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Five things to watch this weekend: MoviePass gets the HBO treatment, and Disney+ goes all in on Jim Henson
Barry Hertz
film review
Michael Caine’s final film The Great Escaper is slight but sweet
The Great Escaper! Michael Caine Movie Film Still
opinion
The 10 best films at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival
Jordan Ruimy
television
Little Bird wins eight trophies at Canadian Screen Awards gala for TV craft
Actresses from the Crave and APTN original drama series, "Little Bird", Darla Contois, centre, Jennifer Podemski, left, creator of the series, and Lisa Edelstein pose for a photograph in Toronto on Thursday, May 25, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
film
Brian Epstein, the Midas Man of The Beatles, gets the biopic treatment at Toronto Jewish Film Festival
Production Still, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd as Brian Epstein in Midas Man. Credit: James Loxley
arts
Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ wins Palme d’Or, the Cannes Film Festival’s top honour
Sean Baker, winner of the Palme d'Or for the film 'Anora,' poses for photographers during the photo call following the awards ceremony at the 77th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 25, 2024. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
film review
New comedy Babes isn’t quite the Bridesmaids of baby-making its filmmakers might think it is
BABES follows inseparable childhood best friends Eden (Ilana Glazer) and Dawn (Michelle Buteau), having grown up together in NYC, now firmly in different phases of adulthood. DSCF1671.RAF
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What to watch this weekend: Special Canadian Screen Awards 2024 edition
Barry Hertz
film
Can the 2024 Canadian Screen Awards save a film and television industry in crisis mode?
Barry Hertz, the Globe and Mail's film editor, is photographed in the Globe studio on Sept 10 2015. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
canada
Morning Update: Ottawa invokes cabinet confidentiality in withholding foreign interference documents
A woman walks past the the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council building in the parliamentary precinct in downtown Ottawa, Tuesday, June, 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
world
Trump campaign calls The Apprentice film ‘blatantly false,’ director offers to screen it for him
(From L) Iraniaan director Ali Abbasi and US actor Sebastian Stan attend a press conference for the film "The Apprentice" during the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 21, 2024. (Photo by Julie SEBADELHA / AFP) (Photo by JULIE SEBADELHA/AFP via Getty Images)
film review
The Garfield Movie is a fistful of rotten lasagna
Vic and Garfield in GARFIELD the movie Film still
film
Cannes Diary: To watch the competition films means to be subjected to the worst humanity has to offer
British director Andrea Arnold arrives for a press conference for the film "Bird" during the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 17, 2024. (Photo by Zoulerah NORDDINE / AFP) (Photo by ZOULERAH NORDDINE/AFP via Getty Images)
film
John Krasinski’s IF hits a box office nerve with $35-million debut
Cailey Fleming, left, and John Krasinski pose with the character "Blue" at the premiere of Paramount Pictures' "IF" at the SVA Theatre on Monday, May 13, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
arts
Richard Gere on avoiding conscription, activism and why ‘Oh Canada’ was not shot in Canada
Richard Gere says he contemplated coming to Canada to escape the Vietnam War. Gere, seen alongside Uma Thurman in an undated still image handout from the Paul Schrader film "Oh Canada," plays a draft dodger. The actor explained to a group of journalists in Cannes the day after the film's premiere that he was a conscientious objector. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Oh, Canada LLC, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Richard Gere drew on father’s death for role in Cannes entry ‘Oh, Canada’
Richard Gere poses for photographers upon departure from the premiere of the film 'Oh, Canada' at the 77th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 17, 2024. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
film
Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis draws mixed reviews after Cannes debut
Director Francis Ford Coppola, cast members Giancarlo Esposito, Laurence Fishburne, Nathalie Emmanuel, Adam Driver and Aubrey Plaza pose during a photocall for the film "Megalopolis" in competition at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 17, 2024. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
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Inside the digital resurrection of Winter Kept Us Warm, the seminal Canadian film that history forgot
Film still Winter Kept Us Warm Photo credit is: Canadian International Pictures.
film review
The Strangers: Chapter 1 is just a horror-prequel friend you haven’t met
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film
Toronto International Film Festival to launch ‘game-changing’ official marketplace in 2026
Cameron Bailey (L) CEO of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is photographed at the TIFF Lightbox ON MAY 6, 2024. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
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Five things to watch this weekend: Netflix’s Girls5Eva is the 30 Rock sequel you need, plus X-Men ‘97 goes Rogue
Barry Hertz
film review
I Saw the TV Glow is a heartbreaking nightmare for the rerun generation
This image released by A24 shows Helena Howard in a scene from "I Saw the TV Glow." (A24 via AP)
film
Why Winnipeg is set to steal the Cannes Film Festival spotlight
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opinion
If we’re going to flip our lids over coffee cups, it should be for the right reason: our plastics problem
Marsha Lederman
summer culture preview
2024 summer movie preview: Will Deadpool and his fellow Bad Boys save theatres from a cruel summer?
Barry Hertz
film
A combustible Cannes is set to unfurl with ‘Furiosa,’ ‘Megalopolis’ and a #MeToo reckoning
FILE - Francis Ford Coppola arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Coppola's film, "Megalopolis" will compete at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
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The Burning Season’s heart-wrenching take on infidelity examines the perils of best intentions
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Twenty years after dramedy Sideways, a look back at how the movie shaped wine tourism
Actors Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church taste the spoils of Santa Barbara wine country in Sideways
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Five things to watch this weekend: Hundreds of Beavers and several Beverly Hills Cops
Barry Hertz
film review
Heartbreaking drama We Grown Now feels ripped from the headlines of any major-city newspaper
This image released by Participant/Sony Pictures Classics shows Jurnee Smollett in a scene from the film "We Grown Now." (Participant/Sony Pictures Classics via AP)
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Unusual documentary explores tough life and rich mind of homeless man
Screen capture of “A Man Imagined,” a narrative documentary by Brian Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky, who collaborate with Lloyd, a homeless man with a connection to creativity and nature.
first person
My mother bridged the generation gap by taking an interest in my interests
film
The Fall Guy gives Hollywood a muted summer kickoff with a $28.5-million opening
Ryan Gosling, left, and Emily Blunt pose upon arrival at the special screening for the film 'The Fall Guy' on Monday, April 22, 2024 in London. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)
arts
William Shatner says he would consider Star Trek return
At 93, William Shatner would entertain boldly going where no man has gone before -- again. Shatner arrives for the world premiere of "You Can Call Me Bill" during the South by Southwest Film & TV Festival, in Austin, Texas, Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Invision, Jack Plunkett
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What’s the deal with Seinfeld’s Pop-Tart movie Unfrosted? It’s toast, Jerry, toast!
embargoed until May 3 at 6 a.m. UNFROSTED. (L to R) Christian Slater as Mike Diamond and Jerry Seinfeld (Director) as Bob Cabana in Unfrosted. Cr. John P. Johnson/Netflix © 2024.