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Toronto International Film Festival · 2022

Toronto International Film Festival 2022

Midnight Madness

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5 films · 2 reviews

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Leonor Will Never Die

Review preview for Leonor Will Never Die

Shows that escapist films can serve every bit as valid a purpose as anything else when it comes to uniting people.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Fiction and reality blur when Leonor, a retired filmmaker, falls into a coma after a television lands on her head, compelling her to become the action hero of her unfinished screenplay.

(Country: Philippines; Year: 2022; Director: Martika Ramirez Escobar; Writer: Martika Ramirez Escobar; Stars: Sheila Francisco, Rocky Salumbides, Bong Cabrera, Anthony Falcon)

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Pearl

The story of a woman's transformation into a vicious killer.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Ti West; Writer: Mia Goth, Ti West; Stars: Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland, Emma Jenkins-Purro)

Project Wolf Hunting

Review preview for Project Wolf Hunting

An all-action spectacular with some smart ideas which sustains itself surprisingly well over a full two hours.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
The story of dangerous criminals on a cargo ship who are transported from the Philippines to South Korea, as they unleash a sinister force after an escape attempt leads to a riot.

(Country: South Korea; Year: 2022; Director: Kin Hong-sun; Writer: Kin Hong-sun; Stars: Seo In-Guk, Jsng Dong-yoon, Choi Gwi-hwa, Sung Dong-il)

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Sick

As the pandemic steadily brings the world to a halt, Parker and her best friend Miri decide to quarantine at the family lake house alone - or so they think.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: John Hyams)

Venus

Horror invades the concrete corridors of a cursed apartment complex on the outskirts of Madrid.

(Country: US, Spain; Year: 2022; Director: Jaume Balagueró; Writer: Fernando Navarro; Stars: Ester Expósito, Ángela Cremonte, Fernando Valdivielso, Federico Aguaro)