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Toronto International Film Festival / Review : Outstanding Performances in Sarah Polley’s Dense “Woman Talking”

At night they are drugged and raped. For years women wake up with pain and sheets soaked in blood, but no memory of what happened. Ghosts and demons did it, say the men in the ultraconservative remote religious colony. But these women know better. And they talk. Now it’s time to decide. Stay and fight,…

Toronto International Film Festival : Q&A with Actress Kristen Stewart on ”Spencer” and Her Career

Kristen Stewart started working in the film industry at an early age, starting alongside Jodie foster in David Fincher’s “Panic Room”, among many other roles. She went on to worldwide fame for her role as Bella and the hugely popular “Twilight” franchise. And has since worked with some of the most celebrated filmmakers of our…

Toronto International Film Festival Review – Alanis Morissette Biopic ‘Jagged’ is Weakened by the Singer’s Rejection of the Film

The music that artists, and particularly singers, create can be highly influential on their audiences and fans. Lyrics may be memorized and repeated often, and associated with causes and ideas. Those ties may not be intentional or at all representative of the true feelings of the artist, and it’s impossible to know what they really…

Toronto International Film Festival Review – ‘The Electrical Life of Louis Wain’ is a Bizarre Tribute to a Futuristic Animal Artist

Those who see the world in a different way than others are often cast out and dismissed as fanatic, insane, dangerous, or some combination of negative monikers. In many cases, an ability to perceive or understand something others cannot means that someone is actually a visionary capable of seeing concepts that won’t be normalized or…