Toronto Film Festival

Sydney Sweeney's remarkable transformation into champion boxer Christy Martin can't fix the film's flaws nor distract from the star's real-life persona.

The Brat singer isn't the first pop star to turn to big-screen acting, but she has made an "auspicious start" that demonstrates a "commitment to cinema".

No one who watches gross-out Demi Moore film The Substance will forget it. But is it a feminist masterpiece or shallow, misogynistic and exploitative?

Amid a starry cast, Edgar-Jones especially gives a "beautifully understated" turn as a woman struggling with same-sex attraction – but there's too much plot for the film's own good.

Gia Coppola's atmospheric and sympathetic drama about the showgirls on the Vegas strip features "sharply drawn characters" and outstanding performances.

In his stunning new drama, Leigh portrays "living, breathing, flawed but good people", in "what is sure to be one of the best performances of the year".

The highlight of a mediocre Toronto International Film Festival was this comedy about a frustrated black author. It's now being talked about for the big prizes, writes Kaleem Aftab.