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'Halloween Ends' wins box office but renews streaming debate

'Halloween Ends' wins box office but renews streaming debate

No matter how you look at the numbers, “Halloween Ends” had a good opening weekend. Touted as the final showdown between Laurie Strode and Michael Myers, the slasher pic earned $41.
Iranian-Canadian director prevented from leaving Tehran to attend London film fest

Iranian-Canadian director prevented from leaving Tehran to attend London film fest

An Iranian-Canadian director says he was unable to attend a film festival in London Friday as Iranian authorities prevented his departure.
Mamie Till depiction seen as tribute to Black female leaders

Mamie Till depiction seen as tribute to Black female leaders

NEW YORK (AP) — Gwen Carr sat up straight in her seat as she heard lines of dialogue delivered by the actor portraying Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till , a 14-year-old Black boy whose lynching in Mississippi in 1955 catalyzed the U.S.
TV sexpert Sue Johanson passed the torch to a new generation of online educators: doc

TV sexpert Sue Johanson passed the torch to a new generation of online educators: doc

TORONTO — When Sue Johanson started "The Sunday Night Sex Show" in the mid-1990s, it was taboo to talk about sex acts, dildos and STIs on TV.
Review: Does 'Halloween Ends' finally mean it's over?

Review: Does 'Halloween Ends' finally mean it's over?

OK, so we knew there was going to be an ending. We just didn’t know there'd be, like, six endings.
Elliot Page to executive produce LGBTQ cheerleading drama 'Backspot'

Elliot Page to executive produce LGBTQ cheerleading drama 'Backspot'

TORONTO — Elliot Page has signed on to executive produce a queer cheerleading drama starring "Reservation Dogs" actor Devery Jacobs. "Backspot" is the debut film for Page's Page Boy Productions collaborating with Jacobs' Night is Y banner.
'She Said,' drama of Weinstein reporting, premieres in NYC

'She Said,' drama of Weinstein reporting, premieres in NYC

NEW YORK (AP) — Five years after a pair of exposés revealed Harvey Weinstein’s long trail of sexual abuse of women , “She Said," a film that dramatizes the dogged fight to uncover years of allegations against the movie mogul, premiered Thursday at th
Director Jeff Barnaby, who helped Indigenous filmmakers dream bigger, dies at 46

Director Jeff Barnaby, who helped Indigenous filmmakers dream bigger, dies at 46

Within an Indigenous filmmaking community that's still growing into its newfound power, Mi'kmaq director Jeff Barnaby is already being called a visionary whose influence has yet to be fully understood in Canada or elsewhere.
For Whoopi Goldberg, 'Till' release comes after long wait

For Whoopi Goldberg, 'Till' release comes after long wait

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Whoopi Goldberg was invited to help produce an Emmett Till project, the actor thought she knew everything about the Black teenager’s 1955 kidnapping and lynching — until she learned the untold stories about how his mother hand
Q&A: Park Chan-wook on love, genre and 'Decision to Leave'

Q&A: Park Chan-wook on love, genre and 'Decision to Leave'

NEW YORK (AP) — Long before Bong Joon Ho's “Parasite” triumphed at the Oscars and “Squid Game” circled the globe , Park Chan-wook was astonishing worldwide audiences with his sumptuously stylistic, outrageously violent and devilishly elaborate vision
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