Ethan Hawke said that the acceptance of his new documentary, Seymour: An Introduction, into the selective festival meant a lot to him. Why? “Hamlet was rejected here. Before Sunrise was rejected here. Tadpole was rejected here. Before Sunset was rejected here. It’s been a lonely 30 f—ing years — I needed Seymour Bernstein to get my ass in this chair!” Bernstein, a professional classical pianist turned piano […]

The Toronto Film Fest showed just how difficult the indie business has become in a blockbuster-obsessed Hollywood. Being gunshy may turn out to make more financial sense. In 2013, the big deals included “Begin Again” with Keira Knightley and “What If” with Daniel Radcliffe, nut neither fully ignited at the box office. Only the sci-fi […]

One of the more intriguing developments of this year’s competition is the unusual dominance of Canadian auteurs. As anticipated, no fewer than three Canuck helmers are in the running for the Palme this year: Cronenberg with his Robert Pattinson starrer “Maps to the Stars,” Egoyan with his kidnapping thriller “The Captive,” and 25-year-old Quebecois helmer Xavier Dolan […]

Arthouse genre movies, such as Danish helmer Jonas Alexander Arnby’s “When Animals Dream” and American filmmaker David Robert Mitchell’s “It Follows,” are among the seven films set to compete in the Critics Week sidebar in the upcoming Cannes Film Fest. The program, which runs May 15-23 and was selected by artistic head, Charles Tesson, is devoted to […]