Matthew Ritchie

  • Daniel Schechter
    Comment

    Crime pays for Schechter

    2013-09-16T11:45:00

    Toronto closing film Life of Crime is adapted from Elmore Leonard’s The Switch.

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    Features

    Clif Prowse and Derek Lee, Afflicted

    2013-09-12T16:24:00

    The co-directors and stars of Canadian Midnight Madness selection Afflicted talk about their unconvential approach to a vampire film.

  • Midas Box
    News

    Image, Film Arcade buy Midas Box

    2013-09-10T12:00:00

    Image Entertainment and The Film Arcade have struck a deal in Toronto for US rights to $25m action fantasy The Adventurer: The Curse Of The Midas Box starring Michael Sheen and Lena Headey.

  • Gia Milani
    News

    Gia Milani wins Grolsch Discovery Award

    2013-09-09T22:58:00

    The Toronto International Film Festival has announced Canadian director Gia Milani as the winner of the 2013 Grolsch Film Works Discovery Award.

  • Alex Gibney in Toronto
    Comment

    Alex Gibney: Armstrong project felt 'part of a con'

    2013-09-09T22:43:00

    Lance Armstrong documentary changed radically as allegations spread.

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    Comment

    Eli Roth talks Green Inferno

    2013-09-09T19:06:00

    Horror maestro talks Generation Y ‘slacktivism’ and relevance of Stop Kony campaign.

  • Marius
    News

    Kino Lorber reunites with Auteuil

    2013-09-09T18:28:00

    Kino Lorber has picked up all US rights from Pathé International to Daniel Auteuil’s latest two features, Marius and Fanny. Separately, Music Box has acquired the French supernatural mini-series The Returned.

  • Idris Elba in Toronto
    Comment

    The long walk to Mandela

    2013-09-08T23:18:00

    Justin Chadwick and Idris Elba talk about bringing Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom to the big screen.

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    Comment

    Steve McQueen: 'Slave' about love

    2013-09-07T23:34:00

    Director says if 12 Years A Slave starts a new conversation about slavery that’ll be “about time.”

  • Hugh Jackman
    Comment

    The catharsis of Prisoners

    2013-09-07T20:49:00

    Hugh Jackman and Terrence Howard talk about working with Denis Villeneuve.

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    News

    Fantastic Fest unveils line-up

    2013-09-07T16:57:00

    The event in Austin, Texas, has unveiled its full list of events for the 2013 edition with the announcement of a live debate between Fantastic Fest co-founder Tim League and Man Of Tai Chi director Keanu Reeves in honour of the film’s US premiere.

  • News

    Goethe-Institut LA announces Currents

    2013-09-07T15:59:00

    The Goethe-Institut of Los Angeles has announced its lineup for the seventh annual German Currents: Festival Of German Film.

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    Features

    Michael Dowse, The F Word

    2013-09-07T07:00:00

    Matthew Ritchie speaks to Michael Dowse about his follow-up to Goon, romantic comedy The F Word which premieres at Toronto.

  • Benedict Cumberbatch in Toronto
    Comment

    Benedict Cumberbatch: Toronto's Man of the Festival

    2013-09-07T00:01:00

    The team from The Fifth Estate talk about Julian Assange’s achievements.

  • Manakamana
    News

    Cinema Guild buys Manakamana

    2013-09-06T22:07:00

    The Cinema Guild has announced its acquisition of all US rights to Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez’s documentary Manakamana which gets its North American premiere on Friday (6).

  • Angelina Jolie
    News

    Academy to honour Jolie

    2013-09-05T22:38:00

    The board of governors of the Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts And Sciences has named Angelina Jolie recipient of this year’s Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and will present honourary awards to Angela Lansbury, Piero Tosi and Steve Martin.

  • Empire Of Dirt
    News

    Double Dutch boards TIFF duo

    2013-09-05T21:44:00

    Double Dutch International has acquired worldwide distribution rights excluding Canada to Peter Stebbings’ addiction drama Empire Of Dirt and worldwide rights to Terry Miles’ family drama Cinemanovels. Both titles premiere in Toronto on Friday [6].

  • Christoph Rainer
    News

    Rainer wins grand prize for RBC/TIFF award

    2013-09-05T20:50:00

    The Royal Bank of Canada and the Toronto International Film Festival has announced its winners for the 2013 edition of RBC’s Emerging Filmmakers Competition.

  • Cronenbert in Toronto
    News

    Details revealed for Cronenberg Project

    2013-09-05T20:44:00

    The Cronenberg Project will run from November 1, 2013 to January 19, 2014 at Toronto’s TIFF Bell Lightbox and will allow visitors to experience the director’s filmography through a series of multi-platform exhibits.

  • News

    SFFS teams up with Diab

    2013-09-05T15:20:00

    The San Francisco Film Society has announced Egyptian filmmaker Mohamed Diab as its selection for the Fall 2013 Artist In Residence programme.