Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet picked up the top People’s Choice honor Sunday at the Toronto Film Festival during a 50th edition that followed Venice, Telluride and Cannes. The Nomadland director’s adaptation […]
‘Easy’s Waltz’ Review: Vince Vaughn Sings the Hits in Nic Pizzolatto’s Agreeably Lo-Fi Vegas Drama
Easy’s Waltz, the new film from True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto, makes good on about half the promise of its title. Pizzolatto keeps his film light on friction, ambling at […]
‘Dust Bunny’ Review: Bryan Fuller’s Family Horror Flick Is Wild, Colorful and Just Plain Nuts
There’s a long history of films in which a vivid world of monsters and fantastical creatures turns out to be the fantasy of a traumatized child using imagination to escape […]
Guillermo del Toro’s Next Act: “I’m in the Regret Decade”
Regrets, he has a few, Guillermo del Toro told the Toronto Film Festival on Sunday night. The good thing, though, those regrets are creative fodder for the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s next […]
Lily James Talks Shifting to the Producer’s Chair for Film ‘Swiped’: ‘I Wanted to Be Part of the DNA’
Lily James, who stars as Bumble founder and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd in the upcoming film “Swiped,” unpacked her decision to shift into producer mode for the film, highlighting how […]
Amanda Seyfried Says ‘Everything Was Hard’ About Playing the Praised Shakers Leader in ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’
“The Testament of Ann Lee” star Amanda Seyfried said there was nothing easy about the role. However, the challenges she faced portraying the real-life founder of the Shakers taught her […]
Agnieszka Holland on Kafka Drama ‘Franz’
Agnieszka Holland has never shied away from difficult subjects. The Polish filmmaker, a three-time Oscar nominee (Angry Harvest, Europa Europa, In Darkness) and winner of Venice’s jury prize for Green […]
‘Roofman’ Review: Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst’s Chemistry Sweetens Romance Veined With Melancholy in Derek Cianfrance’s True-Crime Caper
In films like Blue Valentine and The Place Beyond the Pines, his TV miniseries I Know This Much Is True and his screenplay work on Sound of Metal, Derek Cianfrance […]
Toronto Film Festival: THR’s Studio With Matthew McConaughey, America Ferrera, Cillian Murphy, Paul Mescal and More
‘Steve’ Image Credit: Photo Credit: Kayla Rocca Max Porter, Jay Lycurgo, Alan Moloney, Tracey Ullman, Little Simz, Tim Mielants, Cillian Murphy THR’s studio at the 1 Hotel during the Toronto […]
‘Bad Apples’ Review: Saoirse Ronan Plays a Tired Teacher Battling a Difficult Student in a Sharp Dark Comedy With Shocking Twists
A black comedy that’s more of a charcoal than a true, pitch-dark Vantablack, Bad Apples stars Saoirse Ronan as an exhausted teacher working in a typically underfunded British elementary school, […]