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Ten Must-See Films at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival
There are so many films I want to see at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) this year that it is difficult to choose. Fortunately our RogerEbert.com team of reviewers are submitting daily reports so I hope you join me in eagerly reading each dispatch penned by Brian Tallerico, Robert Daniels, Marya Gates, Monica Castillo and Nick Allen…
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Dumb Money
Craig Gillespie’s “Dumb Money” gathers a few of the major and minor players in the GameStop short squeeze of 2021 and tells their story in an illuminating way, showing the imbalances on the playing field of the financial market. But the film never forgets to be entertaining, first and foremost. It will be compared to Adam McKay’s “The…
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The Royal Hotel
In her debut narrative film, the workplace horror “The Assistant,” writer/director Kitty Green took the most ordinary setting and made it a tense, nauseating psychological thriller. Pairing again with Julia Garner, her follow-up “The Royal Hotel,” co-written with Oscar Redding, plays like a Gen Z twist on the Australian classic “Wake in Fright.” While Green and…
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TIFF 2023: The Boy and the Heron, We Grown Now, Unicorns
It’s been an unusual Toronto International Film Festival. Thanks to the dual strikes, gone are the star-studded red carpets, replaced by relatively quiet introductions and a general lack of fanfare. Sure, there are a few famous faces around town, but it’s not the traditional celebrity-scape that this festival has become. TIFF 2023 nonetheless had the festival’s…
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How Peter Do’s debut at Helmut Lang stole the show at NYFW
32-year-old Peter Do’s debut at Helmut Lang was the most anticipated show at New York Fashion Week.
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These 20-minute dinner recipes will feed you in a flash
Get dinner on the table in 20 minutes or less, perfect for hectic weeknights.
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Braised chicken with peppers turns Rosh Hashanah into a Roman holiday
With less planning and cook time than brisket, this saucy dish from the Roman Jewish culinary canon is at once comforting and festive.
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Once-abandoned dogs are now trained to sniff out environmental clues
About 45 canines are part of Working Dogs for Conservation in various countries. Most of the dogs were rescued from shelters.
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The Technology Facebook and Google Didn’t Dare Release
Engineers at the tech giants built tools years ago that could put a name to any face but, for once, Silicon Valley did not want to move fast and break things.
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Takeaways From a New Elon Musk Biography: Ukraine, Trump and More
The biography, by Walter Isaacson, portrays Mr. Musk as a complex, tortured figure.