
Toronto 2016
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‘Katie Says Goodbye’ Film Review: A Young Woman’s Destruction Served Up as Entertainment (Again)
By Alonso Duralde | June 5, 2019 @ 10:00 AMFirst-time writer-director Wayne Roberts clearly empathizes with his young heroine, but ties her to the railroad tracks anyway
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‘Daguerrotype’ Film Review: Atmospheric Horror Feature Should Have Been a Short
By Sam Fragoso | November 9, 2017 @ 9:30 AMJapanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa (”Pulse“) pivots from romance to ghost story without ever finding his footing
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‘Tramps’ Review: A Guy, a Girl, a Briefcase and a Transporting NYC Romance
By Robert Abele | April 19, 2017 @ 6:55 PMToronto 2016: Adam Leon’s follow-up to his award-winning debut feature ”Gimme the Loot“ is another charismatic Big Apple caper
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‘Jackie’ Star Natalie Portman on ‘Daunting’ Task of Playing Mrs Kennedy (Exclusive Video)
By Beatrice Verhoeven | November 28, 2016 @ 9:20 AM”I had never played a role before that was someone that people really knew,“ says the actress
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‘American Honey’ Stars Dish on Their Laid-Back Shoot (Exclusive Video)
By Matt Pressberg | October 3, 2016 @ 4:26 PM”Fun doesn’t even describe it,“ actor Isaiah Stone tells TheWrap about making the movie
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Netflix Picks Up Worldwide Rights to Adam Leon’s ‘Tramps’
By Joe Otterson | September 19, 2016 @ 9:23 AMToronto 2016: Film follows small-time criminal who screws up a drop
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‘The Promise’ Star Shohreh Aghdashloo on How Film is Relevant to Today’s Syrian Crisis (Exclusive Video)
By Beatrice Verhoeven | September 16, 2016 @ 4:26 PMToronto 2016: ”If we are not aware of the fact that there are genocides around the world still … then we are in the same place as we were 100 years ago,“ the actress tells TheWrap
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William Oldroyd’s ‘Lady Macbeth’ Picked Up by Roadside Attractions
By Beatrice Verhoeven | September 15, 2016 @ 8:37 AMToronto 2016: Film is an adaptation of Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novella, ”Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District“
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‘Buster’s Mal Heart’ Star Rami Malek on Whether Love and Freedom Can Coexist (Exclusive Video)
By Beatrice Verhoeven | September 14, 2016 @ 3:15 PMToronto 2016: The film, directed by Sarah Adina Smith, is about a man split in two
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‘Deepwater Horizon’ Toronto Review: Mark Wahlberg Entertains In Politically Problematic Blockbuster
By Sam Fragoso | September 13, 2016 @ 8:07 PMDirector Peter Berg delivers an exciting action film with serious real-world problems
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‘The Secret Scripture’ Toronto Review: Jim Sheridan’s Return to Directing Not Worth the Wait
By Sam Fragoso | September 13, 2016 @ 4:55 PMToronto 2016: A cast that includes Rooney Mara, Vanessa Redgrave and Eric Bana can’t make up for jarring flashbacks and a ridiculous third-act reveal
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‘Queen of Katwe’ Toronto Review: David Oyelowo Mentors a Chess Champ in Uplifting Tale
By Claudia Puig | September 10, 2016 @ 9:00 PMToronto 2016: Director Mira Nair gives ”inspirational“ a good name with the powerful true story of real-life Ugandan chess champion Phiona Mutesi
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‘Snowden’ Toronto Review: Oliver Stone Plays It Aesthetically Safe
By Alonso Duralde | September 9, 2016 @ 9:00 PMToronto 2016: Stone names the right (and left) names in this biopic of the whistle-blower, but his storytelling style lacks punch