All Festivals articles – Page 3
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Comment: Venice jury springs surprises as festival grapples with global events
‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ was widely liked, but not a picture that figured prominently in speculative Golden Lion conversation.
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‘Winter Of The Crow’ review: Lesley Manville propels gripping Polish Cold War thriller
The British star captivates as a professor on a deadly trip to 1980s Warsaw in Kasia Adamik’s gritty drama
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‘I Swear’ review: Robert Aramayo is exceptional as real-life Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson
Kirk Jones directs this stirring biopic of Davidson, previously the subject of documentaries including ‘John’s Not Mad’
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‘Roofman’ review: Channing Tatum charms in real-life crime caper from Derek Cianfrance
Kirsten Dunst also stars in ’Blue Valentine’ director’s conventional spin on quirky tale
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‘Sacrifice’ review: Chris Evans and Anya Taylor-Joy head muddled Romain Gavras eco thriller
Vincent Cassel and Salma Hayek Pinault join the starry cast of Gavras’s ‘Athena’ follow-up
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‘Hedda’ review: Tessa Thompson crackles at the heart of Nia DaCosta’s uneven Ibsen adaptation
DaCosta updates Henrik Ibsen’s classic play ’Hedda Gabler’ to a modern dinner party setting
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Studio boss Donna Langley in TIFF talks younger audiences, horror shift
”Young people, the Letterboxd generation, are really engaged in film.”
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TIFF at 50: Sony Classics co-heads on their first acquisition, minding Warren Beatty, and the festival audience
Nuremberg receives world premiere as Gala Presentation on Sunday evening.
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Junji Sakamoto’s ‘Climbing For Life’ to open Tokyo film festival 2025
The drama is based on the true story of Junko Tabei, the first woman to conquer Mount Everest.
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Focus Features in exclusive talks for most of the world on TIFF Midnight horror ‘Obsession’
Curry Baker’s directorial debut plays again on Saturday.
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Ross McElwee’s ‘Remake’ wins Venice Golden Globes impact documentary prize
Jury credits “an exemplar of documentary creativity and excellence in form, and the power of film to reach and impact audiences.”
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‘Good News’ review: Byun Sung-hyun turns 1970 hijacking into satirical Netflix thriller
Sul Kyung-gu stars in the ‘Kill Boksoon’ director’s kinetic dramatisation of the hijacking of Japanese Airlines Flight 351
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‘Rental Family’ review: Brendan Fraser shines as a lost soul seeking connection in Tokyo-set drama
Director Hikari follows up her 2019 debut ‘37 Seconds’ with tale of American actor adrift in Japan
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'California Schemin'' review: James McAvoy directorial debut is engaging real-life Scottish rap tale
McAvoy tells the true story of two Dundee rappers who pretended to be American duo Silibil N’ Brains
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‘Bad Apples’ review: Saoirse Ronan is a teacher driven to extremes in nervy UK thriller
Swedish director Jonatan Etzler makes his English-language debut with adaptation of Danish novel
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‘Good Fortune’ review: Seth Rogen, Keanu Reeves join director-star Aziz Ansari in impressive debut
Sandra Oh and Keke Palmer round out the cast for Ansari’s body-swap comedy, which premieres in Toronto
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‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ review: Daniel Craig returns in crowd-pleasing sequel
Craig is joined by an all-star cast including Glenn Close, Josh Brolin and Mila Kunis for Rian Johnson’s third ’Knives Out’ instalment
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‘The Road Between Us’ director claims TIFF head said pulling film was a “mistake”
Filmmaker adds that third-party narrative feature is in the works.
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‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ wins Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival
Other major winners included ’Below The Clouds’, ’The Voice Of Hind Rajab’, Benny Safdie and Toni Servillo.
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Patriot Pictures CEO Michael Mendelsohn on TIFF premiere ‘California Schemin’’, new horror division
EXCLUSIVE: “We like movies where people get one shot to realise their dreams. That’s the cornerstone of movies in the independent world.”