All articles by Robert Daniels
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‘Steal Away’ review: Clement Virgo’s ambitious afrofuturist thriller explores sexual awakening
The Canadian director’s genre-bending drama stars Angourie Rice and Mallori Johnson
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‘& Sons’ review: Bill Nighy’s disheveled alcoholic author heads intriguing family drama
Imelda Staunton, Johnny Flynn and George MacKay also star in Pablo Trapero’s English-language feature debut
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‘Glenrothan’ review: Actor Brian Cox’s directorial debut is overworked Scottish family drama
Cox also stars opposite Alan Cumming in cliched tale of two estranged brothers reuniting
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‘Couture’ review: Angelina Jolie is a tour de force in Alice Winocour’s Paris fashion drama
Jolie stars as a Paris Fashion Week filmmaker battling cancer in intricate Toronto premiere
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‘The Christophers’ review: Steven Soderbergh’s witty chamber piece stars Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel
The director’s chatty, catty two-hander premieres in Toronto
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‘Eternity’ review: Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller and Callum Turner head thin afterlife romcom
Director David Freyne’s soulless Toronto title is lifted by sparky supporting performances from Da’Vine Joy Randolph and John Early
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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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‘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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‘Christy’ review: Sydney Sweeney is a knockout in David Michôd’s broad boxing biopic
Toronto premiere follows the tumultous life of boxer Christy Martin and her abusive trainer husband
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‘The Lost Bus’ review: Paul Greengrass teams with Matthew McConaughey for uneven California wildfire drama
America Ferrera also stars in intense Apple TV+ disaster movie which premieres in Toronto
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‘The Choral’ review: Ralph Fiennes is a provincial choir master in gentle wartime drama
Nicholas Hytner directs and Alan Bennett scripts this Toronto title which is set in Yorkshire during the First World War
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’Caught Stealing’ review: Austin Butler stars in Darren Aronofsky’s uneven New York crime thriller
Zoe Kravitz and Regina King also feature in this adaptation of Charlie Huston’s Lower East Side novel
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‘Best Boy’ review: A bizarre family contest unveils dark secrets in Canadian woodland thriller
Jesse Noah Klein’s genre-bending feature premieres in Edinburgh competition
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‘The Fire Inside’: Toronto Review
Barry Jenkins scripts cinematographer-turned-director Rachel Morrison’s dynamic portrait of Black female boxer Claressa Shields
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‘Harbin’: Toronto Review
Hyun Bin is a soldier embarking on a suicidal mission in early 20th century Korea in Woon Min-ho’s stylish period actioner
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‘Shell’: Toronto Review
Elisabeth Moss and Kate Hudson will do anything to stay beautiful in Max Minghella’s body horror
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‘Relay’: Toronto Review
Riz Ahmed and Lily James star in David Mackenzie’s cool whistleblowing drama
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‘On Swift Horses’: Toronto Review
Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones push against traditional boundaries in this slow-burn 1950s-set noir-western