This year’s Toronto International Film Festival brought together an impressive range of talent. In an exclusive portrait studio, filmmakers and performers reflected on the productions that have shaped their lives and careers. Warning: This article includes language that some readers may find offensive. Which film from your career has the greatest meaning for you? Kristine: Sharp Stick, directed by Lena Dunham. It was deeply personal for her, and it became personal for me too. I played Sarah Jo,

A recent mission to a remote island in the South Pacific in search of debris from Amelia Earhart’s missing aircraft has ended without a definitive discovery. On Monday, researchers said they found “no conclusive evidence” that the celebrated pilot brought her Lockheed 10E Electra down on or near the tiny atoll located south of the planned stop on her doomed journey nearly 90 years ago. The expedition to Nikumaroro Island was organized by the Archaeological Legacy Institute, based in Eugene,