Biopic

The Idiot(s)

By Andy Howell | September 2026

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! It is nearly impossible to describe The Idiot(s) — it is one of those films that…

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TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! It is nearly impossible to describe The Idiot(s) — it is one of those films that must be seen to be...

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Statesman, Radio Interviewer, Lawyer, Judge Mr. Ulric Cross’ personal history is intimately and permanently connected with Africa. Hero: The...

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In Katy Chevigny's The Easy Kind maverick country singer Elizabeth Cook plays a fictionalized version of herself called EC, recounting her lifetime of...

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From director Antoine Fuqua and screenwriter John Logan, the Michael biopic could have gone horribly wrong. But then again, we're talking Michael Jackson,...

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NOW IN THEATERS! Writer/director Kirk Jones's I Swear tracks John Davidson's life as his undiagnosed Tourette's turns everyday moments — family,...

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Among the genres of film that the British excel at is the biopic. Mr. Burton is the latest example I have seen, dear reader. Before he was known as Richard...

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SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! Director Mitch Yapko's Watching Walter, written by Mark Dylan Brown, uses a simple...

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The Safdie brothers' meteoric rise in Hollywood after just a handful of films came to an abrupt halt when Josh and Benny decided to go their separate ways....

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NOW ON NETFLIX! Agustina Macri's Queen of Coal follows the true story of Carlita Rodríguez, a transgender woman growing up in a remote Patagonian mining...

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Writer-director Thomas Mignone's Queen of Manhattan is not a simple biopic; it's a dream of neon, trauma, and survival that uses the life of adult film...

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