#“Rape, Violence, Abuse”: The Threats That Led the Toronto Film Festival to Pull ‘Russians at War’

#“Rape, Violence, Abuse”: The Threats That Led the Toronto Film Festival to Pull ‘Russians at War’

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has revealed that “hundreds” of threats made against staff led to the festival taking the unprecedented decision to pull controversial documentary Russians at War  from the line-up last week – including threats of violence and sexual assault. TIFF said last Thursday it had been “forced to pause” three upcoming public…

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#‘Elton John: Never Too Late’ Review: A Rock Superstar Portrait Stuffed With 1970s Archival Wealth but Starved of Self-Reflection

#‘Elton John: Never Too Late’ Review: A Rock Superstar Portrait Stuffed With 1970s Archival Wealth but Starved of Self-Reflection

For a film co-directed by its subject’s husband, David Furnish, Elton John: Never Too Late, while always entertaining, feels curiously impersonal and lacking in intimacy. If you want to revisit the glory days of Elton’s career, when he released an astonishing 13 albums in the five-year span of 1970-75, seven of which reached No. 1…

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#‘Without Blood’ Review: Salma Hayek Pinault and Demián Bichir in Angelina Jolie’s Overly Cautious War Parable

#‘Without Blood’ Review: Salma Hayek Pinault and Demián Bichir in Angelina Jolie’s Overly Cautious War Parable

A woman (Salma Hayek Pinault) walks into a plaza sparsely occupied by patrons enjoying an afternoon coffee and a magazine and lottery ticket kiosk. She approaches the booth and fingers a stack of newspapers before asking the attendant (Demián Bichir), an older man with rounded shoulders and reading glasses perched on his nose, a question….

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#TIFF According to Sky Original Film’s Julia Stuart

#TIFF According to Sky Original Film’s Julia Stuart

Julia Stuart, the director of Sky Original Film, heads up a team that acquires exclusive rights and commissions original feature productions for Sky Cinema’s platform as well as theatrical release. Stuart and her team have brought several major titles to Sky, including Michael Mann’s Ferrari, May December starring Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman, and The…

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#Toronto: Actress-Centric ‘The Room Next Door’ and ‘Nightbitch’ Premiere, Face Different Awards Paths

#Toronto: Actress-Centric ‘The Room Next Door’ and ‘Nightbitch’ Premiere, Face Different Awards Paths

Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door and Marielle Heller’s Nightbitch, the two most highly-anticipated films that screened at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday night, are in some ways very similar: both are adaptations of novels by filmmakers who have been bringing quality films to TIFF for years, and both center on complex female…

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