Reed Van Dyk‘s first feature film “Atonement” explores the aftermath of an Iraq War tragedy. The film is inspired by the 2012 New Yorker article by Dexter Filkins. Speaking ahead of the film’s Toronto Film Festival premiere, Van Dyk recalls coming across the article many years ago. He says, “I wouldn’t have been able to
After a flurry of fall festival activity in Venice and Telluride, the curtain is coming down on another year at TIFF. Careers were boosted, dark horses gained traction and blades were sharpened. Here are our biggest takeaways. Chris Rock Atmosphere at Variety and YouTube Creator Screening Series at TIFF held at TIFF Lightbox on September
Veteran actor Anant Nag will receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India’s highest honor in cinema. Nag will receive the award at a ceremony in Kevadia, Gujarat, on Sept. 22, the Government of India announced. The award will be presented as part of the 72nd National Film Awards. The award – instituted in 1969 in memory
Judy Sheindlin, the beloved media personality and legal maven better known as Judge Judy, is retiring from onscreen work. Sheindlin has presided over court cases on TV for 30 years now, first on “Judge Judy” and currently on “Judy Justice,” which will release its series finale on Oct. 22. With her time on the bench
Two-time Grammy-winner Laufey has signed with Universal Music Group’s Interscope Records and Verve Records in an arrangement that reflects the fast-rising singer-songwriter’s combination of pop and jazz music. The move follows her six years as an independent artist, during which she’s amassed more than 7 billion combined global streams across three studio albums; been named
The second re-imagining of “Bad Lieutenant” — Abel Ferrara’s 1992 neo-noir starring Harvey Keitel — Takashi Miike’s baffling “Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo” borrows the broad strokes of the original, but tells its own Yakuza-centric story that never fully gets going. Its stop-start approach sees numerous characters and subplots introduced before existing ones can be resolved, or
