Skip to content

Film News

Cineplex CEO optimistic about near-term future of movie business despite tariff talk

Cineplex CEO optimistic about near-term future of movie business despite tariff talk

TORONTO — Just days after U.S. President Donald Trump started making threats to impose 100 per cent tariffs on foreign-made films, the head of Canada's biggest cinema chain surprisingly had some pep in his voice. Cineplex Inc.
Documentary details fall of former broadcaster once dubbed 'sexiest man in Winnipeg'

Documentary details fall of former broadcaster once dubbed 'sexiest man in Winnipeg'

There was a time back in the 1990s when Steve Vogelsang was known as the "sexiest man in Winnipeg.
Movie Review: Schmaltzy and sweet, Vince Vaughn leads Netflix’s ‘Nonnas’

Movie Review: Schmaltzy and sweet, Vince Vaughn leads Netflix’s ‘Nonnas’

The new Vince Vaughn movie “Nonnas" aspires to be a bit of cinematic comfort food.
After a year off, Indigenous film festival ImagineNative returns for 25th anniversary

After a year off, Indigenous film festival ImagineNative returns for 25th anniversary

TORONTO — After taking a year off, organizers at the country's most prominent Indigenous film festival say they are moving ahead with a belated 25th anniversary.
Movie Review: Dark bromance 'Friendship' hysterically explores modern men's awkward embrace

Movie Review: Dark bromance 'Friendship' hysterically explores modern men's awkward embrace

Craig Waterman is a suburban dad in middle age who favors extremely puffy jackets, yearns to see the new Marvel movie and is so uncool that he lobbies his town to have speed bumps installed. Naturally, he has no friends.
Movie Review: The sweep of history courses through Jia Zhangke's 'Caught By the Tides'

Movie Review: The sweep of history courses through Jia Zhangke's 'Caught By the Tides'

Jia Zhangke’s “Caught by the Tides” is less than two hours long and yet contains nearly a quarter-century of time’s relentless march forward.
TIFF to celebrate 50 years of risk and discovery with summer screening series

TIFF to celebrate 50 years of risk and discovery with summer screening series

TORONTO — The head of the Toronto International Film Festival says risk-taking has been central to the organization’s legacy, a spirit captured in a series of summer screenings that celebrate its 50th anniversary.
TIFF CEO says Canada’s role in Hollywood shouldn’t be ignored amid film tariff threat

TIFF CEO says Canada’s role in Hollywood shouldn’t be ignored amid film tariff threat

TORONTO — The head of the Toronto International Film Festival says he isn’t panicking over U.S. President Donald Trump’s film tariff threat — in part because he says Canada plays a key role in Hollywood’s global dominance.
Eby and B.C. studio boss say film industry shouldn't panic after Trump tariff threat

Eby and B.C. studio boss say film industry shouldn't panic after Trump tariff threat

VICTORIA — Gemma Martini, president of British Columbia's Martini Film Studios, says she's been getting messages of support from American partners after United States President Donald Trump's threat to put a 100 per cent tariff on foreign films.
A Trump film tariff would send Canadian screen industry into 'chaos,' say local producers

A Trump film tariff would send Canadian screen industry into 'chaos,' say local producers

When Daniel Bekerman set out to produce "The Apprentice" — last year's biopic about U.S. President Donald Trump — he figured some controversy might come from the subject, not the city it was filmed in.