
Report From Toronto
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Kiernan Shipka on Balancing Her ‘Wildflower’ Character’s ‘Dark Moments’ With ‘Light, Funny’ Ones
By Libby Hill | September 16, 2022 @ 7:23 AMTIFF 2022: ”I was challenged because she’s emotionally complex,“ said the actress, who plays the daughter of neurodivergent parents in a film that is drawing comparisons to ”CODA“
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Where Are the Sales? Why This Year’s Toronto Film Festival Market Slowed to a Crawl
By Brian Welk | September 16, 2022 @ 6:30 AMStreamers are MIA, traditional buyers are cautious — and the film that sparked the biggest deal didn’t even play in the festival
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Inside Focus’ $30 Million Deal for Alexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers’
By Brian Welk | September 16, 2022 @ 6:00 AMThe film from Miramax that reunites the director with his ”Sideways“ star Paul Giamatti will get a global theatrical release next year
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The Secret Reason Mary Nighy Chose ‘Alice, Darling’ to Be Her Feature Directorial Debut (Video)
By Umberto Gonzalez | September 15, 2022 @ 6:10 PMTIFF 2022: ”As a director, it’s quite interesting to try and bring what’s hidden out into the light,“ Nighy says
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How Tim Story Drew From ‘The Exorcist’ and Other Classic Scary Movies to Direct the Horror-Comedy ‘The Blackening’ (Video)
By Jason Clark | September 15, 2022 @ 4:06 PMTIFF 2022: The ”Ride Along“ director spoke to TheWrap about his new film that asks, what happens when a horror movie has all Black characters?
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‘The Woman King’ Film Review: Viola Davis Rules in Fresh and Meaningful Action Film
By Martin Tsai | September 15, 2022 @ 1:00 PMDirector Gina Prince-Bythewood’s film feels like an oft-told tale, but with a unique contemplation of strength and weakness
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‘Susie Searches’ Stars Kiersey Clemons, Alex Wolff Say the True-Crime Podcast Satire Is ‘More Disturbing’ Than Expected (Video)
By Brian Welk | September 15, 2022 @ 12:36 PMTIFF 22: ”It’s fun for people to know that they’re not going to feel comfortable watching this movie,“ Wolff says
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The Scene at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival, From Hugh Jackman to Taylor Swift (Exclusive Photos)
By Photography by George Pimentel | September 15, 2022 @ 10:34 AMToronto 2022: Jennifer Lawrence, Oprah Winfrey, Nicolas Cage and more hit the red carpet — and the streets — at the annual festival
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Peter Farrelly on the ‘Ludicrous’ but True Story Behind ‘The Greatest Beer Run Ever’ (Video)
By Sharon Knolle | September 15, 2022 @ 6:05 AMTIFF 2022: The ”Green Book“ director chatted about his new film, about a guy who goes to Vietnam to deliver some cold ones to his friends
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Werner Herzog’s Fascination With ‘What Goes on in Our Minds’ Inspired Brain-Science Doc ‘Theater of Thought’ (Video)
By Harper Lambert | September 14, 2022 @ 6:06 PMTIFF 2022: The writer-director discussed his upcoming projects and why he chose to self-finance his latest documentary
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How Paul Weitz Came Up With ‘Moving On’ for Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda (Video)
By Umberto Gonzalez | September 14, 2022 @ 5:35 PMTIFF 2022: ”Around when ‘Grandma’ came out, I met Jane through that and Lily called me up and said, ‘Jane, and I would love it if you’d write something for us,'“ the director said
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‘Devotion’ Star Jonathan Majors on How Playing the U.S. Navy’s First Black Aviator Made Him a Better Actor (Video)
By Dessi Gomez | September 14, 2022 @ 2:29 PMTIFF 2022: “You can’t do every film, so you look for the stories and you look for the people, and you want to work with the people that are going to make you better,” Majors told TheWrap
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Kit Harington, Viola Davis and More at TheWrap & Shutterstock’s 2022 Toronto Portrait Studio (Exclusive Photos)
By Photographed by Jeff Vespa for TheWrap/Shutterstock | September 13, 2022 @ 9:55 PMToronto 2022: Stars like Nicolas Cage, Evan Rachel Wood and Daniel Radcliffe stopped by our studio
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Hugh Jackman Wanted a Role in ‘The Son’ So Much He Emailed the Director Personally (Video)
By Umberto Gonzalez | September 13, 2022 @ 6:51 PMTIFF 2022: ”I felt as an actor, as a father, as a son, many parts were calling on me that I had to do it,“ Jackman says
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‘The Greatest Beer Run Ever’ Film Review: Zac Efron Guzzles Down a Flat Brew
By Steve Pond | September 13, 2022 @ 5:45 PMToronto Film Festival 2022: Peter Farrelly’s followup to ”Green Book“ is another story of a working-class guy having his eyes opened, but it’s clunkier than its predecessor