Toronto film festival 2020
Limbo review – heart-rending portrait of refugees stranded in Scotland
Ben Sharrock announces himself as a master of atmospheric film-making with this stirring drama about a Syrian migrant
Peter Bradshaw
31, Jul, 2021 @1:06 PM
Another Round review – Mads Mikkelsen anchors boozy tragicomedy
A reunion between director Thomas Vinterberg and his star of the 2012 drama The Hunt is a flippant and very, very drunken story of an unusual experiment
Peter Bradshaw
30, Jun, 2021 @3:28 PM
Nomadland review – Frances McDormand delivers the performance of her career
McDormand plays a boomer forced out of her home and on to the road in Chloé Zhao’s inspired docu-fiction
Peter Bradshaw
30, Apr, 2021 @7:37 AM
True Mothers review – Naomi Kawase's heartfelt yet frustrating drama
The director of The Mourning Forest returns with another sensitive film, this time about a difficult adoption, yet plot holes prove distracting
Peter Bradshaw
13, Apr, 2021 @10:17 AM
Concrete Cowboy review – Idris Elba saddles up for powerful father-son drama
Stranger Things’ Caleb McLaughlin also stars as a kid sent to live with his father, who is a mainstay of the African-American urban cowboy tradition
Peter Bradshaw
31, Mar, 2021 @8:21 AM
Ammonite review – Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan find love among the fossils | Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Francis Lee’s sensational biopic of palaeontology pioneer Mary Anning reimagines her erotic encounter with a woman trapped in a stifling marriage
Peter Bradshaw
25, Mar, 2021 @11:58 AM
Winners by default? Where this year's Oscar race stands
After fall festivals unveiled slim line-ups, the next few months remain difficult to predict with the pandemic still changing release schedules
Benjamin Lee
22, Sep, 2020 @7:18 AM
Nomadland wins Toronto film festival people's choice award
Victory for Chloé Zhao’s drama starring Frances McDormand means it now looks certain to get a best picture Oscar nomination
Andrew Pulver
21, Sep, 2020 @10:10 AM
Toronto film festival 2020 roundup – virtual yet vibrant
A gorgeous animated Celtic fantasy and Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan in a smouldering Victorian romance are among this year’s top attractions
Wendy Ide
19, Sep, 2020 @11:00 AM
The Water Man review – David Oyelowo's charming directorial debut
The star’s first foray into film-making is a sweet, if flawed, attempt to recapture the spirit of 80s kids adventures buoyed by a charismatic turn from Lonnie Chavis
Benjamin Lee
18, Sep, 2020 @7:14 PM
The Truffle Hunters review – strange and charming ode to rare dogs
An involving Luca Guadagnino-produced look at the world of truffle hunting doubles as a sweet study of the relationship between old men and their dogs
Peter Bradshaw
16, Sep, 2020 @6:34 PM
I Am Greta review – slick yet shallow Thunberg documentary
The remarkable teenage climate activist gets a necessary, if underwhelming, film of her own that follows her global crusade for change
Peter Bradshaw
16, Sep, 2020 @2:58 PM
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