Report From Toronto
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Tyler Perry on ‘A Jazzman’s Blues,’ a Film 27 Years in the Making, Inspired by His Childhood (Video)
TIFF 2022: “Growing up in rural Louisiana, I know these people very well,” Perry said. “So all of this world was already in me, in my DNA”
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Alexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers’ With Paul Giamatti Nabbed by Focus Features in $30 Million Deal
Period drama from Miramax is a reunion of the director and star from 2004’s “Sideways”
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‘The Menu’ Director Mark Mylod on Shift From ‘Succession’ to a Twisted Satire on Fine Dining (Video)
TIFF 2022: Mylod directs Ralph Fiennes in a dark satire about the world’s most exclusive restaurant
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Why the Star of Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Fabelmans’ Couldn’t Help But Be ‘Intimidated’ by His Role (Video)
Toronto 2022: “You’re surrounded by masters,” newcomer Gabriel LaBelle told TheWrap. “Oscar winners, nominees in every department. And then there’s me.”
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Toronto So Far: Forget the Awards Race! The Crowds Are Loving the Fest, From Spielberg to Weird Al Yankovic
Toronto 2022: People came to this year’s festival badly wanting to celebrate, and so far the fest seems programmed to let them do just that
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Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Say ‘Gutsy’ Is a Rallying Cry for Women: ‘We Have to Stand Up and Make Our Voices Heard’ (Video)
TIFF 2022: The mother-daughter duo spoke to TheWrap about their new AppleTV+ docuseries and the state of womanhood in America
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Billy Eichner on the Thrill of Making ‘Bros’ With ‘So Many Hilarious, Profoundly Talented, Openly LGBTQ+ Performers’ (Video)
TIFF 2022: Eichner, costar Luke Macfarlane, producer Judd Apatow and director Nick Stoller chatted with us about their new romantic comedy
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‘Carmen’ Film Review: Border-Set Reimagining of Classic Tale Is a Pas de Dull
Toronto Film Festival 2022: Choreographer Benjamin Millepied’s choppy directorial debut even bobbles the dancing, although Rossy de Palma’s club queen steals the show
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How ‘Biosphere’ Stars Sterling K. Brown and Mark Duplass Bonded to Play the Last Men on Earth (Video)
TIFF 2022: “When you’re stuck in a dome, you want to be with Sterling,” Duplass told TheWrap
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Steven Spielberg Credits the Pandemic for Finally Writing ‘The Fabelmans’: ‘This Is Something I’ve Got to Get Out of Me Now’
Toronto 2022: “I kept thinking, ‘What is this going to mean for humanity? How far is this pandemic going to actually take us?” the director said
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‘The Fabelmans’ Film Review: Steven Spielberg’s Sweet Memory Piece Picks Up Steam as It Goes
Based on the director’s own childhood, the movie includes one of Michelle Williams’ most powerful and moving performances
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Jessica Chastain Explains How ‘The Good Nurse’ Isn’t Salacious True Crime That Makes You ‘Feel Dirty’ (Video)
TIFF 2022: The actress spoke to TheWrap with director Tobias Lindholm, plus costars Eddie Redmayne and Nnamdi Asomugha, about telling a serial killer story
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Viola Davis on the Long Journey of ‘The Woman King’: ‘To Finally Get It Made…Was Close to a Miracle’
TIFF 2022: Davis said the ‘fight’ to get her movie off the ground included “fighting for actors, fighting for the director, fighting for the integrity of the project”
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How ‘Baby Ruby’ Star Kit Harington Captured the ‘Emotionally Traumatic Experience’ of New Parenthood (Video)
Toronto 2022: Harington and Noémie Merlant play parents adjusting to the shock of caring for a newborn in playwright Bess Wohl’s feature debut
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How Daniel Radcliffe Found That ‘Edge of Madness’ in ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ (Video)
Toronto 2022: Yankovic “manages to thread the needle perfectly between incredibly wholesome and sweet, but also has a genuine edge of madness,” Radcliffe tells TheWrap
