All Toronto articles – Page 3
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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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‘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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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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‘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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Features
Why authenticity was a top priority for the UK team behind Tourette syndrome biopic ‘I Swear’
The director and producer of I Swear reveal how they sidestepped development hell to bring their biopic of Tourette syndrome campaigner John Davidson to fruition in less than two years.
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Features
How Charles Gillibert of CG Cinéma and Les Films du Losange became a go-to ally for independent filmmakers
Gillibert hits the fall festival circuit with a string of prestigious projects including Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ and Alice Winocour’s ‘Couture’.
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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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‘Couture’ with Angelina Jolie is about the “fragility of life”, says director Alice Winocour
Alice Winocour mixes the worlds of high fashion and hospitals in Couture.
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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.