Toronto film festival 2016
Raw review: I didn't faint in classy cannbibal horror – but
The flesh-eating movie that had them requiring ambulance intervention in Toronto never lets up. It’s also a complex drama of adulthood, sex, conformity, hazing, body image and lust
Peter Bradshaw
21, Sep, 2016 @4:54 PM
Oscars 2017: five things we've learned about this year's race from Toronto
La La Land is still the one to beat, Emma Stone and Natalie Portman will go head-to-head and Birth of a Nation remains on shaky ground
Nigel M Smith
19, Sep, 2016 @10:45 AM
Why Hollywood musical La La Land will follow Argo and The Artist to the Oscars
Whiplash director Damien Chazelle’s meta musical has won the Toronto film festival but its red carpet to the Academy Awards was already secure: Hollywood loves nothing more than a movie about how magical it is
Benjamin Lee
18, Sep, 2016 @7:14 PM
La La Land tipped for Oscars glory after win at Toronto film festival
Musical starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone picks up festival’s People’s Choice award, as Lion and Queen of Katwe named runners up
Nigel M Smith
18, Sep, 2016 @6:56 PM
Souvenir review – Isabelle Huppert swaps Eurovision for paté and back again
This sugary comedy drama sees the actor in unusually light territory and while it’s ultimately little more than a soufflé, her presence makes it rise
Benjamin Lee
16, Sep, 2016 @2:53 PM
Black Mirror review – Charlie Brooker's splashy new series is still a sinister marvel
A Netflix pickup of the hit show about the evils of technology keeps its dark spirit but injects a bigger budget, a raft of starry names and way more surprises
Benjamin Lee
16, Sep, 2016 @11:30 AM
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House review – Ruth Wilson can't save underwritten horror
Osgood Perkins layers on the dread in his haunted house thriller. But as it becomes clear that there’s no worthwhile story, the scares dissipate fast
Nigel M Smith
16, Sep, 2016 @9:57 AM
‘It’s impossible to be vulnerable’: how Moonlight reflects being a black gay man in the US
Barry Jenkins’ highly acclaimed new film follows one boy as he grows into manhood, hiding his sexuality. Here, the director and cast talk about the future Oscar contender
Benjamin Lee
15, Sep, 2016 @5:33 PM
The Headhunter's Calling review – Gerard Butler redemption story never convinces
Butler plays a workaholic whose son’s cancer forces him to become a better man in this treacly drama
Nigel M Smith
15, Sep, 2016 @4:47 PM
Michelle Rodriguez defends 'transphobic' [re]Assignment
Actor says she took part in drama about a hitman whose gender is changed maliciously ‘to express frustration’ at Hollywood’s lack of creativity
Andrew Pulver
15, Sep, 2016 @4:30 PM
LBJ review: Woody Harrelson compelling if physically unconvincing in firm biopic
Harrelson might not look like Lyndon B Johnson – even with the benefit of heavy prosthetics – but he gives a convincing performance of a troubled leader in Rob Reiner’s conventional presidential drama
Benjamin Lee
15, Sep, 2016 @4:28 PM
Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids review - Jonathan Demme's no-frills doc
The megastar proves himself to be a fabulous entertainer in film following the final few nights of his 20/20 Experience tour in Las Vegas – there’s no resisting
Nigel M Smith
15, Sep, 2016 @1:04 PM
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