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Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal and Chloé Zhao turn the Bard's defining tragedy into a heartbreaking portrait of love, loss, and the healing power of art

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Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal and Chloé Zhao turn the Bard's defining tragedy into a heartbreaking portrait of love, loss, and the healing power of art

From a David Byrne concert movie directed by Spike Lee to an animated Irish fairy tale — the highlights of a very singular TIFF experience

It was an odd TIFF, experiencing “the festival of festivals” from your couch instead of the Canadian city’s cineplexes — but the movies made up for it