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TIFF 2023: Ethan Hawke, & Maya Hawke Attend the “Wildcat” Premiere

Photos by: Myles Herod – Ethan Hawke, and Maya Hawke attended the Wildcat premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival on (Sept. 11th). Ethan Hawke explores the life and art of American author Flannery O’Connor — played by his own daughter, Maya Hawke — in his latest interrogation of the artist’s way.

TIFF 2023: “Boy Kills World” Boasts Gallons of Blood But Little Else

By: Myles Herod – Boy Kills World is an arcade game for the multiplex screens, a bruising melee of broken bones that goes for some of the same beat-em-up high octane found in today’s superhero franchises. Bloodier for sure – but not much better. Inspired by high-flying button-mashers Mortal Kombat, the movie stars Bill Skarsgard as the titular … Continue reading

TIFF 2023: Richard Linklater the “Hit Man” Premiere

Photos by: Myles Herod – Richard Linklater attended the Hit Man premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival on (Sept. 11th). The latest from Richard Linklater reunites the prolific indie auteur with Everybody Wants Some!!’s Glen Powell for a sorta-true crime comedy thriller about role-play, romance, and the precarious pursuit of self-knowledge.

TIFF 2023: Harmony Korine Attends the “Aggro Dr1ft” Premiere

Photos by: Myles Herod – Harmony Korine attended the Aggro Dr1ft premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival last night (Sept. 11th). Spellbinding infrared photography conjures a hallucinatory portrait of a haunted assassin (Jordi Mollà) in this sensuous experimental elegy from Harmony Korine (Spring Breakers, Trash Humpers).

TIFF 2023: Ava DuVernay Attends the “Origin” Premiere

Photos by: Myles Herod – Ava DuVernay attended the Origin premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 11th. Ava DuVernay directs an inspired adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s life, as she digs into the nuance of discrimination while writing what would become her New York Times bestselling book, Caste: The Origins of Our … Continue reading

TIFF 2023: Taika Waititi Attends the “Next Goal Wins” Premiere

Photos by: Myles Herod – Taika Waititi attended the Next Goal Wins premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 10th. Michael Fassbender, Elisabeth Moss, and Oscar Kightley star in Taika Waititi’s comedy about the American Samoa soccer team’s attempt to make a World Cup — 12 years after their infamous 31-0 loss … Continue reading

TIFF 2023: Neve Campbell, Chelsea McMullan, Karen Kain, & Jurgita Dronina Attend “Swan Song” Premiere

Photos by: Myles Herod – Neve Campbell, Chelsea McMullan, Karen Kain, & Jurgita Dronina attended the Swan Song premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 9th. Director Chelsea McMullan takes us inside the National Ballet of Canada’s 2022 production of Swan Lake, directed and staged by the legendary Karen Kain.

TIFF 2023: Lil Nas X Attends “Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero” Premiere

Photos by: Myles Herod – Lil Nas X attended the Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 9th. Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero offers a joyous immersion in the world of a game-changing artist and the fans who’ve joined him in that change. To watch … Continue reading

TIFF 2023: Elliot Page, D.W. Waterson, Thomas Antony Olajide, Devery Jacobs Attend “Backspot” Premiere

Photos by: Myles Herod – Elliot Page, D.W. Waterson, Thomas Antony Olajide, and Devery Jacobs attended the Backspot premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 9th. A driven cheerleader (Devery Jacobs) struggles to handle the pressure when she and her girlfriend are both selected for an elite cheer squad, in D.W. Waterson’s … Continue reading

TIFF 2023: Viggo Mortensen, Vicky Krieps Attend “The Dead Don’t Hurt” Premiere

Photos by: Myles Herod – Viggo Mortensen, and Vicky Krieps attended the premiere for their new film The Dead Don’t Hurt on September 8th at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. Set in the 1860s, Viggo Mortensen’s second outing as writer-director (after Falling, TIFF ’20) is an elegantly realized feminist western starring Mortensen himself and … Continue reading