It’s been a good few years for Margaret Qualley. Breaking out in “The Leftovers,” she’s since caught the eye of Spike Jonze (“Kenzo World“), Quentin Tarantino (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood“), Netflix (“IO” opposite Anthony Mackie), FX (“Fosse/Verdon“), Tim Sutton (“Donnybrook“), Claire Denis (the not-yet-shot, “The Stars At Noon“) and has amassed a nice little career for herself that has come close to peaking yet.

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All creatives, at one point or another, have been confronted with a particularly frustrating nuisance: The need to survive. The unique frustration spurred from this is predominantly born, of course, out of the fact that the creative passions—poetry, storytelling, filmmaking—seem almost impossible to monetize until one makes it to the glittering heights stardom and success. The old cliché of “write what you know” clearly rings true to filmmakers, given the abundance of films that rely on this particular brand of metanarrative.

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Very well-made, very sweet-natured and very, very familiar: how strange that Philippe Falardeau‘s “Chuck,” a based-in-truth film about pretty much the definition of a confrontational sport — boxing — should feel cozy as a down comforter from beginning to end. Maybe it’s that the picture signals a love for its flawed-but-forgivable central character Chuck “The Bayonne Bleeder” Wepner early on, so that we’re aware nothing very bad will happen (or if it does, he’ll learn his lesson).

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Very well-made, very sweet-natured and very, very familiar: how strange that Philippe Falardeau‘s “The Bleeder,” a based-in-truth film about pretty much the definition of a confrontational sport —boxing— should feel cosy as a down comforter from beginning to end. Maybe it’s that the picture signals a love for its flawed-but-forgivable central character Chuck “The Bayonne Bleeder” Wepner early on, so that we’re aware nothing very bad will happen (or if it does, he’ll learn his lesson).

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TIFF Review: 'The Good Lie' Starring Reese Witherspoon

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Watch: Reese Witherspoon Tells 'The Good Lie' In First Trailer For Sudanese Refugee Drama

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Reese Witherspoon To Tell 'The Good Lie' With 'Monsieur Lazhar' Director Philippe Falardeau

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