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'Dark River': Toronto Review
Dark River Dir/scr: Clio Barnard. UK, 2017, 89 mins. A close-quarters drama from writer-director Clio Barnard (The Selfish Giant, The Arbor), Dark River is a precise, penetrating story of casual farm labourer Alice (Ruth Wilson), who has somehow survived a childhood of sexual abuse at the hands ...
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'Breath': Toronto Review
Simon Baker’s directorial debut is an effectionate portrayal of boyhood in 1970s Australia
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'Chappaquiddick': Toronto Review
A defining moment for Ted Kennedy is brought back to life by director John Curran
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'The Current War': Toronto Review
Sparks fail to fly for Benedict Cumberbatch or Michael Shannon in this stodgy drama about the pioneers of electricity
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'The Brawler': Toronto Review
An unusual Indian boxing film from the director of ‘Gangs of Wasseypour’
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'Scotty And The Secret History Of Hollywood': Toronto Review
Engaging and colourful documentary about legendary Hollywood sexual fixer Scotty Bowers
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'Brad's Status': Toronto Review
A career-high performance from Ben Stiller fuels this poignant character study.
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'I Love You, Daddy': Toronto Review
Comedien Louis C.K. pays homage to Woody Allen in a black-and-white film starring himself, Chloe Grace Moretz and John Malkovich
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'Beast': Toronto Review
Jessie Buckley is a standout in the arresting debut feature from Britain’s Michael Pearce
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'The Children Act': Toronto Review
Emma Thompson stars in Ian McEwan’s adapation of his own novel opposite ’Dunkirk’’s Fionn Whitehead
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'The Breadwinner': Toronto Review
Angelina Jolie executive-produces an animated adaptation of the beloved novel by Deborah Ellis
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'The Upside': Toronto Review
Neil Burger remakes Intouchables with Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart in the lead roles
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'Professor Marston & The Wonder Women': Toronto Review
Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall and Bella Heathcote star in a drama about a sexual liason which helped give rise to the character of Wonder Woman
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'Three Peaks': Toronto Review
Source: TIFF Three Peaks Dir/scr. Jan Zabeil. Ger-It, 2017, 94m. Like the picturesque allure of towering mountains from a distance, domestic bliss is a treacherous idyll in Three Peaks, the psychologically complex, emotionally compelling second feature from German filmmaker Jan Zabeil after his San Sebastian best new ...
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'I, Tonya': Toronto Review
A perfect score for Margot Robbie playing the 90s tabloid sensation and Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding
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'I Kill Giants': Toronto Review
A young loner builds a fantasy world in this adaptation of the 2008 graphic novel
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'Razzia': Toronto Review
A complicated, time-travelling narrative from Nabil Ayouch which runs bestween the Atlas mountains and Casablanca
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'Thelma': Toronto Review
Joachim Trier tries his hand at a supernatural thriller, with overt nods to De Palma and Stephen King
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'Diving': Toronto Review
Melanie Laurent mounts a frustrating search for meaning in the story of a mis-matched relationship