Report From Toronto
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Netflix Nabs Doc ‘Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa’ Out of TIFF
Toronto 2023: The documentary from Lucy Walker follows the first Nepali woman to summit and descend Mount Everest
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‘Pain Hustlers’ Review: Emily Blunt Dominates Netflix’s Simplistic Opioid Drama
Toronto 2023: Chris Evans goes for broke in a solid supporting role
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The Scene at the 2023 TIFF Tribute Awards: Pedro Almodóvar, Spike Lee, Patricia Arquette, More (Exclusive Photos)
Photographer George Pimentel was on the scene in Toronto for TheWrap
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‘Rustin’ Director Celebrates Film’s Unsung Civil Rights Hero as ‘Extraordinary, Very Unique, Special Human Being’
George C. Wolfe says his follow-up to “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” is “the story of people who have been relegated to the shadows”
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‘North Star’ Review: Kristin Scott Thomas’ Directorial Debut Is a Disjointed Family Drama
Toronto 2023: Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller and Emily Beecham fail to sell themselves as three sisters with familial dysfunction
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‘The Critic’ Review: Ian McKellen Makes a Nasty Reviewer Despicable and Entertaining
Toronto 2023: Anand Tucker’s period tale of an embittered critic flirts with melodrama, but gives its star a role to relish
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‘Next Goal Wins’ Review: Abysmal Soccer Team Makes for Crowd-Pleasing Comedy From Taika Waititi
Toronto Film Festival 2023: Waititi’s Maori ancestry enables him to find comedy in American Samoan culture without being offensive or disparaging
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Toronto So Far: Fewer Stars, Fewer Studios Make for a Muted Festival
Four days in, the theme that ties together the 2023 TIFF experience is the inescapable scarcity of stars
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‘Knox Goes Away’ Review: Michael Keaton Turns Another Hitman Film Into a Fascinating Character Study
Toronto 2023: Keaton directs and stars in the drama about an assassin with dementia
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Taika Waititi Punches a Mic Talking Colonialism at TIFF Premiere for ‘Next Goal Wins’ (Video)
The director also acknowledged “the land that we’re on” and its people while discussing the Samoan soccer dramedy
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‘Sing Sing’ Review: Colman Domingo’s Prison-Set Drama Packs a Punch
Toronto 2023: In addition to “Rustin,” Domingo stars alongside real prisoner actors in this behind-bars drama
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TIFF Has More Films for Sale Than Ever, but the Strike Is Squeezing the Market
Toronto 2023: “Woman of the Hour” and “His Three Daughters” are in play for acquisition
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‘Flipside’ Review: Record Store Documentary Spins a Delightful Mass of Loose Ends and False Starts
Toronto 2023: Chris Wilcha’s film is a midlife meditation that keeps losing its train of thought, which is kind of perfect
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‘In Restless Dreams’ Review: Intimate Paul Simon Documentary Embraces the Mystery
Toronto 2023: Alex Gibney’s three-and-a-half-hour film juxtaposes Simon’s soul-searching new album with his seven-decade career
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‘Quiz Lady’ Review: Awkwafina and Sandra Oh Square Off in Broad, Silly Comedy
Toronto 2023: Director Jessica Yu’s energetic (or frantic) film features Will Ferrell, Tony Hale and Jason Schwartzman
