Trevor Noah and Dua Lipa getting cozy in NYC was not on our 2022 bingo card!
10.09.2022 - 16:57 / variety.com
Jennie Punter The Toronto Film Festival has programmed one of its strongest Canadian feature slates in recent years — films with head-turning performances, eye-catching artistry, and global market and audience appeal, from filmmakers who are subverting stereotypes, challenging or bypassing power structures, or transforming the industry ecosystem from the grassroots on up. “Right now in our industry, tons of high-paying service work lets people pay their bills, but the quality work is coming through the Canadian independents,” says Conquering Lions Pictures’ Damon D’Oliveira, who has produced the Canadian work of director Clement Virgo, from his 1995 Cannes-premiering feature “Rude” to the series “The Book of Negroes” to their latest, “Brother.”
The adaptation of David Chariandy’s novel tells the story of two Jamaican Canadian brothers in 1990s Scarborough. “We see this as a bookend to ‘Rude,’ which is set in the same period and is an adrenaline rush,” says D’Oliveira. “We’re returning to this era with a polished approach, telling a mature coming-of-age story— which we’re dedicating to our immigrant mothers! “This is the biggest step up we’ve taken on the features side,” he continues. “The industry has been on a bit of a buying spree; we hope that continues.” After riding out last year’s sated marketplace, Luc Déry and Kim McCraw of Montreal’s micro_scope return to Toronto with two minority co-productions and are most excited about Stéphane Lafleur’s buzzing “Viking” — his first feature since his 2014 Cannes hit “Tu dors Nicole.” “It is an original, funny movie with a cool premise [behavioral research subjects mirror astronauts in advance of the first manned mission to Mars] and we can’t wait to share it with the
Trevor Noah and Dua Lipa getting cozy in NYC was not on our 2022 bingo card!
Dua Lipa and Trevor Noah have sparked dating rumours after they were spotted ‘kissing’ in New York City. In photos obtained by the Daily Mail, the 27-year-old hitmaker and the comedian, 38, were seen having an intimate dinner at Miss Lily’s, a Jamaican restaurant in the East Village, on Wednesday night (September 28). A source told the outlet: “They were quietly sat away from everyone else at the restaurant.
Manchester United could be without Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial for this weekend's derby at City.
The Libertines have confirmed they have been working on new music. The band shared that they have been setting down tracks in the Caribbean over the summer for their upcoming album.Pete Doherty told media (per Music-News) at the AIM Independent Music Awards 2022 yesterday (Wednesday, September 28), that he and co-frontman Carl Barât had been in Jamaica and having a “productive” summer working on new material for the band’s fourth studio album.
The BFI London Film Festival has unveiled its full industry lineup, which will include keynote conversations with the Italian producer and CEO of Apartment Pictures Lorenzo Mieli and Fionnuala Jamison of MK2 Films.
Sam Smith and Kim Petras have teamed up on a new track, ‘Unholy’ – you can listen to it below.The throbbing, synth-heavy collaboration serves as the lead single from Smith’s upcoming fourth studio album. “Mummy don’t know daddy’s getting hot/ At the body shop/ Doing something Unholy,” its choral hook goes.“‘Unholy’ was made in Jamaica and was one of the most glorious creative moments I’ve ever had as an artist,” Smith explained of the song. “I’ve never had so much fun making a record.”They continued: “It was so cathartic and freeing to experiment like this and throw out the rule book.
Alissa Simon Film Critic Overline: Hed: By Alissa Simon “Subtraction,” from idiosyncratic Iranian helmer-writer Mani Haghighi (“Men at Work,” “Modest Reception,” “A Dragon Arrives!”) is a tense Hitchcockian thriller set in Tehran, where a heavy, non-stop rainfall signals a lingering malaise. There, a young couple come across their doppelgängers. The film premiered at the Toronto festival. The idea for the plot grew out of the helmer’s long-ago trip to Southwest Iran to look at places where the Iran-Iraq war took place.
Addie Morfoot Contributor “In Her Hands,” a Netflix documentary produced by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, has won the 18th Camden Intl. Film Festival’s audience award. While the in-person component of the Maine-based festival ended on Sept.
set to go ahead this month but a federal judge today (September 19) rejected the defence’s request to dismiss the case and instead set a trial date for next February, reports Billboard.The Run-DMC rapper (real name Jason Mizell) was fatally shot inside his Jamaica, Queens recording studio at the age of 37 in 2002.It was a cold case until 2020 when police, the FBI and other law enforcement bodiesindicted two men, Ronald Washington and Karl Jordan Jr., on charges of murder.After the two men were charged, their lawyers argued that prosecutors waited too long to charge them, which caused crucial evidence to be lost.Their lawyers claim that mobile records that would support their alibis were no longer available and that key witnesses would not remember details in the case.But the federal judge LaShann DeArcy Hall has now said that their arguments were too “speculative” to serve as a cause for dismissal.“Conspicuously absent from Jordan’s argument is any factual support for his claim,” the judge added.
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Queen Elizabeth's coffin lying in state at Westminster Hall on Saturday (17. 09. 22).
Johnny vs Amber: The US Trial, Johnny Depp’s lawyers are shown calling Kate Moss to persuade her to testify. The documentary, released on Discovery+ on Tuesday (20 September), tells the inside story of the trial that was streamed around the world and watched by millions on social media. Depp sued Heard for $50m (£40.
Diane Garrett On Friday, during the 18th edition of the Camden Intl. Film Festival, organizers unveiled a Diane Weyermann Fellowship at Points North Institute.Weyermann, the former chief content officer at Participant and former director of the Sundance Institute’s documentary film program, died last October of cancer.
Madonna and her daughter, Lourdes Leon, were just two of the major stars sitting front row at the Tom Ford fashion show during 2022 New York Fashion Week held at Skylight on Vesey on Wednesday night (September 14) in New York City.
EXCLUSIVE: Asha Bromfield (Riverdale, Locke & Key) will adapt her 2021 debut novel, Hurricane Summer, into a feature film for Neshama Entertainment of Toronto. The film will be distributed globally (outside of Canada) by MarVista Entertainment, which has a minority stake in Neshama.