Closing Night Premieres at Toronto Film Festival with Star-Studded Cast
Cody Fern directs Sarah Paulson, Naomi Watts and Dianne Wiest in his feature debut about an actress facing a dark secret.
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4 publishers have covered this in 6 articles since 10 Sept 2026. Features – IndieWire published first, on 10 September at 18:00 UTC; Variety followed 44h 00m later. The most recent article, from Variety, appeared on 16 September at 15:35 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Variety (major outlet), The Hollywood Reporter (major outlet), IndieWire, Deadline.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- Features – IndieWireCody Fern Wrote His Directing Debut ‘Closing Night’ for Sarah Paulson: ‘She’s Like a Bugatti’
- VarietySarah Paulson Has Waited Forever for a Movie Like ‘Closing Night’: ‘I Wasn’t This Hot, Young Nubile Thing’
- Deadline‘Closing Night’ Review: Killer Cast Sarah Paulson, Naomi Watts, And Dianne Wiest As Mothers On The Edge – Toronto Film Festival
- IndieWire‘Closing Night’ Review: Even Sarah Paulson and Naomi Watts Can’t Save This Mangled Misfire of a Melodrama
- The Hollywood Reporter‘Closing Night’ Review: Sarah Paulson and Naomi Watts Lead a Deluxe Cast in a Shrill Family Melodrama in Search of a Binding Tone
- Variety‘Closing Night’ Review: Sarah Paulson and Naomi Watts Are Warring Sisters in Cody Fern’s Deliciously Histrionic Melodrama
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- ‘Closing Night’ Review: Sarah Paulson and Naomi Watts Are Warring Sisters in Cody Fern’s Deliciously Histrionic Melodrama Variety ·
- ‘Closing Night’ Review: Sarah Paulson and Naomi Watts Lead a Deluxe Cast in a Shrill Family Melodrama in Search of a Binding Tone The Hollywood Reporter ·
- Sarah Paulson Has Waited Forever for a Movie Like ‘Closing Night’: ‘I Wasn’t This Hot, Young Nubile Thing’ Variety ·
- ‘Closing Night’ Review: Even Sarah Paulson and Naomi Watts Can’t Save This Mangled Misfire of a Melodrama IndieWire
- ‘Closing Night’ Review: Killer Cast Sarah Paulson, Naomi Watts, And Dianne Wiest As Mothers On The Edge – Toronto Film Festival Deadline
- Cody Fern Wrote His Directing Debut ‘Closing Night’ for Sarah Paulson: ‘She’s Like a Bugatti’ Features – IndieWire
In this story
- Sarah Paulson
- Naomi Watts
- Dianne Wiest
- Cody Fern
- Toronto International Film Festival