10:17 AM Read more >

Canadian animator and National Film Board pioneer Robert Verrall dies at 97

Canadian animator and director Robert Verrall has died at the age of 97. The National Film Board of Canada says the Oscar-nominated filmmaker died Friday in Montreal.

Jan 17, 2025 3:36 PM Read more >

While Hollywood ignored stories of Black resistance, Cuban filmmakers celebrated Black power

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Jan 17, 2025 8:20 AM Read more >

Justin Baldoni sues Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds for $400M in new step in 'It Ends With Us' fight

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “It Ends With Us” actor and director Justin Baldoni has sued his co-star Blake Lively and her husband, “Deadpool” actor Ryan Reynolds , for defamation and extortion on Thursday in the latest move in a bitter legal battle surroundin

Jan 17, 2025 5:01 AM Read more >

Movie Review: Cameron Diaz is ‘Back in Action’ with Jamie Foxx as glam spies turned dorky parents

But, we do Wordle!! Er, OK. That’s how former secret agent Matt (Jamie Foxx) explains that he and wife Emily are now living a boring, mundane, glamour-free life and nobody would ever be looking for them.

Jan 16, 2025 7:01 PM Read more >

Six surreal picks from director David Lynch's indescribably offbeat film career

Few writer-directors are able to capture the ineffable, but David Lynch comes pretty close with a challenging and mind-expanding oeuvre.

Jan 16, 2025 4:05 PM Read more >

Justin Baldoni sues Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds in new step in 'It Ends With Us' fight

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “It Ends With Us” actor and director Justin Baldoni has sued his co-star Blake Lively and her husband, “Deadpool” actor Ryan Reynolds, for defamation on Thursday in the latest step in a bitter legal battle surrounding the dark roma

Jan 16, 2025 10:56 AM Read more >