#TIFF According To: Black Bear’s Michael Heimler

#TIFF According To: Black Bear’s Michael Heimler

Black Bear partner Michael Heimler, the indie outfit’s head of production and operations, has a busy fall festival circuit, having executive-produced Netflix awards play Nyad, Sony’s Dumb Money, and sales title Sing Sing. Ahead of those premieres, Heimler shared with THR what he seeks out (sports bars for the Jets season opener) and what he…

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#‘Backspot’ Review: Devery Jacobs and Evan Rachel Wood in a Perceptive Queer Cheerleading Drama

#‘Backspot’ Review: Devery Jacobs and Evan Rachel Wood in a Perceptive Queer Cheerleading Drama

Cheerleading is brutal business in Backspot. A GoPro-style opening sequence captures its young female athletes at work, sprinting and flipping and pounding the floor so hard it sounds liable to shatter. Later, we get close-ups of blistered feet, bruised arms, a bloody nose plugged up with a tampon. Through director D.W. Waterson’s camera, we register…

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#Toronto: Viggo Mortensen Talks Hollywood Strikes, Directing Vicky Krieps in Feminist Western ‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’

#Toronto: Viggo Mortensen Talks Hollywood Strikes, Directing Vicky Krieps in Feminist Western ‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’

Viggo Mortensen’s second feature as a director, the Western The Dead Don’t Hurt, is dedicated to his late mother, Grace Gamble Atkinson, who poetically lives on somewhat in the film’s lead character, the fiercely independent Vivienne Le Coudy, played by Vicky Krieps. “Vivienne, she’s no wonder woman. But she’s very strong, has an inner strength,…

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#‘Gonzo Girl’ Review: Willem Dafoe and Camila Morrone Play a Writer and His Acolyte in Patricia Arquette’s Uneven Directorial Debut

#‘Gonzo Girl’ Review: Willem Dafoe and Camila Morrone Play a Writer and His Acolyte in Patricia Arquette’s Uneven Directorial Debut

Gonzo Girl, Patricia Arquette’s feature directorial debut, is not technically about Hunter S. Thompson. It is about a Hunter S. Thompson type, Walker Reade (Willem Dafoe), invented by Cheryl Della Pietra for her semi-autobiographical novel inspired by her brief stint as Thompson’s assistant. But it’s not really about Walker, either. Its heroine is Alley Russo…

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#Toronto: Five New Restaurants to Try During TIFF

#Toronto: Five New Restaurants to Try During TIFF

Toronto’s most exciting new restaurants have in common faraway cuisines getting local love. And that’s fitting for a Toronto Film Festival relying this year on glitzy international cinema talent from Europe and Asia especially to replace striking Hollywood A-listers not expected on its red carpets. Here’s a closer look at new hotspots in a city…

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#Amanda Seyfried Says She Will Not Attend ‘Seven Veils’ Premiere at Toronto Film Fest: “It Doesn’t Feel Right”

#Amanda Seyfried Says She Will Not Attend ‘Seven Veils’ Premiere at Toronto Film Fest: “It Doesn’t Feel Right”

Amanda Seyfried has revealed that she will not be attending the world premiere of her film Seven Veils at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival amid the historic dual Hollywood strikes. The actress took to Instagram on Saturday to share her appreciation for the Atom Egoyan-directed movie, writing, “I am SO PROUD of this movie…

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#What’s Premiering and What’s Missing So Far

#What’s Premiering and What’s Missing So Far

“#What’s Premiering and What’s Missing So Far” This article is part of our ongoing press coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival. From reviews to interviews to recap lists, follow along for all things TIFF 2021. Well, gang, it’s that time of year again. The smell of Tim Hortons double-doubles is in the air. The…

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