
Report From Toronto
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‘The Fabelmans’ Film Review: Steven Spielberg’s Sweet Memory Piece Picks Up Steam as It Goes
By Steve Pond | September 10, 2022 @ 11:43 PMBased 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)
By Libby Hill | September 10, 2022 @ 5:47 PMTIFF 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’
By Libby Hill | September 10, 2022 @ 3:37 PMTIFF 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)
By Harper Lambert | September 10, 2022 @ 3:05 PMToronto 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)
By Umberto Gonzalez | September 10, 2022 @ 1:42 PMToronto 2022: Yankovic ”manages to thread the needle perfectly between incredibly wholesome and sweet, but also has a genuine edge of madness,“ Radcliffe tells TheWrap
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‘Butcher’s Crossing’ Film Review: Nicolas Cage Goes Full Captain Ahab in Environmental Western
By William Bibbiani | September 10, 2022 @ 12:11 PMToronto Film Festival 2022: Gabe Polsky’s acid Western harshly examines the effects of Manifest Destiny, capitalism and macho pride on the American landscape
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‘Allelujah’ Film Review: Richard Eyre Handles Alan Bennett’s Witty, Sensitive Hospital Play With Care
By Robert Abele | September 10, 2022 @ 12:09 PMToronto Film Festival 2022: Judi Dench and Derek Jacobi are among the stars of this comedy that balances wisecracks about aging and blistering commentary on health-care cuts
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Billy Eichner’s ‘Bros’ Hits Toronto With Big Laughs and Hot Sex Tips
By Steve Pond | September 9, 2022 @ 11:19 PMToronto Film Festival 2022: ”I want a longer ovation than ‘The Whale’!“ shouted actor and co-writer Eichner as the crowd greeted the R-rated rom-com
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‘Sisu’ Film Review: Wild Action and Weak Dramatics Make for a Thrilling But Frustrating Crowd-Pleaser
By Simon Abrams | September 9, 2022 @ 10:30 PMToronto Film Festival 2022: Packed houses will enjoy the genre thrills in this violent war picture from the director of ”Rare Exports,“ but watching at home alone will spotlight its flaws
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‘The Lost King’ Film Review: Sally Hawkins’ Amateur Historian Seeks to Clear Richard III’s Name
By Carlos Aguilar | September 9, 2022 @ 3:48 PMToronto Film Festival 2022: Stephen Frears and co-writer Steve Coogan’s follow-up to their previous true tale, ”Philomena“
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Toronto Film Festival Pulls Ulrich Seidl’s ‘Sparta’ After Accusations of Child Exploitation on Set
By Brian Welk | September 9, 2022 @ 1:05 PMAustrian director is accused of exposing minors to violence and nudity — and keeping cast in the dark about film’s pedophilia story line
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Toronto Film Festival Market Preview: Expect Bigger Sales for Smaller Movies
By Brian Welk | September 7, 2022 @ 6:00 AMDistributors are eager to be back in person and have a need for content, but many of the film festival’s buzziest titles lean very indie
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14 Buzziest Films for Sale at Toronto 2022, From ‘Dalíland’ to ‘Butcher’s Crossing’ (Photos)
By Harper Lambert and Brian Welk | September 7, 2022 @ 5:45 AMFilms from Werner Herzog, Catherine Hardwicke and Gabriela Cowperthwaite are all available to buyers
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Will This Fall’s Film Festivals Finally Kick Off a Normal Awards Season?
By Steve Pond | August 31, 2022 @ 11:33 AMThe Venice, Telluride and Toronto festival will launch a season that really needs to generate more heat than the past two years have done
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IFC Films Snags ‘The Lost King’ With Sally Hawkins and Steve Coogan Ahead of TIFF Premiere
By Brian Welk | August 10, 2022 @ 9:00 AMThe film from director Stephen Frears reunites the creative team behind 2013’s ”Philomena“