#TIFF26: DAY FOUR SIGHTINGS – JULIANNE MOORE, AMANDA SEYFRIED, LIAM NEESON, JAY BARUCHEL, JORDAN FIRSTMAN, ANDREW SCOTT, BILLIE PIPER AND MORE

A big Day Four sightings, including:

•Jordan Firstman for CLUB KID
•Amanda Seyfried, Scoot McNairy and Tim Blake Nelson with THE LIFE AND DEATHS OF WILSON SHEDD
•Liam Neeson for THE MONGOOSE
•Summer H. Howell and Mike Flanagan for CARRIE
•Annie Murphy, Cooper Raiff and Finn Wittrock for ALL THAT SHE WANTS
•Andrew Scott and Billie Piper for ELSINORE
•Jay Baruchel for THE STUNT DRIVER
•Ming-Na Wen and Isabella Wei for WHATCHA WANT
•Jesse Eisenberg and Julianne Moore for THE DEBUT
•Zack Snyder for THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH
•Virginie Efra for ALL OF A SUDDEN

…and several more!

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#REVIEW: “ELSINORE” REVIEW

By Nicholas Porteous

In 1989, Ian Charleson (Andrew Scott), best known for starring in Chariots of Fire, is handed the opportunity of a lifetime. Daniel Day-Lewis has developed a habit of walking offstage during The National Theatre’s legendary production of Hamlet and they need a new prince of Denmark. It’s his dream role. The only problem: his ever-worsening AIDS diagnosis. Leaping onto the stage for three hours every night to fight with swords and contemplate death is the very last thing his doctor (Olivia Colman) wants. But spending those final days transforming into the ultimate tragic hero is exactly what Charleson needs. Elsinore is a story of tenacity and triumph, and the healing camaraderie and spirituality of theatre, brought to life by a riveting performance at its core. It’s too bad that nearly every other facet of the filmmaking in Elsinore is working against Andrew Scott’s vivid embodiment of Charleson.

Elsinore is at its strongest when it gets out of the way of Scott–mainly in its first act, when scenes play out from beginning to end with minimal commentary from the score or the edit. As the movie unfolds, it becomes increasingly reliant on montages. For a movie about Hamlet, it’s surprisingly rare you’ll ever get to simply watch a scene from Hamlet. Instead, we’re given only tiny fragments in a seemingly random order to convey an artistic process, with an overbearing score to connect the dots. Director Simon Stone isn’t interested in letting anything sit still or speak for itself. He weaves a faint impression of a towering achievement, but the true power of Charleson’s performance–and all the sacrifice that comes with it–gets utterly lost in the details.

Some may be enraptured by Scott’s commanding-yet-vulnerable presence alone, able to look beyond the unnecessary tactics deployed by Elsinore‘s domineering edit. My audience burst into tearful applause as the credits rolled. But speaking for myself, the true tragedy of Elsinore is its relentless use of editorial bells and whistles that only serve to overshadow and ultimately suffocate the moving themes at its core.

Elsinore screens at TIFF ’26:

Mon. Sept 14 at 12:00 PM at The Princess of Wales Theatre

Tues. Sept 15 at 6:30 PM at Scotiabank Theatre

Sat. Sept 19 at 1:00 PM at Roy Thomson Hall

Sun. Sept 20 at 4:00 PM at Scotiabank Theatre

#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR “KAOS”

Netflix premieres the official trailer for upcoming series KAOS, alongside first looks of Billie Piper, Suzy Eddie Izzard and Debi Mazar.

Jeff Goldblum plays Zeus: King of the Gods, ruler of the world. He’s cruel, stylish and all-powerful.

That is, until he’s not. From BAFTA winning screenwriter and showrunner Charlie Covell* (The End Of The F***ing World), KAOS is a bold, darkly comic, contemporary take on Greek mythology: exploring love, power, and life in the underworld.

Having long enjoyed his status as king of the gods, Zeus’s reign has never been truly threatened. That is until he wakes up one morning and discovers a wrinkle on his forehead. Believing it to be the harbinger of an ancient prophecy which foretells his destruction, neurosis sets in: Zeus becomes convinced his fall is coming. As his paranoia takes hold, the god of gods – seeing signs everywhere – starts to dangerously self-destruct.

And he’s right to be worried. Zeus’s one time friend and now prisoner, Prometheus, is orchestrating a plan to bring him down. The plan involves three disparate humans, all of whom are totally unaware of their cosmic significance or the part they must play in saving the world. No pressure. (Some pressure.)

KAOS stars Jeff Goldblum as Zeus alongside Janet McTeer (Ozark, The Menu) as Hera, David Thewlis (Landscapers, Fargo) as Hades, Rakie Ayola (Anthony, The Pact) as Persephone, Cliff Curtis (Avatar: The Way of Water, Reminiscence) as Poseidon, Stephen Dillane (Game of Thrones, Darkest Hour) as Prometheus, Aurora Perrineau (Westworld, When They See Us) as Riddy, Nabhaan Rizwan (Industry, Station Eleven) as Dionysus, Killian Scott (Dublin Murders, ’71) as Orpheus, Misia Butler (Half Bad, The School For Good And Evil) as Caeneus, Stanley Townsend (The Current War, Becoming Elizabeth) as Minos, and Leila Farzad (I Hate Suzie, Better) as Ari. Billie Piper (I Hate Suzie, Eternal Beauty) and Suzy Eddie Izzard join the cast in cameo roles.

KAOS launches on August 29, 2024 on Netflix.

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