Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair

As the Toronto International Film Festival prepares to kick off, the CEO of TIFF reveals how the SAG-AFTRA strike affected this year's event, how the festival's international focus got even stronger this year, and how he went from attending TIFF as an aspiring film critic to one of the most influential film programmers in the world.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsiderEmail us at littlegoldmen@vf.comFollow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws, @beccamford, @davidcanfield97 Our editor and producer is Brett Fuchs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Your guide to the biggest premieres at both Labor Day weekend festivals, from Ferrari to Janet Planet and beyond.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsiderEmail us at littlegoldmen@vf.comFollow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws, @beccamford, @davidcanfield97 Our editor and producer is Brett Fuchs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This week we’ve pulled interviews out of the archives with two filmmakers who are up to big things this year. First we go back to 2019, when Julie Miller talked to future Barbie director Greta Gerwig about her adaptation of Little Women. Then we hear Julie again in conversation with Emerald Fennell, talking at the time about her debut feature Promising Young Woman, and back this fall with Saltburn.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsiderEmail us at littlegoldmen@vf.comFollow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws, @beccamford, @davidcanfield97 Our editor and producer is Brett Fuchs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Rumaan Alam’s apocalyptic, domestic thriller published in 2020 is only more unsettling today, which might make it the perfect time for the upcoming Netflix adaptation. Plus, a look ahead at festival season thanks to our first-look features on All of Us Strangers, Foe, Fingernails, and many more.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsiderEmail us at littlegoldmen@vf.comFollow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws, @beccamford, @davidcanfield97 Our editor and producer is Brett Fuchs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Two conversations with Emmy-nominated directors who surprised us this year. First, Hoar digs in on the making of The Last of Us's emotional love story "Long, Long Time." Then, Trachtenberg reflects on the long journey that brought the ambitious horror movie Prey to Hulu.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsiderEmail us at littlegoldmen@vf.comFollow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws, @beccamford, @davidcanfield97 Our editor and producer is Brett Fuchs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Martin Amis's 2014 novel set at Auschwitz is very, very different from Jonathan Glazer's film adapted from it — but that doesn't mean they don't shed light on each other. Plus, Chris Murphy talks to Professor Stacy L. Smith of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative about their new study tracking representation in Hollywood, and how much further the industry has to go.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsiderEmail us at littlegoldmen@vf.comFollow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws, @beccamford, @davidcanfield97 , @christressOur editor and producer is Brett Fuchs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Emmy-nominated editor of The Bear shares how the surprise hit comedy came together in its first season, and how she and the series creators learned to break their own rules for season two.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsiderEmail us at littlegoldmen@vf.comFollow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws, @beccamford, @davidcanfield97 Our editor and producer is Brett Fuchs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Priscilla Beaulieu Presley met Elvis when she was 14, divorced him when she was 27, and was only a minor figure in last year’s blockbuster film about Elvis’s life. In Sofia Coppola’s new film Priscilla will take center stage, and in her memoir, which Coppola adapted, Priscilla tells her side of the story. The episode also includes discussion of And Just Like That, Red White & Royal Blue, and the new season of Only Murders in the Building.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsiderEmail us at littlegoldmen@vf.comFollow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws, @beccamford, @davidcanfield97 , @hillibusterrOur editor and producer is Brett Fuchs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The writer and director discusses his provocative new movie, the hurdle of its NC-17 rating, and how seeing 197 movies over the course of three months changes his life.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsiderEmail us at littlegoldmen@vf.comFollow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws, @beccamford, @davidcanfield97 Our editor and producer is Brett Fuchs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A dive into David Grann's 2017 nonfiction book that Martin Scorsese has adapted for his upcoming film. Plus, a look at the state of the strike and festival season, and a celebration of the new season of Heartstopper and Ira Sachs's new film Passages.Share your thoughts via our Listener Survey here: https://selfserve.decipherinc.com/survey/selfserve/222b/75187?pin=1&uBRANDLINK=5&uCHANNELLINK=2Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsiderEmail us at littlegoldmen@vf.comFollow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws, @beccamford, @davidcanfield97 Our editor and producer is Brett Fuchs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices