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20-10-2025 Vol 19

Category: TIFF 2025

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Good Fortune Review: Aziz Ansari’s Directorial Debut is a Sweet, Timely Comedy

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 TIFF coverage. Good Fortune opens in theaters on October…

Roofman Review: Derek Cianfrance Succesfully Navigates a Tricky Tonal Balance

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 TIFF coverage. Roofman arrives in theaters on October 10.…

TIFF Review: The Voice of Hind Rajab Brings Questionable Palatability to the Genocide in Gaza

In January 2024, the Palestine Red Crescent Society received an emergency call from Hind Rajab, a five-year-old girl traveling in…

TIFF Review: Paul Greengrass’ The Lost Bus is a Disaster Movie Master Class

In The Lost Bus, the latest propulsive and sweat-inducing disaster thriller from Paul Greengrass, a few electric sparks from a major…

TIFF Review: Cillian Murphy Keeps School Drama Steve on the Tracks

It’s a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day for Steve (Cillian Murphy). As the headmaster at Stanton Wood, a…

TIFF Review: Amoeba is a Surprising Singaporean Hangout Film

Coming-of-age tales are a genre with little recent innovation. Yet Singaporean-American filmmaker Siyou Tan finds remarkable specificity and novelty in…

TIFF Review: Barrio Triste is One of the Year’s Great Debuts

At barely two years old, Harmony Korine’s “post-cinema” company EDGLRD is already branching out. After directing AGGRO DR1FT and Baby…

TIFF Review: Easy’s Waltz Finds Nic Pizzolatto Offering an Odd, Creaky New Hollywood Counterfeit

My friend (and Film Stage Managing Editor) Nick Newman likes the term “counterfeit money” to describe certain movies. Be it…

TIFF Review: Two Pianos is Another Rich, Thoughtful Drama from Arnaud Desplechin

The past rears its not-so-ugly head in Two Pianos, Arnaud Desplechin’s latest film exploring the ways gorgeous people make an…

TIFF Review: Maddie’s Secret Showcases John Early’s Total Commitment 

You can’t accuse John Early of not committing. Through the majority of his acting career, the comedian has become a…