Best of the Fall Fests: THR’s Critics Picks

A cathartic tearjerker about Shakespeare’s family, Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear threat thriller and a wrenching Gaza docudrama are among THR reviewers’ 15 faves out of Venice, Telluride and Toronto.

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Telluride Awards Analysis: ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Sentimental Value’ Join ‘Sinners’ Atop List of Oscar Frontrunners

The Hollywood Reporter's executive editor of awards coverage offers his biggest takeaways from another Labor Day weekend in the Rockies.

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‘Karl’ Review: A Likable Lagerfeld Documentary Prioritizes Breadth Over Depth

Tilda Swinton, Penélope Cruz and Tom Ford are among talking heads in a portrait of the late fashion designer, directed by Nick Hooker ('AKA Mr. Chow') and premiering at the Telluride Film Festival.

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‘Lost in the Jungle’ Review: ‘Free Solo’ Directors Capably Tackle a Remarkable Tale of Survival in the Amazon for Nat Geo

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin and Juan Camilo Cruz tell the story of the Mucutuy siblings and the dueling rescue missions to save their lives in 2023.

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Telluride: ‘Jay Kelly’ Team on Clooney and Stardom, Sander’s Soulful Turn and Crudup’s Crazy Scene

Noah Baumbach, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, Patrick Wilson and Nicholas Britell discussed their film, which had its North American premiere in the Rockies, with The Hollywood Reporter's Scott Feinberg.

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‘This Is Not a Drill’ Review: Climate Activism Doc Feels Stuck in a More Hopeful Past

Oren Jacoby follows three Davids fighting the Goliaths of the oil industry in a documentary that premiered at the Telluride Film Festival.

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Telluride Awards Analysis: ‘Hamnet,’ Chloé Zhao’s Pic About the Shakespeares’ Love and Loss, Is Talk of Fest

Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley star in — and are generating considerable Oscar buzz for — the adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell’s bestselling 2020 novel of the same name.

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Telluride Awards Analysis: For Yorgos Lanthimos’ Haunting ‘Bugonia,’ Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons Are Likely Headed Back to the Oscars

Lanthimos and Stone's prior collaborations include the Academy-embraced 'The Favourite' and 'Poor Things.'

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‘H Is for Hawk’ Review: Claire Foy and Her Bird Fly High in a Tender but Overlong Grief Drama

Following the death of her beloved father, a Cambridge academic decides to raise a goshawk in director Philippa Lowthorpe's adaptation of the bestselling memoir by Helen Macdonald.

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