A few years ago, as the COVID-19 pandemic upended daily life, director R.T. Thorne found himself grappling with “existential fears.” With supply chains collapsing and panic-buying in full swing, the Calgary-born filmmaker began to question the stability of the world as he knew it. “If a sickness that we can’t
TORONTO (AP) — The starry based-on-a-true-story social-justice tale “Just Mercy” made a powerful impression in its world premiere Friday at the Toronto International Film Festival, drawing an emotional response for the courtroom drama led by Michael B. Jordan’s crusading attorney and Jamie Foxx’s wrongly imprisoned Death Row inmate. “Just Mercy”
