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Cord Jefferson’s ‘American Fiction’ Wins Toronto Film Festival Audience Award
“American Fiction,” Cord Jefferson’s blistering satire of race and media, captured the Toronto International Film Festival’s people’s choice award, bolstering its Oscars chances. TIFF’s people’s choice award is considered […]
Mipcom: China Named Country of Honor, Tencent’s Sun Zhonghuai Set as Keynote Speaker
China has been named the country of honor at next month’s Mipcom Cannes TV entertainment market (Oct 16-19). More than 300 delegates and nearly 40 companies from the […]
‘Dicks: The Musical’ Review: From a Gay God to Twincest, A24’s Absurdist Satire Must Be Seen to Be Believed
What are the odds that two openly gay cut-ups doing a raunchy half-hour musical comedy routine in a Gristede’s grocery store would somehow convince “Borat” director Larry Charles […]
Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival Returns With New Artistic Director, Marianne Khoury, Impressive Lineup
After a one-year hiatus, the much-missed El Gouna Film Festival (Oct. 13 – 20) is back and poised to make an increased impact. Joining beloved festival director Intishal […]
‘Peanuts’ creator Charles Schulz’s son: ‘My dad always said Snoopy could take over’
The 90-minute animated special, trains the spotlight, for the first time, directly on quiet Marcie, who famously refers to Peppermint Patty as “sir.”