Based on Percival Everett’s novel Erasure, American Fiction centers on Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, an author and English literature professor who’s frustrated by the stereotypical representation of Black people in modern literature. He decides to write a satirical book embracing all the old tropes and clichés—only to watch it become an overnight bestseller.

In addition to Jeffrey Wright, this movie stars Tracee Ellis Ross, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Sterling K. Brown, Myra Lucretia Taylor, John Ortiz, Issa Rae, and Adam Brody. It was written and directed by Cord Jefferson, who made his feature directorial debut with this project.

People’s Choice Award is voted by the Toronto International Film Festival audience, and many of the previous winners found great success, either winning or getting nominated for best picture at the Academy Awards. The list of recent recipients includes The Fabelmans, Belfast, Nomadland, and Jojo Rabbit.

The 2023 Toronto International Film Festival took place between September 7-17, and Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers and Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron were the first and second runners-up for the People’s Choice Award this year.

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Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel All the Light We Cannot See will have its world premiere in Toronto before heading to Netflix in the fall. The same goes for Lulu Wang’s Amazon series Expats, starring Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue, and Ji-young Yo.

The Primetime program line-up will also include Alice & Jack starring Andrea Riseborough and Domhnall Gleeson, the Israeli crime drama Bad Boy, and several Canadian projects, including comedy Bria Mack Gets a Life and docu-series Black Life: Untold Stories.

Anita Lee, TIFF’s Chief Programming Officer, described this year’s Primetime program as “bigger than ever” and said it will give audiences “the exclusive and unmatched opportunity to celebrate the best new international series together, in cinema, on the big screen.”

The 2023 Toronto International Film Festival is scheduled to take place from September 7-17, with Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron making history as the first animated film to open the festival.

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Spielberg released an official statement thanking festival representatives and the audience for giving him this accolade. He said that the warm reception from everyone in Toronto made his first visit to TIFF intimate and personal to the entire Fabelman family.

The Fabelmans is a semi-autobiographical film, inspired by the famed director’s childhood as a young aspiring filmmaker. Gabriel LaBelle plays the lead role, while the rest of the cast includes Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, and Judd Hirsch.

The film’s big win in Toronto marks the start of its race for the Oscar because many of the previous winners of the People’s Choice Award went on to win the best picture, most recently Green Book and Nomadland.

The 2022 Toronto International Film Festival took place between September 8 and 18. Sarah Polley’s Women Talking and Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery were first and second runner-ups for the People’s Choice Award. The Midnight Madness award went to Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, while Black Ice was named the best documentary.

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The winner of this award is picked by the public, who place their ticket stubs in voting boxes after each screening, rating the movie they’ve just seen. Despite the fact the voting body is not the same at the Oscars, winners of the main TIFF award often end up scoring nominations and wins in the best picture category.

We’re yet to see if Jojo Rabbit goes down the same road, but it’s not the only Oscar hopeful that was screened in Toronto. The list of critically acclaimed movies shown at this festival also includes films Hustlers, Joker, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, and Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story which was the first runner-up for People’s Choice Award.

Jojo Rabbit received the top award at this festival despite mixed reviews, and we’re yet to see how it does at the box office. It’s set to screen at the film festivals in Vancouver, London, and San Diego before making its way to theaters on October 18th.

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Mouret, who also penned the script, crafted the film as a melange of scheming, seduction, and revenge set in 18th-century France. The film is freely adapted from Denis Diderot’s Jacques le Fataliste that also inspired Robert Bresson’s Les dames du bois de Boulogne.

Mademoiselle de Joncquières stars Cecile de France (The Young Pope), Edouard Baer and Alice Isaaz.De France plays Madame de la Pommeraye, a young widow who falls in love with the Marquis des Arcis (Baer) against her better judgment. Feeling betrayed by his fading love, she orchestrates an intricate plan for revenge, which involves Mademoiselle de Joncquières.

The streaming service’s other acquisitions include Lionheart, which also world-premiered at Toronto.

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This feel-good buddy dramedy tells the story of classical pianist Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) and his driver Tony Lip (Viggo Mortensen), who accompanies him on a tour in the Deep South during the ‘60s.

This promising project will hit theaters on November 21, and its victory in Toronto is a huge deal. Winners of People’s Choice Award have been part of the Oscar race on numerous occasions in the past and even scooped Best Picture several times. 12 Years a Slave, The King’s Speech and Slumdog Millionaire are some of the films to score both awards.

People’s Choice Awards are voted on by TIFF attendees, who vote online or by placing their ticket stubs in a box at the theater. Green Book won them over this year, but it wasn’t the only movie they fell in love with. If Beale Street Could Talk by Barry Jenkins was the first runner-up, and it was followed by Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma.

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While official statements report that the company is not at risk of shutdown, Deadline reports that it did push back this project’s planned release date of November 24 to an undisclosed time in 2018.

The film centers on the race between Edison and George Westinghouse, played by Michael Shannon, to create a sustainable electricity system for America in the 19th century.

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival to unenthusiastic reviews. The shift came after The Current War screenwriter Michael Mitnick dropped out of a New York Film Festival panel on Thursday reportedly saying that he finds it inappropriate to promote the film at this time.

What the future holds for The Weinstein Co. is unknown. However, in a lengthy interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Bob Weinstein said “there is a plan” to maintain The Weinstein Co., though likely with a less “familial” name.

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31-year-old Gaga took to social media tweeting that she believes in honesty when it comes to her mental and physical struggles.

“It is complicated and difficult to explain, and we are trying to figure it out. As I get stronger and when I feel ready, I will tell my story in more depth, and plan to take this on strongly so I can not only raise awareness, but expand research for others who suffer as I do, so I can help make a difference.”

“I’m a fighter,” Gaga continued. “I use the word suffer not only because trauma and chronic pain have changed my life, but because they are keeping me from living a normal life.”

“They are also keeping me from what I love the most in the world: performing for my fans. I am looking forward to touring again soon, but I have to be with my doctors right now so I can be strong and perform for you all for the next 60 years or more. I love you so much,” Gaga added.

The 6 week European leg of the tour was scheduled to begin September 21 in Barcelona, Spain and conclude on October 28 in Cologne, Germany. An official press release also confirmed the postponement of the European leg, to early 2018.

This cancellation comes after Gaga canceled her performance at the annual Rock in Rio music festival in Brazil, also due to severe pain. Then the singer took to Instagram, promising to her fans that she will be back to perform in Brazil soon.

Just recently the singer confirmed on Twitter that she suffers from fibromyalgia. Gaga has been open about her chronic pain in the past, a candidness which carried over to her new documentary: Gaga: Five Foot Two. The documentary premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival before debuting on Netflix on September 22.

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It is story of a High Court judge, played by Emma Thompson, in Great Britain who must decide the fate of a 17-year-old boy sick with leukemia, played by Dunkirk star Fionn Whitehead. This gets even more complicated as the young boy’s religious beliefs prevents him from receiving life-saving blood transfusion. The plot centers on the two’s unique relationship, forged as the judge must come to a decision.

Thompson’s participation in the production was crucial to producer Duncan Kenworthy, who told EW that the movie would not have gone forward without her. “She’s in every scene and is absolutely amazing. I’ve worked with Emma before, so I know just how heart-stoppingly good she is at hiding deep emotion and then suddenly and unexpectedly revealing it.”

Kenworthy’s admiration for Thompson was also shared by Whitehead. To this day, Thompson is still the only person to have won Oscars for both acting (1992’s Howards End) and screenwriting (1995’s Sense and Sensibility).

The Children Act premieres next month at the Toronto International Film Festival. A release date has yet to me announced.

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The last feature film directed by C.K. was the 2001 Pootie Tang. Since then, he directed numerous TV episodes and stand-up comedy specials, however, he never returned to filmmaking. C.K. was somewhat undecided about the experience of filmmaking, saying in 2004 that it made him “happy that a world [he] created and wrote and shot made people happy and then lived on. After all, there aren’t many other movies from that year that people still want to see now.” However, in 2012, he said that film was a “huge mistake,” adding that “the experience was very painful, I was sucking at making the movie and got fired off of it, and they put my name on it anyway.”

I Love You, Daddy was filmed under the strictest secrecy. According to the Los Angeles Times, C.K. who also stars in the movie, will play “Glen Topher, a successful television producer and writer.” Also starring in the movie are Chloe Grace Moretz, John Malkovich, Helen Hunt, Rose Byrne, and Pamela Aldon.

Louis C.K.’s I LOVE YOU, DADDY, with Louis C.K., @ChloeGMoretz, @JohnMalkovich, Rose Byrne, Charlie Day, Helen Hunt + @PamelaAdlon. #TIFF17 pic.twitter.com/heIBtZi7Qu

— TIFF (@TIFF_NET) August 15, 2017

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Based on Percival Everett’s novel Erasure, American Fiction centers on Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, an author and English literature professor who’s frustrated by the stereotypical representation of Black people in modern literature. He decides to write a satirical book embracing all the old tropes and clichés—only to watch it become an overnight bestseller.

In addition to Jeffrey Wright, this movie stars Tracee Ellis Ross, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Sterling K. Brown, Myra Lucretia Taylor, John Ortiz, Issa Rae, and Adam Brody. It was written and directed by Cord Jefferson, who made his feature directorial debut with this project.

People’s Choice Award is voted by the Toronto International Film Festival audience, and many of the previous winners found great success, either winning or getting nominated for best picture at the Academy Awards. The list of recent recipients includes The Fabelmans, Belfast, Nomadland, and Jojo Rabbit.

The 2023 Toronto International Film Festival took place between September 7-17, and Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers and Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron were the first and second runners-up for the People’s Choice Award this year.

View this post on Instagram

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The post 2023 TIFF: “American Fiction” Collects People’s Choice Award appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel All the Light We Cannot See will have its world premiere in Toronto before heading to Netflix in the fall. The same goes for Lulu Wang’s Amazon series Expats, starring Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue, and Ji-young Yo.

The Primetime program line-up will also include Alice & Jack starring Andrea Riseborough and Domhnall Gleeson, the Israeli crime drama Bad Boy, and several Canadian projects, including comedy Bria Mack Gets a Life and docu-series Black Life: Untold Stories.

Anita Lee, TIFF’s Chief Programming Officer, described this year’s Primetime program as “bigger than ever” and said it will give audiences “the exclusive and unmatched opportunity to celebrate the best new international series together, in cinema, on the big screen.”

The 2023 Toronto International Film Festival is scheduled to take place from September 7-17, with Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron making history as the first animated film to open the festival.

The post 2023 TIFF: “All the Light We Cannot See” & “Expats” to Have World Premiere in Toronto appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

Spielberg released an official statement thanking festival representatives and the audience for giving him this accolade. He said that the warm reception from everyone in Toronto made his first visit to TIFF intimate and personal to the entire Fabelman family.

The Fabelmans is a semi-autobiographical film, inspired by the famed director’s childhood as a young aspiring filmmaker. Gabriel LaBelle plays the lead role, while the rest of the cast includes Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, and Judd Hirsch.

The film’s big win in Toronto marks the start of its race for the Oscar because many of the previous winners of the People’s Choice Award went on to win the best picture, most recently Green Book and Nomadland.

The 2022 Toronto International Film Festival took place between September 8 and 18. Sarah Polley’s Women Talking and Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery were first and second runner-ups for the People’s Choice Award. The Midnight Madness award went to Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, while Black Ice was named the best documentary.

The post 2022 TIFF: Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans” Wins People’s Choice Awards appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

The winner of this award is picked by the public, who place their ticket stubs in voting boxes after each screening, rating the movie they’ve just seen. Despite the fact the voting body is not the same at the Oscars, winners of the main TIFF award often end up scoring nominations and wins in the best picture category.

We’re yet to see if Jojo Rabbit goes down the same road, but it’s not the only Oscar hopeful that was screened in Toronto. The list of critically acclaimed movies shown at this festival also includes films Hustlers, Joker, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, and Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story which was the first runner-up for People’s Choice Award.

Jojo Rabbit received the top award at this festival despite mixed reviews, and we’re yet to see how it does at the box office. It’s set to screen at the film festivals in Vancouver, London, and San Diego before making its way to theaters on October 18th.

The post “Jojo Rabbit” Scores Big Prize at TIFF appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

Mouret, who also penned the script, crafted the film as a melange of scheming, seduction, and revenge set in 18th-century France. The film is freely adapted from Denis Diderot’s Jacques le Fataliste that also inspired Robert Bresson’s Les dames du bois de Boulogne.

Mademoiselle de Joncquières stars Cecile de France (The Young Pope), Edouard Baer and Alice Isaaz.De France plays Madame de la Pommeraye, a young widow who falls in love with the Marquis des Arcis (Baer) against her better judgment. Feeling betrayed by his fading love, she orchestrates an intricate plan for revenge, which involves Mademoiselle de Joncquières.

The streaming service’s other acquisitions include Lionheart, which also world-premiered at Toronto.

The post Netflix Acquires “Mademoiselle de Joncquières” appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

This feel-good buddy dramedy tells the story of classical pianist Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) and his driver Tony Lip (Viggo Mortensen), who accompanies him on a tour in the Deep South during the ‘60s.

This promising project will hit theaters on November 21, and its victory in Toronto is a huge deal. Winners of People’s Choice Award have been part of the Oscar race on numerous occasions in the past and even scooped Best Picture several times. 12 Years a Slave, The King’s Speech and Slumdog Millionaire are some of the films to score both awards.

People’s Choice Awards are voted on by TIFF attendees, who vote online or by placing their ticket stubs in a box at the theater. Green Book won them over this year, but it wasn’t the only movie they fell in love with. If Beale Street Could Talk by Barry Jenkins was the first runner-up, and it was followed by Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma.

The post “Green Book” Scores Big Win at Toronto International Film Festival appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

While official statements report that the company is not at risk of shutdown, Deadline reports that it did push back this project’s planned release date of November 24 to an undisclosed time in 2018.

The film centers on the race between Edison and George Westinghouse, played by Michael Shannon, to create a sustainable electricity system for America in the 19th century.

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival to unenthusiastic reviews. The shift came after The Current War screenwriter Michael Mitnick dropped out of a New York Film Festival panel on Thursday reportedly saying that he finds it inappropriate to promote the film at this time.

What the future holds for The Weinstein Co. is unknown. However, in a lengthy interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Bob Weinstein said “there is a plan” to maintain The Weinstein Co., though likely with a less “familial” name.

The post The Weinstein Co. pushes “The Current War” to 2018 appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

31-year-old Gaga took to social media tweeting that she believes in honesty when it comes to her mental and physical struggles.

“It is complicated and difficult to explain, and we are trying to figure it out. As I get stronger and when I feel ready, I will tell my story in more depth, and plan to take this on strongly so I can not only raise awareness, but expand research for others who suffer as I do, so I can help make a difference.”

“I’m a fighter,” Gaga continued. “I use the word suffer not only because trauma and chronic pain have changed my life, but because they are keeping me from living a normal life.”

“They are also keeping me from what I love the most in the world: performing for my fans. I am looking forward to touring again soon, but I have to be with my doctors right now so I can be strong and perform for you all for the next 60 years or more. I love you so much,” Gaga added.

The 6 week European leg of the tour was scheduled to begin September 21 in Barcelona, Spain and conclude on October 28 in Cologne, Germany. An official press release also confirmed the postponement of the European leg, to early 2018.

This cancellation comes after Gaga canceled her performance at the annual Rock in Rio music festival in Brazil, also due to severe pain. Then the singer took to Instagram, promising to her fans that she will be back to perform in Brazil soon.

Just recently the singer confirmed on Twitter that she suffers from fibromyalgia. Gaga has been open about her chronic pain in the past, a candidness which carried over to her new documentary: Gaga: Five Foot Two. The documentary premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival before debuting on Netflix on September 22.

The post Lady Gaga postpones European leg of “Joanne” world tour appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

It is story of a High Court judge, played by Emma Thompson, in Great Britain who must decide the fate of a 17-year-old boy sick with leukemia, played by Dunkirk star Fionn Whitehead. This gets even more complicated as the young boy’s religious beliefs prevents him from receiving life-saving blood transfusion. The plot centers on the two’s unique relationship, forged as the judge must come to a decision.

Thompson’s participation in the production was crucial to producer Duncan Kenworthy, who told EW that the movie would not have gone forward without her. “She’s in every scene and is absolutely amazing. I’ve worked with Emma before, so I know just how heart-stoppingly good she is at hiding deep emotion and then suddenly and unexpectedly revealing it.”

Kenworthy’s admiration for Thompson was also shared by Whitehead. To this day, Thompson is still the only person to have won Oscars for both acting (1992’s Howards End) and screenwriting (1995’s Sense and Sensibility).

The Children Act premieres next month at the Toronto International Film Festival. A release date has yet to me announced.

The post “The Children Act”: First Ian McEwan Adaptation In a Decade appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

The last feature film directed by C.K. was the 2001 Pootie Tang. Since then, he directed numerous TV episodes and stand-up comedy specials, however, he never returned to filmmaking. C.K. was somewhat undecided about the experience of filmmaking, saying in 2004 that it made him “happy that a world [he] created and wrote and shot made people happy and then lived on. After all, there aren’t many other movies from that year that people still want to see now.” However, in 2012, he said that film was a “huge mistake,” adding that “the experience was very painful, I was sucking at making the movie and got fired off of it, and they put my name on it anyway.”

I Love You, Daddy was filmed under the strictest secrecy. According to the Los Angeles Times, C.K. who also stars in the movie, will play “Glen Topher, a successful television producer and writer.” Also starring in the movie are Chloe Grace Moretz, John Malkovich, Helen Hunt, Rose Byrne, and Pamela Aldon.

Louis C.K.’s I LOVE YOU, DADDY, with Louis C.K., @ChloeGMoretz, @JohnMalkovich, Rose Byrne, Charlie Day, Helen Hunt + @PamelaAdlon. #TIFF17 pic.twitter.com/heIBtZi7Qu

— TIFF (@TIFF_NET) August 15, 2017

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