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‘Glenrothan’ Review: Brian Cox’s Scotland-Set Directorial Debut Combats Sibling-Drama Clichés With Good Acting
Alan Cumming, Alexandra Shipp and Shirley Henderson co-star in the drama about estranged brothers reuniting, which premiered in Toronto.
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‘Dragonfly’ Review: Andrea Riseborough and Brenda Blethyn Dazzle in a Bleak British Shocker
The stars of Paul Andrew Williams’ drama won a joint acting prize at Tribeca for their roles as an elderly woman and the neighbor who helps her but may harbor ulterior motives.
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‘In Cold Light’ Review: Maika Monroe and Troy Kotsur Boost a Flawed but Fast-Paced Crime Thriller
Helen Hunt also appears star in this Tribeca-bowing film from French-Canadian director Maxime Giroux.
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‘Westhampton’ Review: Finn Wittrock’s Charisma Can’t Quite Save This Thin Character Study About a Filmmaker Reckoning With His Past
The 'American Horror Story' actor plays a director who returns to his Long Island hometown and confronts unresolved trauma and tragedy in Christian Nilsson's drama co-starring R.J. Mitte.
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THR Critics Pick the Best Films From the Fall Festivals
An ambitious American immigrant saga, Nicole Kidman’s steamy erotic thriller, an intimate John Lennon doc and a trippy Luca Guadagnino-Daniel Craig collaboration are among our reviewers’ 15 faves out of Venice, Telluride and Toronto.
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TIFF 2024: Read THR’s Reviews of the Movies Screening at the Toronto Film Festival (Updating)
The Hollywood Reporter critics weigh in on this year’s crop of titles, from biopics to documentaries, sweeping epics to intimate character studies, tear-jerking dramas to laugh-out-loud comedies.
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‘Better Man’ Review: ‘Greatest Showman’ Director Tackles Robbie Williams Biopic, With a Simian Twist and Mixed Results
Michael Gracey's film about the British pop star features a computer-generated monkey in the lead role (yes, you read that right).
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‘Saturday Night’ Review: Jason Reitman Chronicles the Lead-Up to the First ‘SNL’ Show in Alternately Fresh and Frustrating Fashion
Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Willem Dafoe, Dylan O'Brien and J.K. Simmons are among the ensemble in this dramatization of the 90 minutes before the big premiere.
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‘Conclave’ Review: Ralph Fiennes Gives a Career-Best Performance in Edward Berger’s Gripping Vatican-Set Drama
Stanley Tucci and John Lithgow co-star in this film about the behind-the-scenes workings of choosing a new pope after the death of the previous pontiff.
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‘Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid’ Review: James Carville Doc Is a Punchy Portrait of a Political Provocateur
Director Matt Tyrnauer focuses on the Democratic operative's long career and his unlikely marriage to Republican adviser Mary Matalin.
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‘Reagan’ Review: Dennis Quaid Headlines an Overly Reverential Tribute to a Controversial Politician
Jon Voight, Mena Suvari and Penelope Ann Miller also star in the biopic directed by Sean McNamara ('Soul Surfer'), which hits all the major events of the former president's life and career.
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‘Freud’s Last Session’ Review: Ace Turns by Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode Are Undercut by Subplot Overload
Matthew Brown's film, which had its world premiere at AFI Fest, is an adaptation of an off-Broadway play centering on an imagined exchange between Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis.
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