Argo

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Iran claims it will sue Hollywood over unrealistic portrayal in Argo

The Academy Award-winning best picture Argo is about to be slapped with a lawsuit, at least according to reports in Iranian state media.

Canada at the Oscars: They like us, they really like us!

Brian D. Johnson on the Canadian Oscar conspiracy: William Shatner, ‘Argo’ and ‘Life of Pi’

Iran state media calls Argo ‘most political’ for Oscar win

Film’s win is part of White House and CIA plot, says state radio

Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter says Argo gives short shrift to Canada

“The main hero, in my opinion, was Ken Taylor,” Carter says

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Video: Remembering the Iranian hostage crisis

Acclaimed photographer Peter Bregg recalls covering the 1979 crisis

What really happened

What you won’t see in Argo

Mark Lijek, a retired U.S. diplomat rescued from Iran, writes about the real heroes of 1979

Gary Doer on U.S. elections, the ‘fiscal cliff,’ and the after-effects of Argo

In conversation with Canada’s ambassador to the U.S.

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Don’t sweat it, Ben Affleck. We forgive you.

His new film, Argo, may not give Canadians all the credit, but the Hollywood star smooths things over.

Sarah, Ben and the seven psychos

Deconstruction gone wild in ‘Argo,’ ‘Stories We Tell,’ ‘Seven Psychopaths,’ ‘Nobody Walks,’ and ‘Antiviral’

Brian D. Johnson picks TIFF’s Top 10

The best of the Toronto International Film Festival as chosen by our film critic … plus! a booby prize

Ben Affleck shows Ken Taylor some Hollywood diplomacy

In what must be a Hollywood precedent, Taylor got to rewrite the ‘Argo’ postscript—changing it from insult to tribute

‘Silver Linings Playbook’ wins TIFF audience prize

Quebec’s Xavier Dolan’s wins Best Canadian feature for his transexual epic, Laurence Anyways