Report From Toronto
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‘Don’t Talk to Irene’ Review: Nerd Girl Has Cheerleader Dreams in Familiar Outcast Comedy
TIFF 2017: Canada’s entry in the misfit-makes-good sweepstakes grates at first, then finds its rhythm
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‘The Final Year’ Film Review: Obama Doc Reminds Us What a Difference a Few Months Make
Watching intelligent, stable adults work on foreign policy may cause pangs of painful nostalgia
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James Franco on Re-Creating a Bad Movie in ‘The Disaster Artist’: ‘The Upside Down of ‘La La Land” (Video)
“There were so many meta levels,” co-star Alison Brie says
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‘Daguerrotype’ Film Review: Atmospheric Horror Feature Should Have Been a Short
Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa (“Pulse”) pivots from romance to ghost story without ever finding his footing
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‘One of Us’ Review: Breaking up With G-d Is Hard to Do
Toronto: The directors of “Jesus Camp” focus, with empathy and understanding, on three people leaving Hasidic Judaism
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‘Mountain Between Us’ Review: Idris Elba and Kate Winslet Plane Crash Drama Falls Short
TIFF 2017: A love story cheapens the grand survival story in Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad’s latest
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Magnolia Acquires Jean-Michel Basquiat Doc ‘Boom for Real’
Sara Driver’s biographical documentary follows the artist in New York City
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Meet Mark Felt, Steely Savior of Democracy as Deep Throat
TIFF 2017: “Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House” feels eerily familiar in Trump era
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Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas on Why ‘Darkest Hour’ Was ‘Daunting’ to Make (Exclusive Video)
TIFF 2017: “Initially, I didn’t want to take it on because I was — apart from the physical hurdle that one had to get over — a little scared,” Oldman says
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Jake Gyllenhaal Says ‘Stronger’ Is Tale of ‘Struggle to Strength’ (Video)
TIFF 2017: New drama depicts Jeff Bauman’s struggle after losing his legs in Boston Marathon bombing
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‘Stronger’ Review: Jake Gyllenhaal Hangs Tough in Boston Marathon Bombing Drama
David Gordon Green’s film is an examination of how we look for uncomplicated heroes in the wake of tragedy
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Jessica Chastain Wants ‘Woman Walks Ahead’ to Create Hope Amid Our Current ‘Political System’ (Exclusive Video)
TIFF 2017: Drama tells the story of Catherine Weldon, a 1890s artist who sets out to paint a portrait of Sitting Bull
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‘The Rider’: How Brady Jandreau’s Brush With Death Led Him to Hollywood (Exclusive Video)
TIFF 2017: Professional rodeo rider’s near-fatal injury is key to Chloe Zhao’s newest film
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‘The Current War’ Star Michael Shannon Calls Nikola Tesla a ‘Rock Star’ (Exclusive Video)
TIFF 2017: Historical biopic about a battle between electricity titans opens Nov. 24
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‘Battle of the Sexes’ Filmmakers on Why Billie Jean King-Bobby Riggs Showdown Is Still Relevant (Video)
TIFF 2017: “Equal pay, sexism, gender equality, sexual equality — all these things are live debates again,” screenwriter Simon Beaufoy says