Toronto film festival: Tim Blake Nelson writes and directs a challenging, and unsettling, look at empathy and forgiveness that strikes a haunting noteThere are troubling questions posed in Tim Blake Nelson’s effectively glum prison drama The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd, a film that will rank among the most overwhelmingly feel-awful experiences of this year’s Toronto film festival. TIFF: Scoot McNairy seduces his prison writing teacher in a true-life drama with no easy answers. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Toronto film festival: Tim Blake Nelson writes and directs a challenging, and unsettling, look at empathy and forgiveness that strikes a haunting noteThere are troubling questions posed in Tim Blake Nelson’s effectively glum prison drama The Life and Deaths of...S1

• TIFF: Scoot McNairy seduces his prison writing teacher in a true-life drama with no easy answers.S2