All articles by Wendy Ide – Page 7
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Reviews‘NYAD’: Toronto Review
Annette Bening goes the distance as real life endurance swimmer Diana Nyad
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Reviews‘Wildcat’: Toronto Review
Ethan Hawke directs his daughter Maya Hawke as Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor
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Reviews‘The Burial’: Toronto Review
Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones are the odd couple of flashy lawyer and small town client in this mid-90s set crowdpleaser
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Reviews‘Next Goal Wins’: Toronto Review
Michael Fassbender stars in Taika Waititi’s crowdpleasing underdog sporting drama set in American Samoa
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Reviews‘The End We Start From’: Toronto Review
Jodie Comer stars in Mahalia Belo’s debut feature, set in the aftermath of a devastating natural disaster
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Reviews‘Wicked Little Letters’: Toronto Review
Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley re-unite to delightfully profane effect in this sweary comic twist on the cosy period drama
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Reviews‘Lee’: Toronto Review
Kate Winslet stars in this snapshot of Lee Miller’s life, directed by former cinematographer Ellen Kuras
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Reviews‘Society Of The Snow’: Venice Review
Spain’s J.A. Bayona tackles an oft-told real-life story from a catastrophic 1972 Andes plane crash
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Reviews‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’: Toronto Review
Viggo Mortensen’s second as director is a Western starring Vicky Krieps which marks an ambitious step up in scope
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Reviews‘Shoshana’: Toronto Review
Michael Winterbottom carefully recreates Tel Aviv in the 1930s, where much of the tensions that affect Israel today are starting to bubble over
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Reviews‘North Star’: Toronto Review
Kristin Scott Thomas’s directorial debut, starring Scarlett Johansson, draws heavily on her own life
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Reviews‘Holly’: Venice Review
A teenage girl pays a high price for her remarkable gifts in the atmospheric fifth feature from Belgian filmmaker Fien Troch
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Reviews‘For Night Will Come’: Venice Review
A teenage vampire searches for acceptance in this low-key French debut
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Reviews‘Housekeeping For Beginners’: Venice Review
Goran Stolevski delivers another triumph in this domestic story of marginalised people
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Reviews‘Green Border’: Venice Review
Agnieszka Holland paints a damning portrait of the European refugee crisis in this Venice Competition entry
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Reviews‘Making Of’: Venice Review
Cedric Kahn’s droll comedy goes behind the scenes during a fraught film shoot
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Reviews‘Aggro Dr1ft’: Venice Review
Harmony Korine aims for post-cinema in a film shot using thermal imagery and without a screenplay
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Reviews‘The Rescue’: Venice Review
The kidnap of a businessman reveals the fragility of Argentina’s new-found democracy in this 1980s-set drama
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Reviews‘Hoard’: Venice Review
Debut British filmmaker Luna Carmoon draws from her own life for this unconventional mother-daughter drama