Monday

20-10-2025 Vol 19

Day: September 8, 2025

TIFF 2025: Obsession, Honey Bunch, Whitetail

It feels almost like Fantastic Fest North this year at TIFF with a number of films that could have been…

TIFF 2025: Wake Up Dead Man, Rental Family

Saturday nights on King Street are a big deal for the Toronto International Film Festival. That’s where and when the…

TIFF 2025: Motor City, I Swear, Canceled: The Paula Deen Story

The producers of Potsy Ponciroli’s take the “strong, silent type” to extremes in the playful “Motor City,” a movie that…

TIFF 2025: Palestine 36, The Choral, Peak Everything

This year at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Gala Presentations included two world premieres: Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir’s 1930s-set…

TIFF Review: Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice is Rage-Filled and Blood-Drenched

There’s no telling whether Park Chan-wook is a fan of the Sex Pistols. But during his latest film, No Other…

TIFF Review: Roofman Finds Derek Cianfrance Succesfully Navigating a Tricky Tonal Balance

Derek Cianfrance’s place in the current American cinema landscape might be somewhat minuscule, but it’s still one worth acknowledging. His…

TIFF Review: Christy Makes a Shamelessly Generic Oscar Grab for Sydney Sweeney

“Aren’t we past this?” That’s the thought that ran through this writer’s head during Christy, the boxing biopic designed as…

Venice Review: Marc by Sofia is an Agreeable Documentary Portrait Lacking Intimacy

Sofia Coppola, Marc Jacobs, and 30 years of friendship between them––this triad was promising enough for A24 to jump on…

Venice Review: The Last Viking is an Ode to Oddballs, Mads Mikkelsen, and the Beatles

“The world is full of people,” states the anonymous narrator of Anders Thomas Jensen’s The Last Viking as an opening,…

TIFF Review: Romain Gavras’ Sacrifice is a Pop Satire That Falls Flat

It’s not too grand a statement to say the environment you watch a film in will heavily impact how you…