All articles by Tim Grierson, Senior US critic
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Reviews‘Verity’ review: Dakota Johnson and Anne Hathaway struggle to lift flimsy Colleen Hoover adaptation
Josh Hartnett also stars in Michael Showalter’s glossy erotic thriller, which is now rolling out globally
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Reviews‘Digger’ review: Tom Cruise fails to convince as a bullish Texas oilman in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s ambitious misfire
John Goodman, Riz Ahmed and Sandra Hüller also star in Iñárritu’s audacious, shallow satire
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Reviews‘Tenzing’ review: Biopic of overlooked Tibetan Everest summiteer Tenzing Norgay proves too restrained to be truly stirring
Genden Phuntsok, Tom Hiddleston and Willem Dafoe star in Jennifer Peedom’s muted Zurich opener
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Reviews‘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
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Reviews‘Alpha Gang’ review: Chris Pine, Léa Seydoux and Cate Blanchett are stylish alien invaders in diverting, overstretched sci-fi
Dave Bautista, Lily-Rose Depp and Riley Keough also star in the Zellner brothers’ follow-up to ‘Sasquatch Sunset’
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Reviews‘The Life And Deaths Of Wilson Shedd’ review: Amanda Seyfried and Scoot McNairy lead sober prison drama
Tim Blake Nelson’s latest feature premieres as a Toronto Gala Presentation
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Reviews‘The Debut’ review: A superb Julianne Moore takes centre stage in Jesse Eisenberg’s wry community theatre comedy
Eisenberg’s follow-up to Oscar-winner ‘A Real Pain’ also stars an impressive Paul Giamatti
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Reviews‘Misty Green’ review: A scorching performance from Rosalind Eleazar powers Chris Rock’s thorny Hollywood satire
Rock’s Toronto Gala Prentation also stars Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya and Anna Kendrick
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Reviews‘Babies’ review: Seth Rogen and Anna Kendrick face a big decision in likable LA crowdpleaser
Issa Rae and David Strathairn also star in Lauren Miller Rogen’s Toronto Gala Presentation premiere
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Reviews‘Up Against It’ review: Trudie Styler’s aggressively sentimental tearjerker fails to make the most of stars Antonio Banderas and Eva Birthistle
Toronto Gala Presentation title takes a glossy approach to its thorny material
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Reviews‘The Assassin(s)’ review: Hur Jin-ho turns 1974 assassination attempt on South Korean president into gripping, propulsive thriller
Yoo Hai-jin, Park Hae-il and Lee Min-ho star in the director’s follow-up to ’A Normal Family’
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Reviews‘A Long Winter’ review: A sheltered young man faces a seismic shift in Andrew Haigh’s masterful 1950s Rocky Mountain drama
Haigh follows All Of Us Strangers and 45 Years with this atmospheric study of a splintering family
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Reviews‘Being Heumann’ review: Ruth Madeley impresses as US disability advocate Judy Heumann in broad period drama
Sian Heder follows CODA with cutesy dramatisation of Heumann’s 1977 San Francisco sit-in which opens Toronto
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Reviews‘The Uprising’ review: A stirring Andrew Garfield is unable to energise Paul Greengrass’s listless period drama
The writer/director’s take on England’s 1381 Peasants’ Revolt also stars Tom Hollander, Jamie Bell and Thomasin McKenzie
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Reviews‘Musk’ review: Alex Gibney presents a gripping if glossy study of controversial billionaire Elon Musk
Gibney’s exhaustive documentary plays Venice ahead of berths in Toronto and London
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Reviews‘Look Back’ review: Hirokazu Koreeda sketches a tender but overly sentimental portrait of young friendship
The Japanese auteur’s live-action adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s acclaimed manga debuts in Venice Competition
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Reviews‘Hombre Al Agua’ review: Gael Garcia Bernal’s class satire proves disjointed and underpowered
Garcia Bernal directs, co-writes and stars in this Venice Spotlight premiere
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Reviews‘Possible Love’ review: Lee Chang-dong explores class, desire and exploitation in powerful Venice competition return
The ‘Burning’ director reunites with star Sul Kyung-gu for an enigmatic drama about two married couples divided by wealth
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Reviews‘Father Joe’ review: Kiefer Sutherland takes holy orders in Luc Besson’s violent action romp
Al Pacino adds marquee heft to Barthélémy Grossmann’s knowingly trashy action thriller
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Reviews‘Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger’ review: Sentimental doc about UK band’s reunion plays best when it focuses on the music
Directors Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace chart Oasis’s 2025 tour in Venice out of competition title