Report From Toronto
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Toronto’s First Weekend: ‘Moonlight’ Leads the Way as TIFF Gets Bold
At a strong festival, the heat so far has gone to the films that take big risks, among them “Nocturnal Animals” and “Arrival”
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‘Denial’ Toronto Review: Are There Echoes of Donald Trump in Rachel Weisz’s Holocaust Drama?
Toronto 2016: Director Mick Jackson says you can find contemporary resonance in his story about a court case betwieen an author and a Holocaust denier
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‘Birth of a Nation’ Star Gabrielle Union Confronts Race, Rape and Then Some
Actress spoke about #BlackLivesMatter, Colin Kaepernick and claims that she “threw Nate [Parker] under the bus” on Sunday
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Fan Bingbing’s ‘I Am Not Madame Bovary’ Sells Domestic Rights to Well Go USA
Toronto 2016: Director Xiaogang Feng (“Aftershock”) debuted the film Thursday with his lead in tow
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Nick Cannon Says Spike Lee ‘Passed the Torch to Me’ (Video)
Toronto 2016: “King of the Dancehall” director and star talks “new generation” of black filmmakers
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‘Moonlight’ Debuts to Rapturous Applause, Tears in Emotional Screening at Toronto Film Festival
Toronto 2016: The gritty film about addiction and sexuality set in Miami continues to move audiences – and the cast too
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‘Birth of a Nation’ Director Nate Parker Appeals to Reporters: Don’t ‘Hijack This with My Personal Life’
Toronto 2016: “This is a forum for the film,” Parker said at press conference
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Terrence Malick Offers Two Completely Different Versions of Masterful ‘Voyage of Time’
Toronto 2016: The director premiered a gloriously elusive reverie on the history of the universe, and a shorter IMAX version that is surprisingly explanatory
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‘Queen of Katwe’ Toronto Review: David Oyelowo Mentors a Chess Champ in Uplifting Tale
Toronto 2016: Director Mira Nair gives “inspirational” a good name with the powerful true story of real-life Ugandan chess champion Phiona Mutesi
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‘Transparent’ Creator Jill Soloway Weighs in on Matt Bomer Playing a Trans Woman (Video)
Toronto 2016: “If so many trans people had their own shows, and they were casting trans people in their own stories, this would probably be less of a stain,” showrunner told TheWrap
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Andrew Garfield’s ‘Breathe’ Bought by Participant Media, Bleecker Street
Toronto 2016: Real-life story of inspirational polio survivor will also star Claire Foy
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When Natalie Portman and Lily-Rose Depp Bonded Over a Massage (Video)
Toronto 2016: The two actresses discuss preparing for Rebecca Zlotowski’s “Planetarium” at TheWrap’s studio at the 2016 film festival
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Director of Leonardo DiCaprio’s ‘Before the Flood’ Doc Blasts ‘Insane’ Donald Trump (Exclusive Video)
Toronto 2016: Fisher Stevens describes how he feels the Republican nominee is “dangerous” for denying climate change
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Marisa Tomei Channels Urban Planning Legend Jane Jacobs in ‘Citizen Jane’ (Exclusive Video)
Toronto 2016: Oscar-winning actress helps to narrate Matt Tyrnauer’s documentary
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Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried to Star in Paul Schrader’s ‘First Reformed’
Toronto 2016: Hawke stars as a former military chaplain in new indie