Report From Toronto
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Amanda Seyfried Says ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Taught Her She Was Able to ‘Do Things I Didn’t Think I Could Do’
TIFF 2025: The actress speaks to TheWrap about the biopic telling the story of the Shaker sect’s founding leader
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Sigourney Weaver Thinks Dark Fantasy ‘Dust Bunny’ Is an ‘Instant Classic’ for Kids – Despite R Rating
TIFF 2025: “My hope is that it’s the first R-rated movie parents take their children to see, because it is made as a family movie,” director Bryan Fuller tells TheWrap
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Why ‘Normal’ Star Bob Odenkirk Loves Playing Characters Audiences ‘Underestimate’
TIFF 2025: The “Better Call Saul” and “Nobody” actor tells TheWrap about playing a perceived “dope” in his latest action film with screenwriter Derek Kolstad
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‘A Private Life’ Star Jodie Foster, Director Rebecca Zlotowski Unpack the Film’s Nuanced Portrayal of Jewish Identity: ‘It’s So Complicated’
TIFF 2025: “The film deals with Jewish culture, but not about the religion or politics around it,” the filmmaker says of the French-language mystery
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Guillermo del Toro Explains Why He Ditched His 2-Movie Plan for ‘Frankenstein’ Adaptation
TIFF 2025: The director also tells the TheWrap he wanted the film to feel like reading the novel before its characters became “cereal cartoons”
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‘Love+War’: Photojournalist Lynsey Addario on the Mortar Strike in Ukraine That Nearly Killed Her
TIFF 2025: The new doc from the directors of “Free Solo” follows Addario as she balances her dangerous job with motherhood
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How ‘The Secret Agent’ Used Urban Legends to Hide Its Political Points
TIFF 2025: Director Kleber Mendonça Filho borrowed from Brazilian tales of a hairy leg running amok, which were invented to talk in code about the military dictatorship
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Toronto Film Festival So Far: Short on Prestige Movies, Big on Popcorn Flicks
Other festivals grabbed most of the top awards contenders, but TIFF’s 50th year is showcasing plenty of crowd-pleasers
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‘Bad Apples’ Review: Saoirse Ronan Schools Us in Daring, Darkly Funny Satirical Thriller
Toronto Film Festival: Ronan gives one of her best, funniest performances to date in Jonatan Etzler’s stellar second feature
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‘Poetic License’: Why Maude Apatow Cast Her Mom, Leslie Mann, in Her Directorial Debut
TIFF 2025: Mann plays an empty-nest mom who encounters a pair of college seniors in a quarter-life crisis
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Baz Luhrmann Found Long Lost Elvis Footage for New Doc in Kansas Salt Mines: ‘Like Raiders of the Lost Ark’
TIFF 2025: Luhrmann’s “EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert” features footage from the singer’s 1970s Las Vegas residency, with a stage musical on the way
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‘California Schemin’: James McAvoy’s Jump to the Director’s Chair Came After Decades of Learning
TIFF 2025: Years of working under the likes of Danny Boyle and Joe Wright led to the 46-year-old’s debut with a film about a British hip-hop hoax
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Richard Linklater Made Ethan Hawke Relearn Acting for ‘Blue Moon’: ‘He Robbed Me of Everything’
TIFF 2025: The pair spoke with TheWrap about how 30 years of collaboration built to one of Hawke’s most transformative performances to date
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‘Good Fortune’: How Aziz Ansari Wrote a ‘Budget Guardian Angel’ for Keanu Reeves
TIFF 2025: The “John Wick” star plays Gabriel, an awkward angel who gives a struggling man his boss’ wealthy life
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‘& Sons’ Review: Bill Nighy’s Bad Dad Leads a Strong, Surprising Family Drama
TIFF 2025: Director Pablo Trapero and co-writer Sarah Polley craft a film that steadily grows on you
