The Hollywood ReporterSep 19, 2023

‘They Shot the Piano Player’ Review: A Deeply Felt Portrait of a Virtuoso Who Wandered Into the Crosshairs of a Police State
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/they-shot-the-piano-player-review-fernando-trueba-javier-mariscal-1235585756/

'They Shot the Piano Player' Review: Portrait of a Bossa Nova Virtuoso

‘Chico & Rita’ helmers Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal reteam for another animated film, this time combining documentary material and invented sequences to tell the story of a beloved Brazilian musician.

The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood ReporterSep 15, 2023

Toronto: ‘The Peasants’ Directors Talk Adapting Novel as Fully Hand-Painted Animated Film
#MovieNews #Movies #LovingVincent #Toronto2023 #TorontoFilmFestival

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-peasants-directors-animated-film-adaptation-interview-1235591685/

‘The Peasants’ Directors on Adapting Novel to Hand-Painted Animated Film

“It was incredibly liberating for us,” co-creator Hugh Welchman says of the more epic and immersive follow-up to ‘Loving Vincent,’ based on Władysław Reymont’s Nobel Prize-winning literary work.

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The Hollywood ReporterSep 15, 2023

‘The Critic’ Review: A Ferocious Ian McKellen Is Let Down by a Script Favoring Histrionics Over Depth
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-critic-review-ian-mckellen-1235574990/

The Critic: Ian McKellan and Mark Strong Lead 1930s-Set Thriller

Gemma Arterton and Mark Strong also star in Anand Tucker's thriller, scripted by Patrick Marber, about a writer who teams up with an actress on a blackmail plot against a newspaper editor in 1930s London.

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The Hollywood ReporterSep 14, 2023

Why the 10-Year Odyssey of Making Hand-Painted Feature ‘Loving Vincent’ Was “Nothing” Compared to the Directors’ Follow-Up ‘The Peasants’
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-peasants-welchman-hand-painted-animation-loving-vincent-1235587847/

Making 'The Peasants,' the Hand-Painted Follow Up To 'Loving Vincent'

The Toronto-bowing adaptation of the Polish masterpiece upped the level of difficulty and expertise so much that many of the original artists resigned, while the war in Ukraine saw painters in the Kyiv studio move to Poland to keep working on the film.

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The Hollywood ReporterSep 13, 2023

‘Mother, Couch’ Review: Ewan McGregor and Ellen Burstyn Topline a Frustrating Absurdist Portrait of a Fractured Family
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‘Mother, Couch’ Review: Ewan McGregor in a Frustrating Absurdist Drama

Rhys Ifans, Taylor Russell and Lara Flynn Boyle also star in the story of three adult siblings converging on the furniture store from which their mother refuses to budge.

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The Hollywood ReporterSep 13, 2023

Toronto: Paramount Backs Black Canadian Directors at International Film Festivals
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/paramount-black-canadian-directors-film-festivals-1235589396/

How Paramount Is Backing Black Canadian Directors at Film Festivals

The studio’s Paramount+ streamer is looking to open doors for Black content creators from Canada who are looking to break into the world market.

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The Hollywood ReporterSep 12, 2023

Broadcasters Are Chasing Docu-Series Over Feature Documentaries, Says Canadian Report
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/canadian-broadcasters-docu-series-over-feature-documentaries-get-real-report-1235585503/

Canadian Broadcasters Chase Docu-Series Over Feature Documentaries: Report

The line between traditional point-of-view documentaries and reality TV series is blurring, warns the Documentary Organization of Canada in a new survey released at the Toronto Film Festival.

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The Hollywood ReporterSep 12, 2023

Toronto-Bowing Palestinian Suspense Drama ‘The Teacher’ Sells to Front Row for Middle East
#MovieNews #Movies #ImogenPoots #International #SalehBakri #TIFF #TIFF2023 #Toronto2023 #TorontoInternationalFilmFestival

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-teacher-front-row-middle-east-farah-nabulsi-saleh-bakri-1235587789/

Palestinian Suspense Drama 'The Teacher' Bought by Front Row for MENA

Saleh Bakri and Imogen Poots star in the film, the feature debut of Farah Nabulsi, who landed a BAFTA award and Oscar nomination for her 2020 short 'The Present.'

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The Hollywood ReporterSep 12, 2023

‘One Life’ Review: Anthony Hopkins Is in Peak Form in a Stirring, if By-the-Numbers, Period Piece
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/one-life-review-anthony-hopkins-1235587474/

'One Life' Review: Anthony Hopkins in a Stirring Period Piece

James Hawes' historical drama about the effort to save children from the Holocaust co-stars Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Flynn.

The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood ReporterSep 11, 2023

‘The King Tide’ Review: Frances Fisher in an Unsettling Tale of Supernatural Powers and Poisonous Groupthink
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-king-tide-review-frances-fisher-1235585719/

‘The King Tide’ Review: Frances Fisher in an Unsettling Tale

Clayne Crawford and Aden Young also star in director Christian Sparkes’ Newfoundland-set psychological thriller.

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