Tag: Missouri

  • Watching ‘American Fiction’ with TIFF Audience Was ‘Terrifying,’ Says Director Cord Jefferson

    Watching ‘American Fiction’ with TIFF Audience Was ‘Terrifying,’ Says Director Cord Jefferson

    It’s probably unsurprising to hear that winning the Toronto International Film Festival’s prestigious People’s Choice Award is the prime reaction writer-director Cord Jefferson hoped his feature debut would get, but it was far from guaranteed. The film starring Jeffrey Wright is very a much commentary on the types of films that have haphazardly tackled Black…

  • TIFF Audience Award Predictions: What Movie Will Get an Oscar Boost?

    TIFF Audience Award Predictions: What Movie Will Get an Oscar Boost?

    What will the people choose?In its final stretch, on Sunday, the Toronto International Film Festival will announce the film chosen by the public for the People’s Choice Award of its 48th edition. After “Poor Things” took home the Golden Lion at Venice, we look to the Canadian awards season staple to boost a film in…

  • Samara Weaving to Star as Forgotten American Socialite Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte in Biopic (Exclusive)

    Samara Weaving to Star as Forgotten American Socialite Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte in Biopic (Exclusive)

    “Ready or Not” star Samara Weaving has been cast in “Liz,” a biopic about one of America’s forgotten founding mothers Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte.Described as a U.S.-set “Bridgerton” or “The Great,” “Liz” tells the story of the country’s first modern celebrity. Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte gained prominence as the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte’s youngest brother, Jerome,…

  • ‘Three Billboards’ Director Martin McDonagh Sets Up Next Film at Searchlight (Exclusive)

    ‘Three Billboards’ Director Martin McDonagh Sets Up Next Film at Searchlight (Exclusive)

    Three years after the release of his Oscar best picture nominee “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” director Martin McDonagh has lined up his next project, an untitled feature film about a friendship gone sour in Ireland.McDonagh is reuniting with Disney’s Searchlight and the UK-based Film4, the companies behind “Three Billboards” and Academy Award winner “The…

  • Taika Waititi’s ‘Jojo Rabbit’ Wins Top Prize at Toronto Film Festival Awards

    Taika Waititi’s ‘Jojo Rabbit’ Wins Top Prize at Toronto Film Festival Awards

    Taika Waititi’s “Jojo Rabbit” has won the coveted People’s Choice Award at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.The honor positions the film for a potential Oscar run and bolsters its awards chances. That’s good news for Fox Searchlight, which must have been disappointed by the lackluster critical reception for the movie, a dark comedy set…

  • ‘Jojo Rabbit’ Claims Tiff Audience Award

    ‘Jojo Rabbit’ Claims Tiff Audience Award

    Director Taika Waititi’s “Jojo Rabbit” took home the Toronto International Film Festival’s 2019 Audience Award on Sunday, with Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story” and Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” claiming the runner-up prizes.The Tiff People’s Choice Award has, in recent years, presaged an eventual Best Picture Academy Award nominee — and, in some cases, a winner. Last…

  • Oscar Winner Sam Rockwell Is Ready To Take “A Long Break” From Playing Racists In Films

    Oscar Winner Sam Rockwell Is Ready To Take “A Long Break” From Playing Racists In Films

    The best performances are the ones where the actor disappears and all the audience sees is the character. For better or worse, Sam Rockwell is one of those types of actors, who really puts his all into every role he’s given. It’s that level of commitment that has won him an Oscar, along with just…

  • BAFTA Backs ‘Roma’ as Oscar Race Enters the Final Stretch

    BAFTA Backs ‘Roma’ as Oscar Race Enters the Final Stretch

    The winner of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts’ best film prize has gone on to lose the best picture Oscar each of the last four years: “Boyhood” was felled by “Birdman,” “The Revenant” was routed by “Spotlight,” “La La Land” (infamously) lost to “Moonlight,” and last year, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”…

  • ‘Green Book’ Takes Toronto Film Festival’s 2018 People’s Choice Award

    ‘Green Book’ Takes Toronto Film Festival’s 2018 People’s Choice Award

    Toronto Film Festival’s audience prize positions Peter Farrelly’s “Green Book” in prime Oscar territory — five audience award winners have gone on to capture best picture, including “Slumdog Millionaire,” “12 Years a Slave,” “The King’s Speech,” “American Beauty” and “Chariots of Fire.” In 2016, the prize went to “La La Land,” while last year’s award…

  • Golden Trailer Awards: ‘Black Panther,’ ‘Stranger Things’ Among Nominees

    Golden Trailer Awards: ‘Black Panther,’ ‘Stranger Things’ Among Nominees

    Netflix and Warner Bros. topped the nominations, announced Wednesday, for the Golden Trailer Awards with 61 each.Winners will be announced May 31 at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles with Michelle Buteau (“The Tick”) hosting.Netflix was represented by work on “Stranger Things” Season 2, “The Crown,” “Icarus,” and “Mudbound,” while Warner Bros.…