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Toronto Film Festival Review: 'Closing Night'

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Director Cody Fern's debut film 'Closing Night' premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. The cast includes Sarah Paulson, Naomi Watts, and Dianne Wiest in a drama about mothers on the edge.

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‘Closing Night’ Review: Killer Cast Sarah Paulson, Naomi Watts, And Dianne Wiest As Mothers On The Edge – Toronto Film Festival

Douglas Sirk , the master of so many great female-driven melodramas of the 50’s (Imitation Of Life, Magnificent Obsession) might have been jealous of Cody Fern’s directorial debut that just had its World Premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. It is what Sirk’s and other movies of t

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