Toronto: 5 Things the Fest Told Us About the Oscar Race
The 51st Toronto International Film Festival came to a close on Sunday, and now it’s time to figure…
‘The Face of Horror’ Review: Anna Biller’s Medieval Tale
In her 2016 film The Love Witch, writer and director Anna Biller told the story of a modern-day…
‘The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd’ Review: Powerful Death Row Drama
One of the principal takeaways from Tim Blake Nelson’s bruising drama set in and around a maximum-security Oklahoma…
‘Closing Night’ Review: Sarah Paulson and Naomi Watts in Family Drama
Is actor-turned-director Cody Fern’s debut, Closing Night, intended as a refraction of John Cassavetes’ Opening Night, the 1977…
‘Elsinore’ Review: Andrew Scott Has Never Been Better
As Ian Charleson, who gets to play Hamlet in the last year of his life, Scott gives a…
‘Evil Genius’ Review: Patricia Arquette in True Crime Comedy
There are few true crime stories worthier of being filed under “You Can’t Make This Sh*t Up” than…
‘Love of Your Life’ Review: Margaret Qualley in Rachel Morrison Drama
After decades of stellar work, cinematographer Rachel Morrison finally got her big break with Dee Rees’ sophomore feature…
The Last Photograph: First Reactions to Zack Snyder’s New Film
Zack Snyder‘s The Last Photograph had its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Sunday, and the first…
Helen Mirren Says Patricia Highsmith Is Her ‘Most Difficult’ Real Role
Helen Mirren has played a long list of real people, but her role as writer Patricia Highsmith in…
Inside NAZA the Bombshell Expose on IDF’s War in Gaza
NAZA, which won a Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival Saturday night, is already one of…
Sarah Paulson Has Waited Forever for a Movie Like ‘Closing Night’
It didn’t make sense. For her spellbinding portrait of Marcia Clark in “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American…
Toronto Purgatory Director Navigates Parents Dark Divorce Comedy
What’s a girl to do when your parents split up and leave your sheltered, suburban home and school…