GALAS
‘It’s My Time’ review: Michelle Yeoh charms as a Chinese septuagenarian Rubik’s Cube champ in uplifting real-life drama
Bai Xue’s drama has its North American premiere as a Toronto Gala Presentation
‘A Talent For Murder’ review: Helen Mirren is spiky author Patricia Highsmith in Anton Corbijn’s underwhelming thriller
‘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
