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The Boy and the Heron – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Less a swansong and more a heronsong from the Japanese maestro Hayao Miyazaki, a mystical and ambitious message of hope for the future.
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The Royal Hotel – first-look review

by Mark Asch

More cinema of ominous discomfort from Kitty Green as she takes us to an out-of-the-way Australian boozer for some low-boiling violence.
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TIFF’s Midnight Madness serves up controversy as well as gore

by Michelle Krasovitski

Amidst Weird Al and werewolves, there was another boogeyman at TIFF this year: copyright law.
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Bruiser – first-look review

by Alexandria Slater

Miles Warren explores the dichotomy of nature vs nurture through a lost teenager’s longing for paternal guidance.
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Prisoner’s Daughter – first-look review

by Alexandria Slater

Brian Cox plays a dying convict trying to free himself from the prison of his past through forgiveness of his daughter in Catherine Hardwicke’s formulaic family drama.
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Empire of Light – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Olivia Colman channels her inner Anna Karina in director Sam Mendes’ mawkish ode to the magic of the movies.
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A Jazzman’s Blues – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Tyler Perry tries his hand at serious-minded filmmaking with this overwrought Deep South melodrama.
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The Greatest Beer Run Ever – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Zac Efron goes on a mission to bring tinnies to the troops in this banter‑y Vietnam War movie misfire from Peter Farrelly.
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Devotion – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Jonathan Majors and Glen Powell star as Navy pilots in JD Dillard’s superficial rendering of America’s forgotten war.
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Susie Searches – first-look review

by Ryan Coleman

Sophie Kargman attempts to expand her 2020 short film into a feature-length picture, with mixed results.

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