Report From Toronto
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Toronto Film Festival to Include Films Directed by Michael Keaton, Chris Pine, Anna Kendrick
A robust group of films directed by actors will join movies from Alexander Payne, Richard Linklater and Alex Gibney
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‘Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over’ Review: Doc Pays Homage to a Living Musical Legend
Come for the songs and the fashions, stay for the Snoop Dogg story
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‘Glass Onion’ Review: ‘Knives Out’ Sequel Is a Quick-Witted but Uninspired Whodunit
Daniel Craig returns as detective Benoit Blanc, with Edward Norton, Kate Hudson, Leslie Odom Jr. and Janelle Monáe also joining the cast
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‘The Inspection’ Review: Military Coming-of-Age Drama Feels Like an Instant Queer Classic
Documentarian Elegance Bratton brings assured filmmaking skills and life experience to this powerful narrative debut
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‘Good Night Oppy’ Review: Doc on Mars Rovers Gets Lost in Emotional Terrain
Director Ryan White tries to emphasize the feelings of NASA scientists over their actual accomplishments
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‘The Swimmers’ Review: Syrian Drama Mixes Sports, Politics, Wartime Horrors and Happiness
Director Sally El Hosaini follows Syrian refugees who fled that country’s civil war to pursue their athletic careers
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‘My Policeman’ Review: Harry Styles’ LGBTQ Love-Triangle Tale Can’t Balance Time Periods
The film jumps back and forth between the 1950s and 1990s, but the two versions of the three characters never cohere
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‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ Review: Mock Rock Biopic Is Ridiculous Fun
Daniel Radcliffe doesn’t look much like Weird Al, which makes perfect sense given this movie’s twisted logic
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‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ Review: A Beautiful, Horrifying New Take on Classic Anti-War Story
Edward Berger’s film is the first German-language adaptation of a novel once banned and burned in that country
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‘The Good Nurse’ Review: Jessica Chastain Catches a Killer in Tense Medical Mystery
Eddie Redmayne balances this two-hander as a serial killer in scrubs
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‘Raymond & Ray’ Review: Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke Are Brothers in Contrived Family Drama
The film from writer-director Rodrigo Garcia starts out strong but then becomes a slog
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‘The Blackening’ Horror Comedy From Director Tim Story Acquired by Lionsgate
Tracy Oliver (“Girls Trip”) co-wrote the script with Dewayne Perkins based on his viral comedy sketch for the film that premiered at TIFF
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‘Catherine Called Birdy’ Review: Lena Dunham’s Modern Sensibilities Clash With Medieval Coming-of-Age Tale
The filmmaker has no apparent feel for the characters, the humor or even the visuals in this adaptation
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‘The Good House’ Review: Sigourney Weaver Captivates as a Woman Pretending Not to Be Under the Influence
Darkly funny drama offers both a star turn and a powerful ensemble, led by Kevin Kline and Morena Baccarin
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‘Sanctuary’ Starring Margaret Qualley Acquired by Neon Boutique Label Super
The distribution picked up the Zachary Wigon thriller after its TIFF premiere
