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Created by Inuit storytellers and filmed in Iqaluit, it’s as authentic as it is hilarious.

My wife and I are always hunting for that next great comedy to dive into, and the one we just stumbled on that totally deserves more love is “North of North.” As someone who grew up in northern Alberta, I’ve got a soft spot for Canadian stories, and this one nails it. The show mixes dry Canadian wit with grounded stories about starting over and figuring out who you are. Critics have been raving, but for whatever reason, it hasn’t gotten the big spotlight yet. For my money, “North of North” is...

Exclusive: Universal Pictures is in early development on a project inspired by the life of fitness icon Jake Steinfeld that will be produced by Frank Marshall. Sources say no talent is involved at this time.

Universal declined comment.

While plot details are unknown the film is not expected to be a straight biopic and is expected to explore the culture movement Steinfeld started for personal fitness training.

That said, the list of things he has accomplished over the last 45 years is as extensive as it gets. Steinfeld is considered an icon in the personal fitness movement. He helped launch the personal fitness training industry more than 40 years ago and has been the guiding light for health & wellness in lifestyle, sports and entertainment ever since. A force in direct-to-consumer sales of home fitness equipment, he had the most profitable string of hits in the infomercial industry and spent 15 years on Hsn...

With just ten days to go until we light the fuse one last time, Paramount has debuted over fifty awesome new stills and a stunning new poster from Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, offering one last look at Tom Cruise suiting up as Ethan Hunt for what is being described as his most personal and death-defying Mission yet.

In addition to the new photos that highlight much of the cast and some of the major stunts in the film, we also have a pair of stunning behind-the-scenes featurettes, and an amazing 1.90 trailer that previews the film in its IMAX-exclusive expanded aspect ratio.

Both featurettes spotlight Cruise's aerial acrobatics, so expect some major fireworks when we see the standout sequence finally realized on the biggest screens imaginable.

If you haven't already, remember to book your tickets now for the commercial-free IMAX Opening Day Fan Event on Thursday, May...

With just weeks to go, the marketing campaign for Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning is starting to ramp up and Paramount has just shared an insane new featurette, spotlighting the film's high stakes underwater sequence that will be unlike anything you've ever seen on screen.

Teasing the sequence, star/producer Tom Cruise said, "From Legend in 1985 to Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, I have been studying and filming underwater sequences for over 40 years. We have always tried to push our filmmaking to the next level… In this movie McQ and I saw an opportunity to create an underwater sequence unlike any other. We are excited to share it with you."

While the context of the scene remains mostly under wraps, it seems probable that this unprecedented moment will have something to do with the missing Sevastopol, which Ethan Hunt and his Imf team will be racing to locate...

Watching new shows on streaming is always a Russian roulette because their future is always uncertain, and it often comes with a long wait until their fate is revealed. Luckily, Netflix didn't ax a new, fresh comedy: North of North.

The series is Netflix's first-ever Canadian series, in association with CBC and Aptn. Although the show originally aired in Canada on Jan. 7 early this year, it recently hit Netflix on Apr. 10. Following positive reviews, it quickly debuted in the Top 10 charts. A few weeks later, Netflix officially confirmed that North of North will return with Season 2.

Lead star Anna Lambe, who plays the main character Siaja, was ecstatic to share the news: "When I got the call from Alethea, Stacey, and Miranda about North of North being renewed for a second season, my heart exploded in the best way possible," she told Tudum. "I’m so excited and overwhelmed with joy,...

Pack your parkas — the critically acclaimed, heartfelt Arctic comedy North of North has been renewed for a second season. Star Anna Lambe, who plays the series’ heroine Siaja, could not be more overjoyed: “When I got the call from Alethea, Stacey, and Miranda about North of North being renewed for a second season, my heart exploded in the best way possible! I’m so excited and overwhelmed with joy, I can’t wait to head back to Ice Cove!”

Created by Stacey Aglok MacDonald and Alethea Arnaquq-Baril and executive produced by Miranda de Pencier, the first season has a rare 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. And, just this morning, Lambe was nominated for a Gotham TV Award for her performance. Watch her reaction to hearing about the series’ renewal below!

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The top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder will look to continue their regular season dominance over the Memphis Grizzlies.

The second day of the 2025 NBA Playoffs will get underway as the top seed in the Western Conference the Oklahoma City Thunder will host the Memphis Grizzlies, who earned their spot in the bracket by surviving the Play-In Tournament. However, from here, the Grizz have an uphill battle, having dropped all four of their regular-season matchups with Okc. The series will tip off at 1 p.m. Et on Sunday, April 20 in a game airing on ABC. If you want to watch the game and the entire NBA playoffs, we recommend you do it with 50% off a subscription to Sling TV.

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A new Netflix series is quietly becoming a hit. North of North marked the first-ever Netflix Canadian series, and it has become a hit online.

The comedy series North of North is set in the small fictional Arctic community of Ice Cove, where everyone knows everyone, and an optimistic young woman embarks on a journey to reinvent herself. The series premiered on CBC and Aptn in Canada early this year and recently made its debut on Netflix. In its first days, North of North has already entered the charts, drawing the user's attention, per Tudum.

North of North premiered on Jan. 7 in Canada, with a wide release on Netflix on Apr. 10. For the week between Apr. 7 and Apr. 13, North of North had a quiet debut in ninth place. The comedy had 3 million views in its three days, with 10 million hours viewed. The Canadian comedy seriesentered the Top 10 in 27 countries in its debut week.

Welcome to Ice Cove, Nunavut, the charming Arctic setting where the new comedy series North of Northunfolds amid stunning landscapes and within a tight-knit community. Netflix’s first Canadian original series follows Siaja (Anna Lambe), a young Inuk woman who wants to build a new future for herself after a spontaneous — and extremely public — exit from her marriage. But it won’t be easy in a place like this, where everybody knows your business.

For co-creators and executive producers Stacey Aglok-MacDonald and Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, who are both Inuit, and executive producer Miranda de Pencier, bringing this story to a global audience inspired a search for a cast of familiar faces and newcomers alike, including combing the geographic terrain where the series is set and filmed.

“We had to scan the Arctic far and wide,” said Aglok-MacDonald, about the process of finding the right actors to play the...

“When people ask where I’m from, I say, ‘Think of the furthest place north you’ve ever been. Now keep going. Keep going. Yep. That’s us.”

This is Siaja, heroine of North of North, a Canadian comedy that debuted on the CBC earlier this year and is now streaming on Netflix. “Us” in this case is Ice Cove, a fictional Arctic village in Nunavut, the northernmost territory in Canada. Though the series was filmed in Nunavut’s capital, Iqaluit, the map we see when Siaja is introducing us...

J.K. Simmons has crushed every role, from yelling at Spider-Man to Oscar-winning drama. But his best hidden gem? A mind-bending sci-fi thriller that scored 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, twice! Sounds like a keeper, right?

Nope. Starz pulled the plug, not because of ratings, but for a “premium female strategy.” Yep, they ditched peak J.K. Simmons for marketing jargon.

J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson in the Spider-Man saga | Credits: Sony Pictures Television

If you love top-tier sci-fi, gripping twists, and double the Simmons, you need to watch this masterpiece before it fades into cult-classic obscurity.

J.K. Simmons’ 2-season sci-fi masterpiece Counterpart scored 100%, but Starz axed it J.K. Simmons in Sounterpart | Credits: Starz Originals

Here’s one for the underrated TV hall of fame. Counterpart, a mind-bending sci-fi thriller starring J.K. Simmons in a dual role, pulled off the impossible — both seasons landed a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes.

National Canadian Film Day, a local and global celebration of homegrown movies set for April 16, has received a burst of support from an unlikely source: Donald Trump. The U.S. president’s escalating tariff war and talk of turning Canada into the “51st state” is driving a surge in grassroots support for the annual celebration of Canuck cinema.

The event began in 2014 and now finds itself part of the defiant “Elbows Up, Canada!” campaign. The movement, which takes its name from a defiant ice hockey gesture made famous by Canadian NHL legend Gordie Howe, has seen its slogan become a rallying cry nationwide against the U.S. President’s trade war and threats of annexation.

“Suddenly, we’re in a place where we can say, we have our elbows up. Come join us. Stand up for Canada by sitting down to a great Canadian film,” says Jack Blum, co-founder of Canadian Film Day,...

Think of the furthest place north you’ve ever been. Now keep going — all the way to Ice Cove, Nunavut, the fictional Arctic town at the center of the new series North of North. Soar into Ice Cove in the above featurette and explore the breathtaking landscapes and sparkling personalities that bring this special place to life.

From creators Stacey Aglok MacDonald and Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, North of North is a new comedy about what happens when you step outside of who you thought you were into who you’re meant to be. Netflix’s first Canadian original series, a co-production with CBC in partnership with Aptn, follows Siaja (Anna Lambe), a young Inuk woman who wants to build a new future for herself after a spontaneous — and extremely public — exit from her marriage. But it won’t be easy in her close-knit community, where...

Red Dead Redemption 2 has a massive map, so it's easy to miss some of the coolest parts of the game’s many locations on the first time through. Whether taking a second or even third pass on the game, these locations are worth revisiting time and again. Some are rewarding for their beautiful scenery, others for their in-game benefits, and some for the hidden secrets they have squirreled away.

Another reason some of these locations may get lost in the shuffle is that they are largely ignored by the story. Conversely, sometimes the story might be going at such a fast pace in a certain location that players forget to slow down and appreciate their surroundings. Veterans who have already experienced Red Dead Redemption 2’s narrative once will likely want to take their time and fully explore everything they missed last time.

Strawberry Is One Of The Nicest-Looking Towns Strawberry...

Yellowstone's upcoming spinoff The Madison has cast a 3 Body Problem actor as a new character, further expanding Taylor Sheridan's Western franchise. The Madison's story follows the wealthy Stacy Clyburn (Michelle Pfeiffer), who moves her family from New York City to Montana following the death of her husband and brother-in-law. Filming began in 2024, with locations in Montana, New York, and Texas, with the series expected to premiere some time in 2025. However, it's unclear yet as to how the show will connect to its parent series, whose final episodes start airing in November.

Now, Variety has confirmed Ben Schnetzer, who portrayed the young version of Mike Evans in 3 Body Problem, will be joining the cast of The Madison. Schnetzer will portray Van, "a salt-of-the-earth and neighborly Montana rancher" who Stacy will meet during the course of the series. While nothing else has been revealed about the character, the...

Ben Schnetzer is the latest addition to the cast of the “Yellowstone” spinoff series “The Madison,” Variety has learned exclusively.

Schnetzer will appear in Taylor Sheridan’s new series alongside previously announced cast members Michelle Pfeiffer, Patrick J. Adams, Elle Chapman, Matthew Fox, Beau Garrett and Amiah Miller. Schnetzer will play Van, described as “a salt-of-the-earth and neighborly Montana rancher.”

“The Madison” was previously in development under the title “2024.” Per the official logline, the show is a “heartfelt study of grief and human connection following a New York City family in the Madison River valley of central Montana.” It is not yet clear if the show will debut exclusively on Paramount+ or start off on Paramount Network like “Yellowstone.”

Schnetzer was recently cast alongside Lily James in the upcoming biopic about the founder of Bumble. He has also wrapped production on the feature “The Yellow Tie,” a biopic about renowned Romanian conductor Sergiu Celibidache.

Ben Schnetzer has joined the cast of the upcoming Lily James-led film inspired by the story of Bumble founder and former CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd, from 20th Century Studios and Ethea Entertainment.

Schnetzer recently completed the film “The Yellow Tie,” a biopic on the famed Romanian conductor Sergiu Celibidache. He plays the young version of the legendary classical music conductor, with John Malkovich co-starring as the older version.

His other credits include FX’s apocalyptic sci-fi drama “Y: The Last Man,” as well as Broadway’s “The Nap”, directed by Daniel Sullivan for a production at the Manhattan Theater Club. Additional credits include “Three Body Problem,” “The Riot Club,” “The Grizzlies,” “Goat” and “Pride.”

Rachel Lee Goldberg, who wrote the script alongside Bill Parker and Kim Caramele, will direct. Gala Gordon will executive produce, while James will produce with Jennifer Gibgot and Andrew Panay. Sarah Shepard will oversee the project for 20th Century Studios.

Netflix’s upcoming arctic comedy finally has a name and has rounded out cast, as it goes into production in snowy Nunavut, Canada.

Stacey Aglok MacDonald and Alethea Arnaquq-Baril’s North of North began production today. The comedy follows a young Inuk mother (Anna Lambe) who wants to build a new future for herself, but finds it won’t be easy in her small Arctic town where everyone knows her business.

Joining Anna Lambe and Keira Cooper in the cast are Mary Lynn Rajskub, Maika Harper, Braeden Clarke, Jay Ryan, Kelly William, Zorga Qaunaq and Doreen Simmonds (True Detective: Night Country).

Lambe and Cooper were cast in mother-daughter roles in December, as we reported at the time.

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True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto was the mastermind behind the first three seasons of the HBO anthology crime series, but he’s not creatively involved in the latest season, True Detective: Night Country, despite retaining an executive producer credit on the show. He has made his lack of involvement with the new season very clear on social media, where he even went so far as to refer to one element of the new episodes as “stupid”. True Detective: Night Country comes to us from Tigers Are Not Afraid filmmaker Issa López, who directed and co-wrote all six episodes of the season. To find out what Lopez thought of Pizzolatto’s comments, Vulture reached out to her – and did get a response.

Screen caps of the comments Pizzolatto has made can be found on reddit. In response to a fan who said “I really hope Matthew (McConaughey) had enough respect for...

Viewers of True Detective: Night Country may find the forbidding darkness and snow-caked backdrop of the Arctic-set Max crime drama jarring, especially as Jodie Foster and Kali Reis in fur-hooded parkas breathe out cold wisps of air while investigating evil all around them.

But co-star Anna Lambe found the frigidly cold, dark filming set for the latest True Detective season more like home sweet home. “I was snug as a bug in a rug,” says the Inuk actor from Grise Fiord, Nunavut, Canada’s northernmost community, who tells The Hollywood Reporter she embraced the permanent darkness and freezing cold of a winter in Iceland, which doubled as remote Alaska during production.

Lambe plays Kayla Prior, the wife of young cop Peter Prior (Finn Bennett), who defends her family amid the primal beauty and ferocity of a snowbound Alaskan winter while Foster and Reis investigate a cold-case murder and the mysterious...

The fourth installment of HBO’s True Detective series is poised to be the spookiest yet. Set in the remote town of Ennis, Alaska, Night Country follows former partners Liz Danvers and Evangeline Navarro as they investigate the disappearance of eight researchers from a remote facility. The pair have a tense past, not only with each other, but with others in their small town.

True Detective: Night Country marks Jodie Foster’s first television appearance since the ’70s – not counting her handful of voiceover and narration guest roles in the ’90s and early ’00s – though certainly not her first time starring in a thriller. Foster is joined by a number of other talented actors, including Kali Reis, Fiona Shaw, and Christopher Eccleston.

Here’s everyone you need to know in True Detective: Night Country, and where you’ve seen them before.

Jodie Foster is Liz Danvers

Jodie Foster plays Detective Liz Danvers,...

Two Football Championship Subdivision (Fcs) bluebloods — the undefeated No. 1 South Dakota State Jackrabbits (14-0) and the No. 2 Montana Grizzlies (13-1) — will meet in the Fcs title game on Sunday, Jan. 7 at 2 p.m. Et. Long-time coach Bobby Hauck and his Grizzlies are seeking their first national title in over 20 years, but they’ll be up against coach Jimmy Rogers and the defending National Champion in South Dakota State — a team that enters the game on an impressive 28-game winning streak. The Grizzlies are winners of 10 straight in their own right, including seven against ranked opponents. Montana has history on its side as well; these teams have faced each other eight times, with the Grizzlies holding an 8-0 record. Catch all the action exclusively on ABC, which you can stream with Directv Stream.

How To Watch South Dakota State Jackrabbits vs. Montana Grizzlies When: Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024 at 2 p.m. Et Location: Toyota Stadium | 9200 World Cup Way,...

True Detective actress Anna Lambe has nabbed the lead role in an untitled Arctic-set comedy for Netflix and the CBC and Aptn in Canada.

Lambe will play a young Inuk mother Siaja, with Keira Cooper, a 7 year-old actress from Iqaluit, Nunavut, in Canada’s north, playing her daughter Bun. Siaja wants to build a new future for herself, not easily done in her small Arctic town where everyone knows your business, according to a synopsis from the producers.

Lambe, who is from Iqaluit, Nunavut, made her film debut in The Grizzlies, and then co-starred in CBC indigenous drama Trickster. Lambe also guest-starred on other series like Alaska Daily and the fourth season of HBO’s True Detective, set to debut in winter 2024.

The comedy from Red Marrow Media and Northwood Entertainment has also tapped Anna Adams to be the producing director ahead of production set to start in Nunavut in spring 2024.

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True Detective‘s Anna Lambe and seven-year-old Inuk actress Keira Cooper will lead the untitled Netflix, CBC and Aptn comedy series. Additionally Anya Adams (Yellowjackets) has signed on as producing director of the Canadian show.

The ten-part comedy follows Siaja (Lambe) as a young Inuk mother who wants to build a new future for herself, but finds that tough in a small Arctic town where everybody knows her business. Cooper will make an on-screen debut as her daughter, Bun.

Red Marrow Media and Northwood Entertainment are co-producing the show, which is from Inuit writer and producer Stacey Aglok MacDonald and Inuit filmmaker Alethea Arnaquq-Baril. Adams will direct the first ep, which stars filming in Nunavut, Canada, in spring 2024. She will also be producing director for the series.

Executive producers are Arnaquq-Baril, Aglok MacDonald, Miranda de Pencier, Susan Coyne and Garry Campbell.

Lambe is an Inuk actress, who began her career in feature film The Grizzlies, which landed her a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She earned a second Canadian Screen Award nom for CBC series Trickster and will appear in the upcoming season of HBO cop drama True Detective.

Canadian-American director Adams has credits including Ginny & Georgia and Black-ish. Most recently, she directed episodes of Apple TV+ series Roar, the finale of Prime Video series A League of Their Own, and second season of the Showtime series Yellowjackets. Her debut feature film Prom Pact was recently nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Fiction Special.

Lambe is repped by Lbi Entertainment, Integral Artists and law firm Yorn, Levine, Barnes, Krintzman, Rubenstein, Kohner, Endlich, Goodell & Gellman. Adams is repped by Greg Pedicin and Katy McCaffrey at Gersh, Greg Walter and Jermaine Johnson at 3 Arts and Grace Kallis at Ginsburg Daniels.

The official trailer and key art for True Detective: Night Country have just been released.

Coming to HBO in 2024, True Detective: Night Country will center on a new mystery investigation in Alaska led by Jodie Foster and Kali Reis. The trailer was first debuted at Ccxp in São Paulo, Brazil during the Warner Bros. Discovery Panel. It is now available to watch online, per HBO, and can be viewed below ahead of the show's premiere on Jan. 14, 2024.

Related Jodie Foster's True Detective Season 4 Kicks Off with a Chilly Image A new behind-the-scenes look at Season 4 of HBO's True Detective confirms the start of filming and reveals an intriguing new location.

In the new season, according to the official logline, "When the long winter night falls in Ennis, Alaska, the eight men who operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station vanish without a trace. To solve the case, Detectives Liz Danvers (Foster...

June is National Indigenous History Month, and there’s no better time to enjoy some Indigenous-made entertainment.

Check out these recommendations of some of the top movies from a new generation of Indigenous filmmakers and actors who tell their own stories — their way.

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“Atanarjuat the Fast Runner”

Directed by by Inuit filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk, this 2001 drama was the first feature film in history to be written, directed and acted entirely in the Inuktitut language.

According to Kunuk, this screen adaptation of an ancient Inuit legend “demystifies the exotic, otherwordly aboriginal stereotype by telling a universal story.”

“Before Tomorrow”

Adapted from a Danish novel, this 2008 feature from directors Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu is the first feature film to be made by Arnait Video Productions, a women’s Inuit film collective.

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Exclusive: Ben Schnetzer has signed on to star as famed Romanian conductor Sergiu Celibidache in The Yellow Tie replacing Rupert Friend. Schnetzer will have a central role in the feature, playing the young Celibidache with John Malkovich set to play an older version of the conductor.

The film maps the extraordinary life of legendary classical music conductor Sergiu Celibidache, one of the most celebrated but also one of the most controversial artists of the twentieth century. From his childhood in Romania under the draconian authority of a disciplinarian father, to his painful flight from home to pursue his dream of a career in music, his struggle for survival in wartime Germany and his rise, fall and rise again, in a truly unimaginable career and life path, spanning seven decades and all four corners of the globe. This is the true story of a singular individual with a remarkable but tortuous destiny.

“Succession” star J. Smith-Cameron and Steve Buscemi are among the notables who signed on for “The Year Between,” a drama about mental illness that marks the feature writing and directing debut of comedian Alex Heller.

The movie, which wrapped production in Chicago late last month, revolves around Heller’s character Clemence, a young woman who drops out of college in her sophomore year after being diagnosed with mental illness. The story is based on Heller’s real-life experience in 2012. Heller is a former Sundance Institute Feature Film program fellow and an alumnus of Tribeca Film Institute.

“The Year Between” was produced by Level Forward, Full Spectrum Features and Chicago Media Angels. Producers are Amanda Phillips, Sonya Lunsford, Eugene Sun Park, Caterin Camargo-Alvarez, and Rachel Gould. Susanna Fogel, Adrienne Becker and HaJ are executive producers. Producers are shopping the film for possible theatrical distribution as well as to streamers.

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Exclusive: LeBron James’ SpringHill Company, Drake’s DreamCrew Entertainment and Uninterrupted Canada are teaming up on the documentary Black Ice, an in-depth look at the experience of Black hockey players.

James, his business partner Maverick Carter and Drake are all aboard as executive producers, as is Adel “Future” Nur. Uninterrupted Canada is taking the lead on the project.

The feature-length film, which is currently in production, chronicles the history, influence and racial dimensions of Black players on the ice. It covers the decades from the creation of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes through the modern-day NHL.

Bell Media has exclusive Canadian distribution rights to Black Ice, which will be carried on Tsn, Crave and CTV platforms. Elevation Pictures will handle theatrical distribution in Canada. Discussions are ongoing with potential U.S. and international distribution partners.

DreamCrew Entertainment, a subsidiary of DreamCrew, is a film and TV production co-venture...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Thursday revealed the 366 feature films that are eligible for consideration at the 93rd Oscars, which are set to air April 25 live on ABC.

The total number of films is up from last year’s 344 films in contention.

This year’s list was compiled based on tweaked eligibility rules implemented because of the coronavirus pandemic, which has pushed the ceremony to its latest date ever. For this year, feature films had to open by February 28 in a commercial motion picture theater for a seven-day qualifying run in at least one of six metro areas: Los Angeles County, New York City, the Bay Area, Chicago, Miami and Atlanta. Drive-in theaters open nightly were included as qualifying venues, as were films intended for theatrical release but because of the lockdown made available first via streaming, VOD service or other broadcast.

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Witness how far one family will go to rescue one of their own in the riveting and emotionally charged action-drama Let Him Go, available to own now for the first time on Digital and on Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

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Based on the novel of the same name by New York Times acclaimed author Larry Watson, the intense thriller reunites Academy Award nominee Diane Lane and Academy Award winner Kevin Costner as...

Witness how far one family will go to rescue one of their own in the riveting and emotionally charged action-drama Let Him Go, available to own for the first time on Digital on January 19, 2021 and on Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand on February 2, 2021 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Based on the novel of the same name by New York Times acclaimed author Larry Watson, the intense thriller reunites Academy Award nominee Diane Lane and Academy Award winner Kevin Costner as a husband and wife who set out to save their young grandson from the clutches of a ruthless family. Hailed as “original and suspenseful”, the visually stunning, Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh film is set in the 1960’s American West and explores the bonds of family, the power of love and the necessity of sacrifice. Featuring never-before-seen bonus content with the film’s cast and crew, Let Him Go on Blu-ray,...

Five months after its scuttled April theatrical date, “Antebellum” is showing strong initial response on multiple VOD platforms. The premium-priced horror/thriller (with similarities to Jordan Peele’s hit “Get Out”) scored as the first top studio PVOD release since “Bill & Ted Face the Music” three weeks ago. With about 75 percent of North American theaters now open, they would have benefited from this title.

As always, we don’t have actual revenue totals. For “Antebellum,” however, its opening-weekend status is clear: It found top ranking on charts that rate by total gross (it achieved this in three days on FandangoNow and Vudu) and high placement on two other charts that list by transaction volume. (It debuted too late to place at Spectrum).

Lionsgate retained 80 percent of the take on “Antebellum,” compared to perhaps 50-55 percent for a theatrical run. On that basis, it means that if 500,000 consumers rented it,...

It may sound like we’re scraping the bottom of the barrel with sports films if we’re now showcasing lacrosse. However, in the case of director Miranda de Pencier’s “The Grizzlies,” our barrel runneth over. Like any good, inspirational athletic adventure, the film forges a strong connection with the human side of the story. There’s a fervent, fiery emotional drive propelling this true-life tale of a teacher who inspired his underdog students to take up their sticks, overcome unrelenting sorrow and unite an unsung community. The film, which premiered at the 2018 Toronto Film Festival, saw its March 20 U.S. release date delayed due to the coronavirus, which is a shame since it’s exactly the type of uplifting movie that could boost spirits during these bleak times.

Russ Sheppard (Ben Schnetzer) has taken a job as a history teacher at Kugluktuk High School to pay off his...

As theaters shutter and big studio films postpone wide theatrical releases, indie and arthouse films are trying their best to navigate the waters of the coronavirus outbreak. Like big banner titles, many indie films that were set to release this weekend are opting to delay their debuts, while a handful are opting for a digital release — which is often common for the specialty space.

The Mangurama/Abramorama title Dosed was set to be released in theaters in New York starting Friday and was set to expand on March 27 in Los Angeles. Instead, they have opted to do a global release on digital with 10% from every purchase of the film going to coronavirus disaster relief, which will be matched by Facebook. Once theaters reopen, they will pull the film from streaming and resume theatrical release.

More from Deadline'Never Rarely Sometimes Always', 'The Roads Not Taken', 'Human Nature'...

Article Update: Unfortunately, due to the current recommendations around the Covid-19 virus, film distributor Elevation Pictures has decided to postpone ‘The Grizzlies’ from opening in theaters this weekend. We will keep readers updated on the movie’s new release date when the company makes another announcement. Original article precedes below […]

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Arriving in Kugluktuk, Nunavut — a remote settlement in Canada’s Arctic North — to teach History, recent graduate Russ Sheppard (Ben Schnetzer) thinks he knows it all. However, his class is poorly attended, his pupils are disaffected and his lessons fall on deaf ears. Hoping to tackle the triple treat of depression, alcoholism and suicide by engendering some healthy competition and galvanising the whole community, Russ attempts to establish a local lacrosse team. Firstly, however, he needs to find players — something student Miranda (Emerald MacDonald) assures him won’t be possible until he convinces classmates Adam (Ricky Marty-Pahtaykan) and Zack (Paul Nutarariaq) to play.

So, another white saviour narrative told from the perspective of an inspirational teacher then? It’s hard, even having seen the movie, to write a synopsis that doesn’t read like a troublesome cliche. Based on a true story, no less — the de facto defense of movies...

An inaugural showcase in Mexico of Canadian cinema involving Telefilm Canada, Nueva Era Films and Cinépolis has kicked off in Mexico City.

An inaugural showcase in Mexico of Canadian cinema involving Telefilm Canada, Nueva Era Films and Cinépolis has kicked off in Mexico City.

Over the course of the event seven films are screening in 14 cities and 27 theatres in the Semana de Cine Canadiense (Canadian Film Week). All are Mexican premieres.

The selections are: Cardinals by Grayson Moore and Aidan Shipley; Clara by Akash Sherman; The Fireflies Are Gone (Disparition Des Lucioles) by Sébastien Pilote; Giant Little Ones by Keith Behrman...

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Japanese flick “Shoplifters” took the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s Best Foreign Language Film of the Year prize, when the jury award winners were announced at a luncheon at the Riviera Palm Springs on Saturday.

Among the other honorees were Marcello Fonte (“Dogman”) and Joanna Kulig (“Cold War”), who both won Fipresci Prize for Best Actor and Actress in a Foreign Language Film, respectively; “Sofia” (France/Qatar), which received the New Voices New Visions Award; “Ghost Fleet” (USA) which won the John Schlesinger Award; “Carmen & Lola” (Spain) which took the CV Cine Award; “Dead Pigs” (China) which earned the Ricky Jay Magic of Cinema Award; and “Eldorado” (Switzerland) the winner of the GoE Bridging The Borders Award. The Youth Jury Award went to “What Will People Say” (Norway/Germany/Sweden).

The 30th annual festival, held from Jan. 3-14, 2019, screened 226 films from 78 countries.

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Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Palme d’Or winner Shoplifters won the Fipresci prize for best foreign language film of the year at the 30th Palm Springs International Film Festival.

The Fipresci for best actor in a foreign film went to Marcello Fonte for Italy’s Dogman, while the actress award went to Joanna Kulig for Poland’s Cold War.

The New Voices New Visions prize went to Meryem Benm’Barek’s Sofia (France-Qatar), and the John Schlesinger Award for the director of a debut feature documentary went to Ghost Fleet (USA) directed by Shannon Service and Jeffrey Waldron.

Box office blockbusters such as “Black Panther” and “Crazy Rich Asians” and small screen series including “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “One Day at a Time” and “This Is Us” are among the finalists for the 44th annual Humanitas Prize, Humanitas executive director Cathleen Young and president Ali LeRoi announced Tuesday.

“It’s always an honor and a privilege to lift up writers who are passionate about telling stories that entertain us, but also deeply explore what it means to be a human in a way that promotes peace and love,” Young said.

A total of 58 writers are nominated for their work in the 30-minute comedy, 60-minute drama, children’s teleplay, independent feature film, drama feature film, comedy feature film, family feature film and documentary categories. The prize was created to celebrate writers “whose work inspires compassion, hope, and understanding in the human family.”

“Humanitas enjoyed an embarrassment of riches this year,...

Before walking the red carpet Sept. 11 for the world premiere of her third feature, the Sasheer Zamata-starring pic “The Weekend,” pictured above, Toronto-born writer-director Stella Meghie was feted with five other Canadian cinema artists at the sixth annual Birks Diamond Tribute to the Year’s Women in Film, co-presented with partner Telefilm Canada at a splashy private event Sept. 10.

Meghie, whose debut comedy “Jean of the Jones” screened here in 2016, and Quebec director Jeanne Leblanc, now at work on her second feature, “Les notres,” are honored in the Emerging Talent category, which was added this year.

Now based in L.A., Meghie, who is also an ambassador for Tiff’s Share Her Journey initiative, welcomes these kind of opportunities. “For the most part I try to stay focused on the work,” she told Variety, “But I’m happy to lend my voice and talk about the state of where...

This year’s Canadian feature slate — 25 in all — can be seen in six Tiff sections including Discovery, Tiff Docs and Wavelengths.

Among the selected features are highly anticipated films from fest alumni including Denys Arcand, Barry Avrich and the late Rob Stewart.

Arcand’s “The Fall of the American Empire” stars Alexandre Landry as Pierre-Paul Daoust, who faces a moral dilemma after discovering two bags of money. Sony Classics bought the North American rights to the film during the Cannes Film Festival in May. The film, which will play in Tiff’s special presentations section, is a thematic cousin to Arcand’s Oscar-nominated “The Decline of the American Empire” and the Oscar-winning “The Barbarian Invasions” (2003).

Avrich returns to Tiff’s docu section with “Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz,” a portrait of the United States’ chief prosecutor during the Nuremberg trial. Stewart’s final film, “Sharkwater Extinction” will...

13th annual event to present on-stage talks, meetings with connect.

Projects featuring John Lithgow, Ontario filmmaker Karen Shaw, and Damon D’Oliveira, who produced Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) selection The Grizzlies, are among new works at the two-day Omdc International Financing Forum (iff) in Toronto next month.

The 13th edition of the Ontario Media Development Corporation’s iff will run from September 9-10 in association with Tiff and will present panel discussions, one-on-one meetings and other networking opportunities for producers, financiers, distributors and sales agents.

Organisers anticipate attendees will schedule more than 750 meetings. First-time company attendees include SingularDTV, Great Point Media,...

The Toronto Intl. Film Festival has added Denys Arcand’s crime thriller “The Fall of the American Empire” and 18 other Canadian films to its lineup.

Nine of the films are directed by women and 14 are world premieres.

“We’re especially proud to present such a diverse group of films,” said Steve Gravestock, senior programmer. “Ranging from science fiction to fantasy, myth to documentary, and romance to a dystopic vision of our neighbours to the south, this year’s Canadian films come from every region in the country, stretching from east to west and north to south.”

“The Fall of the American Empire” stars Alexandre Landry, Maxim Roy, Yan England, and Rémy Girard and centers Landry’s character discovering two bags of money and facing a moral dilemma. Arcand was inspired to make the film after learning about the 2010 murder of two people in a Montreal boutique.

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The Toronto International Film Festival​ has added another 19 new titles to its 2018 festival lineup, comprised entirely of features directed by Canadian filmmakers. Each year, Tiff highlights the films that hail from its own shores in a standalone announcement, and this year it includes nine new films from female directors, six debut features, a number of titles from fixtures of the Canadian film scene, and the world premiere of three films that showcase some of the country’s Indigenous talent.

The festival will also play home to a special event world premiere and tribute dedicated to the late filmmaker and conservationist Rob Stewart, centered around his final film, “Sharkwater Extinction.” Stewart passed away in 2017 while working on the film, a followup to his 2006 documentary “Sharkwater.”

“We’re especially proud to present such a diverse group of films,” said Steve Gravestock, Tiff Senior Programmer, in an official statement. “Ranging from science fiction to fantasy,...

New films from Canadian filmmakers Denys Arcand, Maxime Giroux, Jennifer Baichwal and Bruce Sweeney have been added to 2018 Toronto International Film Festival lineup, which announced its slate of Canadian films on Wednesday.

Nine of the films are directed by women, fsix are debut features and 14 are world premieres.

Canadian features will include Arcand’s “The Fall of the American Empire,” Giroux’s “The Great Darkened Days” and Sweeney’s “Kingsway.”

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The Canadian documentaries include Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier and Edward Burtynsky’s “Anthropocene,” Ron Mann’s “Carmine Street Guitars” and Thom Fitzgerald’s “Splinters.”

Three of the films – Gwaii Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown’s “Edge of the Knife,” Darlene Naponse’s “Falls Around Her” and Miranda de Pencier’s “The Grizzlies” – feature indigenous talent.

A special event will screen the documentary “Sharkwater Extinction,...

Anthropocene and The Fall Of The American Empire are among films joining the line-up.

The Toronto International Film Festival has added another 19 Canadian titles to its line-up, among them the world premieres of documentary Anthropocene, Rob Stewart’s Sharkwater Extinction and Miranda de Pencier’s feature directorial debut The Grizzlies.

The new titles for the forty-third edition of the festival – which runs from September 6 to 16 - include nine films directed by women and five debut features and senior programmer Steve Gravestock emphasised the diversity represented.

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“We’re especially proud to present such a diverse group of films,...