Movie Reviews and Previews Gary Oldman goes for Oscar in Darkest Hour Darkest Hour begins as Neville Chamberlain is forced to resign as Prime Minister on the eve of World War II, and Winston Churchill is selected as his replacement after the more popular Lord Halifax—also a supporter of appeasement—passes up the opportunity. It’s a bit of political maneuvering By Sarah • Sep 14, 2017 01:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer and Darren side by side Jennifer Lawrence and Darren Aronofsky have been promoting mother! for a couple of weeks – in Venice, in London, in Paris, at TIFF. And they made a point not to stand next to each other at any of the photo calls and red carpets. Until last night at the NY premiere. By Lainey • Sep 14, 2017 12:30 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Angelina’s week of good press First They Killed My Father premieres on Netflix tomorrow. Angelina Jolie was in Toronto on Sunday and Monday with Loung Ung and her kids to promote the film and in New York yesterday for more press. She’s also on the cover of the new issue of PEOPLE and there’ By Lainey • Sep 14, 2017 11:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: The Killing of a Sacred Deer (Lainey: Did we mention Nicole Kidman is riding a wave?) Yorgos Lanthimos makes films so surreal they are almost impossible to describe. He’s not a visual surrealist so much as an emotional surrealist, his stories taking you into bizarre worlds and twisted circumstances. A Lanthimos film is a horror By Sarah • Sep 14, 2017 10:47 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Nicole Kidman: riding the wave Nicole Kidman is one of the savviest stars I've ever seen walk a red carpet. If she's going to show up - she'll make it worth her time, and your time (for the press). She'll serve it in the photo department and By Joanna • Sep 14, 2017 10:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding I, Tonya sold during TIFF to distributors Neon and 30West, in a deal said to be $5 million. Lainey thinks that’s low, but it sounds about right to me—the natural effect of the disastrous summer is more cautious spending. Netflix was apparently offering $8 million—I ran across By Sarah • Sep 13, 2017 03:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews James Franco and the real Disaster Artist The Room is the most popular cult film of the last twenty years, frequently described as the “best worst movie ever made”, and subject of The Disaster Artist, a half-memoir, half-procedural about the making of the movie and the friendship at its center, both on and off screen, between Tommy By Sarah • Sep 13, 2017 12:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Rude On Day 1 of TIFF, Lainey mentioned that I would be writing about a couple of films that may not get widespread media attention. One of those films is Clement Virgo’s Rude. Rude will not be in the running for any Oscars come February, mainly because Rude was initially By Kathleen • Sep 13, 2017 10:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Drake hypes The Florida Project I am and always have been a really bad sleeper. Turns out Drake may be too. And we may have more in common - we both loved The Florida Project, and were thinking about it at 2 a.m. This may be too inside baseball but here goes: Lainey and By Joanna • Sep 13, 2017 10:07 am
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Brie Larson’s Unicorn Store I’ve written today about how I have zero chill, especially during TIFF. I’m genuinely not trying to humblebrag here, but I am so moved by TIFF and the festival and the buzz that I try to follow it as best I can. These movies (can) help define the By Joanna • Sep 12, 2017 04:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: The Shape of Water If you ask me to describe Guillermo Del Toro’s The Shape of Water, the short answer is: Amelie f*cks a fish monster. The long answer, though, is that The Shape of Water is a beautiful, tender, sweet, sincere, sorta funny, definitely weird, deeply romantic film about love and By Sarah • Sep 12, 2017 03:24 pm
Quiveration Idris in a white sweater After promoting two films at TIFF this weekend and introducing us to his “girlfriend” Sabrina, Idris Elba was in New York yesterday, photographed outside The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. The Mountain Between Us opens on October 6th. So he’s promoting it beyond the festivals now, trying to generate By Lainey • Sep 12, 2017 01:39 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Lady Bird Lady Bird is a movie that I was dying to see before it screened at Telluride. I'm all in on Greta Gerwig - from Frances Ha to Mistress America to Maggie's Plan, if she's in something? I'm there. She wrote it? No By Joanna • Sep 12, 2017 01:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Downsizing Alexander Payne follows up his pair of family dramas with Downsizing, a movie that doesn’t quite know what it is. I would like to ask Payne if the attraction of Downsizing was REALLY the material, or was it playing around with the various technology required to make it, from By Sarah • Sep 12, 2017 11:12 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Jolie Monday There have been some big names at TIFF this year. George Clooney. Nicole Kidman. Drake. As soon as Angelina Jolie arrived in town though, she’s been the main event. And there have been several events. As mentioned yesterday, she was at The Breadwinner premiere on Sunday night followed by By Lainey • Sep 12, 2017 10:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Battle of the Sexes Let’s just get it out of the way—yes, Battle of the Sexes gives Emma Stone the more Oscar-worthy part than La La Land. Billie Jean King is a better character, better written, and this is now a classic case of “won an Oscar for the wrong movie”. With By Sarah • Sep 12, 2017 09:39 am
