Report From Toronto
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Toronto Film Festival Adds TV Series ‘Mrs. Fletcher,’ ‘Briarpatch’ and ‘Limetown’
TIFF also unveils industry programming with Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Lulu Wang and Fernando Meirelles
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Netflix Adaptation of Kerry Washington’s Broadway Play ‘American Son’ to Premiere at Toronto Film Festival
Film will launch Nov. 1 on streaming service
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Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones Drama ‘The Aeronauts’ Among New Additions to Toronto Film Festival Lineup
Films added to the Galas, Special Presentations, Masters and Contemporary World Cinema sections include work starring Natalie Portman, Kristen Stewart, Daniel Radcliffe, Elizabeth Debicki and Mick Jagger
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Joaquin Phoenix to Receive Actor Award from Toronto Film Festival
The “Joker” star joins Meryl Streep as a recipient of TIFF’s first-ever acting awards
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Toronto Film Festival Adds Documentaries From Alex Gibney, Barbara Kopple, Bryce Dallas Howard
The festival also reveals programs in its Midnight Madness, Discovery and TIFF Cinematheque sections
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Toronto Film Festival Sets Sarah Gavron, Julie Delpy Films for Platform Section
Other films competing for $20,000 in the TIFF section include Alice Winocur’s “Proxima,” Pietro Marcello’s “Martin Eden” and Darius Marder’s “Sound of Metal”
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‘The Farewell’ Director Lulu Wang, Producer Cassian Elwes Join Toronto Film Festival’s Filmmaker Lab
The festival also announces its slate of Canadian films, which includes new work from Atom Egoyan, Louise Archambault, Joey Klein and Ellen Page
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Music Producer David Foster Gets Toronto Film Festival Tribute, Documentary
The Barry Avrich film “David Foster: Off the Record” will feature Foster clients and friends including Barbra Streisand, Michael Buble and Josh Groban
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Meryl Streep to Receive Toronto Film Festival’s First Actor Award
Streep stars in Steven Soderbergh’s “The Laundromat,” which will also screen at this year’s festival
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Mister Rogers, the Joker and Judy Garland Are All Headed to Toronto Film Festival
TIFF’s formidable lineup of directors will include Steven Soderbergh, Noah Baumbach, Taika Waititi, Rian Johnson, John Crowley, Kasi Lemmons, Armando Iannucci … and Bruce Springsteen
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‘Katie Says Goodbye’ Film Review: A Young Woman’s Destruction Served Up as Entertainment (Again)
First-time writer-director Wayne Roberts clearly empathizes with his young heroine, but ties her to the railroad tracks anyway
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‘JT LeRoy’ Film Review: Literary Hoax Makes for a Frustrating Film
Fact-based film threatens to be overshadowed by the controversy surrounding Asia Argento, who’s depicted (under a different name) in Justin Kelly’s drama starring Laura Dern and Kristin Stewart
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‘Teen Spirit’ Film Review: Elle Fanning Sings – Boy, Does She Sing – in Indie Musical
Toronto Film Festival 2018: The goodhearted film about stardom in the “American Idol” era marks the directorial debut of Max Minghella
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‘Sunset’ Film Review: ‘Son of Saul’ Director Keeps His Characters, and Audience, Off Balance
Director Laszlo Nemes’ period drama is his first film since the Oscar-winning “Son of Saul”
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‘Gloria Bell’ Film Review: Julianne Moore Shines Quietly in Remake of Chilean Drama
Oscar-winning director Sebastian Lelio (“A Fantastic Woman”) makes an English-language version of his exceptional 2013 Chilean film
