GALAS
‘A Talent For Murder’ review: Helen Mirren is spiky author Patricia Highsmith in Anton Corbijn’s underwhelming thriller
Alden Ehrenreich and Olivia Cooke also star in the director’s Toronto Gala premiere
‘The Life And Deaths Of Wilson Shedd’ review: Amanda Seyfried and Scoot McNairy lead sober prison drama
‘Misty Green’ review: A scorching performance from Rosalind Eleazar powers Chris Rock’s thorny Hollywood satire
‘Babies’ review: Seth Rogen and Anna Kendrick face a big decision in likable LA crowdpleaser
‘Up Against It’ review: Trudie Styler’s aggressively sentimental tearjerker fails to make the most of stars Antonio Banderas and Eva Birthistle
‘The Assassin(s)’ review: Hur Jin-ho turns 1974 assassination attempt on South Korean president into gripping, propulsive thriller
‘Being Heumann’ review: Ruth Madeley impresses as US disability advocate Judy Heumann in broad period drama
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
‘Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo’ review: Takashi Miike’s muddled addition to the bad cop franchise lacks his signature flair
The film follows Abel Ferrara’s ’Bad Lieutenant’ and Werner Herzog’s ’Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans’
‘Alpha Gang’ review: Chris Pine, Léa Seydoux and Cate Blanchett are stylish alien invaders in diverting, overstretched sci-fi
‘The Debut’ review: A superb Julianne Moore takes centre stage in Jesse Eisenberg’s wry community theatre comedy
‘I Play Rocky’ review: Peter Farrelly turns story behind Sylvester Stallone’s breakout into a sentimental, uninspiring pastiche
‘Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother’ review: Mahershala Ali is outstanding as a Muslim assassin in Bassam Tariq’s audacious follow-up to ‘Mogul Mowgli’
‘Everybody Wants To F*ck Me’ review: A committed Taron Egerton boosts London-set sex comedy
‘A Long Winter’ review: A sheltered young man faces a seismic shift in Andrew Haigh’s masterful 1950s Rocky Mountain drama
DISCOVERY
‘Salvation’ review: Assured Scottish influencer drama is driven by sterling performance from Liam Harkins
Tom Nicoll’s sensitive, insightful feature premieres in Toronto’s Discovery strand
‘Angh’ review: A vivid, haunting 1960s-set elegy for an Indian community facing cultural erasure
Theja Rio’s powerful debut explores the spiritual cost of assimilation in a remote Nagaland village
‘Masc’ review: A raw, unguarded performance from Joshua Griffin powers sensitive London-set study of masculinity
’Brace Your Heart’ review: Quietly powerful exploration of trauma and community in a remote Swedish mountain village
‘Wild, Wild East’ review: Second World War thriller set in occupied Poland starts strong but can’t sustain its intrigue
