All articles by Tim Grierson, Senior US Critic – Page 31
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‘Lucy In The Sky’: Toronto Review
Natalie Portman stars in a story inspired by the real-life romantic travails of astronaut Lisa Nowak
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'My Zoe': Toronto Review
Julie Delpy’s impassioned story of a mother’s love for her only child.
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‘Dolemite Is My Name’: Toronto Review
Eddie Murphy stars as real-life American comedian Rudy Ray Moore
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‘Abominable’: Toronto Review
A girl’s best friend is her Yeti in this flat DreamWorks animation set in China
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‘Blackbird’: Toronto Review
Susan Sarandon is the terminally ill mother presiding over one final family get-together
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‘Hope Gap’: Toronto Review
Bill Nighy and Annette Bening excel as a long-married couple facing an uncertain future
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‘Radioactive’: Toronto Review
Rosamund Pike plays Marie Curie in Marjane Satrapi’s thoughtful biopic of the ground-breaking scientist
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‘Joker’: Venice Review
Super-villain origins story starring Joaquin Phoenix is a very dark gag indeed
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‘Rialto’: Venice Film Festival
A troubled middle-aged family man finds solace in a young gay hustler
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‘American Skin’: Venice Review
Nate Parker follows up The Birth Of A Nation with a preachy exploration of America’s cultural problems
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‘Giants Being Lonely’: Venice Review
Three high-school seniors navigate adolescence in rural North Carolina
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‘Rare Beasts’: Venice Review
Billie Piper makes her directorial debut with this unconventional, raw take on the romantic comedy
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‘An Officer And A Spy’ (‘J’Accuse’): Venice Review
Roman Polanski and Robert Harris have collaborated on a sober film about The Dreyfus Affair; it looks set to become a sturdy international performer
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‘The Kingmaker’: Venice Review
Documentarian Lauren Greenfield profiles former Philippines First Lady Imelda Marcos
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‘Ad Astra’: Venice Review
Brad Pitt plays an interstellar astronaut embarking on a dangerous and personal mission in the latest from James Gray
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‘5 Is The Perfect Number’: Venice Review
Tony Servillo stars in this Naples-set crime drama ’drunk on pulp pleasures’
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‘Pelican Blood’: Venice Review
Nina Hoss anchors this tense drama from Germany’s Katrin Gebbe which opens Venice’s Horizons sidebar
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‘Angel Has Fallen’: Review
The third instalment of this profitable franchise sees Gerard Butler return as the president’s weary bodyguard
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‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette’: Review
Cate Blanchett and Richard Linklater unite to adapt a best-selling novel by Maria Semple