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“America to Me,” the extraordinary ten-part docuseries currently airing every Sunday on STARZ, is the latest triumph from Kartemquin Films, the Chicago-based company responsible for many of the best American documentaries over the past half-century. Steve...

Natalie Portman stars in two films at TIFF this year that examine the cult of celebrity from incredibly different angles. While one seems to be cynical in its examination of the religious zeal with which we...

One of the quietest buzzes coming into TIFF this year was for Neil Jordan’s “Greta,” which one would presume would have been a highly promoted and anticipated title given who was involved. Yes, Jordan may not...

David Lowery’s “The Old Man & the Gun” is as deceptive as its protagonist. It tells the story of a man so likable and gentlemanly that tellers and bank managers practically handed him their money as...

Tim Sutton’s “Donnybrook” wants to shine a light on the “forgotten” America, to give a voice to the people that have been economically and culturally left behind by a rapidly developing country. It’s set in the...

Who would have thought that Jacques Audiard, the French director of slow-burn, humanistic character studies would one day take on one of the most characteristically American of genres, the Western, with his English-language debut? While worlds...

A number of movies at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival come emblazoned with the words “based on a true story.” So far, most of the stories I’ve seen carrying this burden have been based on the...

With its sweeping drone coverage of the Scottish country and the capital-W Wide shots of warriors on the battlefield (which will definitely play well when watched on a laptop this November, courtesy of Netflix), David Mackenzie’s...

Sebastian Lelio returned to TIFF this year after the one-two punch in 2017 of “A Fantastic Woman” and “Disobedience” and he brought something special. Yes, “Gloria Bell” is nearly a note-for-note remake of Lelio’s own very...

The sad thing about a festival with over 200 new movies is that I often have to prioritize fiction films over non-fiction ones, with the exception of notable directors like Werner Herzog, Errol Morris, and Michael...