This year’s Toronto Film Fest overlapped in theme for more than a few movies. There were tales of addiction and rehabilitation in Ben is Back, Beautiful Boy, Boy Erased — and yes, about boys. There were tales of female pop singers – from Vox Lux to Teen Spirit to the much-anticipated A Star is Born. Then there were films we need, and want, to see more of: the female-fronted heist drama with a touch of social commentary from Steve McQueen in Widows, the understatedly brilliant tale of Black love in the face of incarceration in Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk, the of-our-times The Hate U Give, the exquisite this-is-why-we-have-movies…
Entertainment without the 'E!'
