Film News

TORONTO — Toronto professor Alireza Khatami's psychological thriller, inspired by his own family trauma, is Canada's submission for Oscar consideration — he just hopes his relatives don't see the film.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — “The Toxic Avenger” got stuck in the sludge.

NEW YORK (AP) — James Cameron recently turned 71 as he brought his third “Avatar” film, “Fire and Ash,” to the finish line. Cameron first began developing “Avatar” more than 30 years ago. He started working on the first film in earnest 20 years ago.

VENICE, Italy (AP) — As the Venice Film Festival kicks off this week, activists hope to redirect the spotlight from the Hollywood stars arriving on the Lido to Gaza, with an anti-war demonstration planned for one of the festival’s biggest nights.

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars are heading to Venice, Italy, for the 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival , which kicks off on Wednesday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Jeremy Allen White grew up listening to Bruce Springsteen . He doesn’t even remember a time in his life when he wasn’t aware of his music.

NEW YORK (AP) — On the first day of shooting “Frankenstein,” Guillermo del Toro held up a drawing of the creature he had made when he was a teenager. “He said, ‘This is like Jesus to me,’” recalls Oscar Isaac.

Daniel Craig's Benoit Blanc is back. So are the stars of “Wicked” and the animals of “Zootopia.” Summer may be known as sequel season, but part twos, and threes, will play big roles this fall at the movies.

TORONTO — One of Cineplex Inc.'s shareholders is calling on the theatre operator to embark on a major share buyback program and sell what it considers to be non-core assets like its loyalty program to deliver more value to investors.

VENICE, Italy (AP) — No Hollywood star seems as intrinsically tied to Venice as George Clooney .