“Art dies in the boardroom. ” That was a dark omen I read on a stranger’s poster board last week as I walked Festival Street at the 51st Toronto Film Festival, heading to a Midnight Madness screening while the fate of Hollywood hangs in the balance of a looming merger.

Source: [Deadline](https://deadline.com/2026/09/midnight-madness-revisited-tiff-next-box-office-obsession-1237105994/)

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