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The 2026 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Short Cuts Lineup
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The Toronto International Film Festival, presented by Rogers, is announcing its 2026 Short Cuts program. This year’sselection includes 45 short films from 30 countries across seven curated programs, spanning live-action narrative, documentary, animation, and hybrid filmmaking. Entering its third year, Strange Cuts...
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The 2026 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Docs Lineup
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The Toronto International Film Festival, presented by Rogers, is announcing its 2026 TIFF Docs lineup featuring 21 titles from 20 countries and 18 World Premieres. From archival portraits to dispatches from global front lines, this year’s Official Selection celebrates the...
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“Ted Lasso” Season 4 Review: This Uneven Return Gives Us Little To Still Believe In
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THE STORY – Ted returns to Richmond, taking on his biggest challenge yet: coaching a second-division women’s football team. THE CAST – Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein, Juno Temple, Brendan Hunt, Jeremy Swift & Tanya Reynolds THE TEAM –...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interview With “Cookie Queens” Filmmaker Alysa Nahmias
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“Cookie Queens” is a 2026 documentary film that follows four young women striving to become their own “Cookie Queen” and top sellers of Girl Scout Cookies, exploring the joys, pains, and pressures of the Girl Scout Cookie season. The film...
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Can “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” Swing Its Way To A Best Visual Effects Oscar Nomination?
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In a sea of superhero fatigue, everyone’s favorite web-slinger remains bulletproof with audiences. “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” has put up a historic opening weekend box office, rivaling “Avengers: Endgame,” which is crazy to imagine given the amount of anticipation behind...
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Film At Lincoln Center Presents: “Bibliomania: A Preface To Chronovisor,” A 15-Film Repertory Series (Aug. 28th-Sep. 3rd)
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Opening September 4th at Film at Lincoln Center, “Chronovisor,” a New Directors/New Films 2026 selection, follows Columbia scholar Béatrice Courte into the analog archives of New York City’s historic libraries on an all-consuming academic investigation into the story of a...
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The 2026 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Wavelengths & Classics Lineups
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The Toronto International Film Festival, presented by Rogers, is thrilled to reveal its 2026 lineup for the Wavelengths and TIFF Classics programs. Across acclaimed contemporary cinema, daring experimental work, and anticipated restorations, these distinct programs showcase artistry and creative risk-taking at...
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The 2026 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Centrepiece Lineup
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TIFF is proud to share the Official Selections of its 2026 Centerpiece program, presented by Intrepid Travel, the main section of the Festival. This year’s slate features 54 titles from filmmakers representing 50 countries, including Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, the Central...
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The World Premiere Of Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” Announced As The Spotlight Gala Of NYFF64
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Film at Lincoln Center has announced the world premiere of Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” as the Spotlight Gala selection for the 64th New York Film Festival. At the premiere presentation at Alice Tully Hall on September 26th, Yamazaki and...
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“The Debut” Will Close The 2026 BFI London Film Festival
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The 70th BFI London Film Festival (October 7th-18th) is excited to announce this year’s Closing Night Gala will be the UK premiere of Jesse Eisenberg’s “The Debut“ at the Southbank Center’s Royal Festival Hall on October 18th, 2026. Eisenberg returns to LFF following the premiere of “A Real...
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