Articles by Matthew Ritchie

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  TIFF 2017: Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

  Directed by Lili Fini Zanuck

  PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2017

  These days, Eric Clapton, a married husband with three young daughters, is happy. But for years, the UK blues artist, known for his almost...

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  The Shape of Water

  Directed by Guillermo del Toro

  PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2017

  Much like Hayao Miyazaki, Mexican director Guillermo del Toro is a man with a singular vision, an ability to craft stories both strange and...

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  Battle of the Sexes

  Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris

  PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2017

  It's impossible not to see Battle of the Sexes — the story of a chauvinist man with weak morals who will stop at nothing to stay in the spo...

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  TIFF 2017: Brawl in Cell Block 99

  Directed by S. Craig Zahler

  PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2017

  Wait until Nicolas Winding Refn finds out about this one.   Bone Tomahawk director S. Craig Zahler's latest film, a violent, visceral crime...

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  TIFF 2017: The Death of Stalin

  Directed by Armando Iannucci

  PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2017

  Michael Palin plays a small role in Veep creator Armando Iannucci's latest film, but that shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who's a fa...

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  I, Tonya

  Directed by Craig Gillespie

  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2017

  Australian actress Margot Robbie gained the respect of critics with last year's Suicide Squad (frankly, she was the only good thing about i...

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  TIFF 2017: Suburbicon

  Directed by George Clooney

  PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2017

  Hollywood megastar George Clooney has a pretty awful track record when it comes to taking turns in the director's chair — 2011's sleepy pol...

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  TIFF 2017: Breathe

  Directed by Andy Serkis

  PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2017

  Actor Andy Serkis's directorial debut tells the inspirational true story of activist and innovator Robin Cavendish (played by Andrew Garfie...