Movie Reviews and Previews Just Mercy should be shared Even as at-home streaming platforms offer a film viewing experience that is more convenient, more affordable, and more comfortable than cinemas, there are those films that remind us of the power of watching something in a darkened room full of strangers, sharing a singular experience. Just Mercy is one of By Sarah • Sep 10, 2019 11:41 am
Music Were Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun at Ed Sheeran’s wedding? Taylor Swift was in Paris last night for her “City of Lover” show continuing to promote Lover, her sixth consecutive #1 album. She’s been hinting that she might not tour Lover the way she toured reputation and 1989, that she might want to scale it back, perform in more By Lainey • Sep 10, 2019 10:08 am
TIFF 2019 Coverage Timothee Chalamet: The Fanboy comes back to TIFF Even if you're an entertainment reporter deep in the trenches at TIFF, you've seen the super steamy photos of Timothee Chalamet and Lily-Rose Depp making out on a yacht in Capri last week. The memes are next level. Their film The King premiered in Venice, thereby By Joanna • Sep 10, 2019 09:42 am
TIFF 2019 Coverage Intro for September 10, 2019 Dear Gossips, It was great to see Yalitza Aparicio last night at the first ever TIFF Tribute Gala. The event will now happen every year and, since TIFF is where Oscar campaigns begin, The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg called it “the first awards ceremony of the long awards season” By Lainey • Sep 10, 2019 08:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Report: Adam Driver needs a scene partner Longtime Steven Soderbergh collaborator Scott Z. Burns writes and directs The Report, an extremely thorough and incredibly dry movie about the controversial Senate report on the US’s use of torture in the post-9/11 era. This film relies heavily on Adam Driver, particularly his ability to emote repressed passion By Sarah • Sep 09, 2019 04:38 pm
TIFF 2019 Coverage Kristen Stewart: Dance parties, Hooters, and Taika Waititi Kristen Stewart is kind of a TIFF regular. I interviewed her here last year for JT LeRoy. She was here for Certain Women in 2016 and Equals in 2015 and On the Road in 2012. There are probably more but you get the point – she knows the festival and she’ By Lainey • Sep 09, 2019 04:04 pm
TIFF 2019 Coverage Robert Pattinson: TIFF Party MVP Robert Pattinson was one of the MVPs of the TIFF party circuit this weekend. He was among the people everybody wanted to get some face time with, and then did, and appeared to be in really great spirits the whole time…although, when you're schmoozing with Taika Waititi By Joanna • Sep 09, 2019 02:41 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Personal History of David Copperfield or Dev Patel can play any role Armando Iannucci’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield is a breezy, fun, surprisingly straightforward take on the classic. Iannucci co-wrote the script with his frequent collaborator Simon Blackwell, but if you’re expecting a Veep or Death of Stalin-style satire—as I was—don’t hold your breath. Iannucci By Sarah • Sep 09, 2019 12:46 pm
BFFs Jamie Dornan and Sebastian Stan: the new bromance Endings, Beginnings was always going to have a star-studded world premiere at TIFF. The cast is stacked: Sebastian Stan, Jamie Dornan, Shailene Woodley, Shamier Anderson… and with the film being on the market, they came ready to play and sell Drake Doremus’ latest improv-based “romantic” breakup drama. But the real By Joanna • Sep 09, 2019 11:28 am
