Michael Winterbottom Talks About His Period Drama ‘Shoshana’ Ahead of Its TIFF World Premiere: “Where We Know The Facts, We’ve Stuck To The Facts”

Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump are known to be very proud parents of their 17-year-old son Barron. The pair are also known to be incredibly protective of their child and rarely share details about their family life with Barron, but despite choosing to keep their personal life private, the former President shared a glimpse of his relationship with his son during a recent interview.DONALD TRUMP TALKS ABOUT WIFE MELANIA’S ‘BEAUTY’ AND ‘MYSTERY’ DONALD TRUMP’S EX-WIFE MARLA GOES ON ‘SMOOTH RIDE’ FOR A GOOD CAUSEBARRON TRUMP: ALL YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TRUMP’S YOUNGEST SONA close source to the couple previously revealed to People that “Barron has always been a first priority in [Melania’s] life,” adding that “She has always surrounded herself with family.

Despite fears for the future of film in the new, seemingly disposable digital era, there are still many auteurs holding on out there in the modern movie landscape. For example, there’s Quentin Tarantino, Christopher Nolan and even Michael Bay (for, as director Tarsem said of the latter’s work, “You may not like it, but you know who made it”). But few directors are as instantly recognizable as Wes Anderson. Nothing happens by accident in a Wes Anderson movie: the camera moves are perfectly choreographed — sideways tracking shots are a specialty — and the sets don’t even begin to aim for realism. Clothes are tailored, hair and makeup is scrutinized all the way down to lipstick and nail polish, and music is key, creating a subtle, sometimes melancholy and always wholly effective emotional backdrop.

Alissa Simon Film Critic Britain’s official post-WWI administration of Palestine lasted from 1920-48 and is probably the UK colonial enterprise least addressed by its fiction filmmakers. But now prolific writer-director Michael Winterbottom (“The Trip,” “A Mighty Heart”) uses that complicated era as a backdrop to the compelling historical romance “Shoshana.” A passion project 15 years in the making and based on real people and events, the film employs the ill-fated, cross-cultural relationship between a ranking member of the British Palestine Police Force and a young Jewish woman to explore the way extremism and violence push people apart, forcing them to choose sides.

Donald Trump is sharing his appreciation for his wife Melania Trump during his latest interview with Megyn Kelly. The former president gave a glimpse of his family life with Melania and their 17-year-old son Barron, revealing that there are a lot of things people don’t know about her.BARRON TRUMP: ALL YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TRUMP’S YOUNGEST SONIVANKA AND TIFFANY TRUMP’S RUMORED FEUD SEEMS TO BE OVERMELANIA TRUMP IS ‘THE HOTTEST FIRST LADY OF ALL TIME’ ACCORDING TO JOE ROGANThe 77-year-old revealed that when it comes to Melania’s personality, he thinks “part of [her] beauty is that mystery,” and explained that “she has a lot of confidence.” Trump also compared his wife to actress Greta Garbo. “She was a great actress, But she was very reclusive, never did an interview.

EXCLUSIVE: A24 and Chernin Entertainment’s Dicks: The Musical, in the wake of having a rowdy world premiere at TIFF’s Midnight Madness, is tweaking its release date, now going limited on Oct. 6 instead of Sept. 29.

EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based genre specialist Reel Suspects has boarded world sales on Turkish director Orçun Behram’s horror The Funeral ahead of its premiere at the Lisbon International Horror Film Festival, better known as MotelX.

Filmmaker Karan Johar, who was in the 6ix to attend the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival, got chatty with ET Canada’s Sangita Patel about the success of actress Priyanka Chopra.

There’s some stiff competition in the Sussex household!

“The cracks in the employers’ walls are getting deeper everyday.”

Nicolas Cage is looking stylish at the Toronto International Film Festival!

As Ben Hardy touched down in Toronto for TIFF for the premiere of his film “Unicorns” on Friday, the UK-born actor hit up a red carpet interview with ET Canada’s Dallas Dixon to discuss his support from the LGBTQ+ community and how he achieved a sizable derrière.

Due to the SAG-AFTRA strike, Anna Kendrick couldn’t make it to Friday’s TIFF world premiere of her feature directorial debut, Woman of the Hour.

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first teaser trailer for anticipated Toronto Film Festival world premiere The End We Start From, starring Emmy and BAFTA winner Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) as a woman trying to get home with her baby amid an environmental disaster.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is so fraught and thorny most filmmakers these days who are not of Israeli or Palestinian heritage or from somewhere nearby the region generally tend to steer clear of all the loaded burdens and pitfalls. Versatile filmmaker Michael Winterbottom, however, is braver and/or has less compunction about that—for better and perhaps for worse.

EXCLUSIVE: We’re getting an exclusive first look at Paramount+’s Finestkind from Oscar winner Brian Helgeland, starring Jenna Ortega, Tommy Lee Jones, Ben Foster and Toby Wallace, ahead of its premiere Friday at the Toronto Film Festival. The film is set for a November premiere exclusively on Paramount+.

If you were looking for stars at TIFF on opening night at a time when there aren’t that many at the fest, they were at the world premiere of Gonzo Girl, with 4x Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe and director/star Patricia Arquette which received a standing ovation at the Royal Alexandria theater.

TIFF 2023 gets underway tomorrow, and that means plenty of world premieres over its ten-day schedule. And there several movies debuting in Toronto to get excited about, like Brian Helgeland‘s “Finestkind,” the GameStop short comedy “Dumb Money,” and the star-studded New England noir “Reptile,” which makes the feature debut for Grant Singer.

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first trailer for Liam Neeson crime-thriller In The Land Of Saints And Sinners, which debuts tomorrow at the Venice Film Festival.

K.J. Yossman editor Michael Winterbottom’s production company Revolution Films is opening an Italian outpost, Variety can exclusively confirm. The production outfit, known for films and TV series including the Boris Johnson-inspired “This England” and the upcoming TIFF contender “Shoshana,” is in the process of setting up an office in the country, say sources with knowledge of the expansion.

David Walliams was surrounded by friends and family as he celebrated his 52nd birthday in style.