PARIS– L.A.-based distributor Strand Releasing has acquired U.S. rights to “May Allah Bless France,” the directorial debut of hip hop musician Abd Al Malik. Sold by Films Distribution, the…
Pour the tea and toast the crumpets — the Toronto International Film Festival is devoting this year’s City to City program to London, England, festival director and CEO Piers Handling announced…
The sly deadpan humor that audiences have come to expect from Bent Hamer is comparatively absent from "1001 Grams."
Paramount has released the first trailer for Chris Rock’s “Top Five,” emphasizing the question of whether a successful comedian can stay funny. The studio acquired the comedy at the Toronto Film…
Variety caught up with Alain Goldman ("Casino," "La Vie en Rose") and Cedric Jimenez ("Aux yeux de tous"), the producer and director of "The Connection" which is having its Gala premiere today at…
The Toronto International Film Festival has received a donation of two million Canadian dollars from The Gerald Schwartz and Heather Reisman Foundation to support its year-round charitable efforts…
ESPN Films and Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight stats-based journalism blog this fall will roll out a pair of documentary-short series keying off the analytical approach cultivated by FiveThirtyEight…
Joshua Oppenheimer's doc "The Look of Silence" unspools in Toronto Sept. 9 — the first of three screenings here — with a suitcase full of fresh Venice booty, including the prestigious Grand Jury…
The annual HFPA and InStyle Toronto Film Festival bash moved a couple days earlier on the party grid this year. Its Saturday slot ensured the reliably elegant event was a destination for a…
Writer-director Damien Chazelle's own experiences in a hyper-competitive high school jazz band helped to inspire "Whiplash," his darkly comic portrait of an obsessive 19-year-old drummer (Miles…
