Monday

20-10-2025 Vol 19

Day: September 15, 2025

Chloe Zhao’s “Hamnet” Wins the TIFF People’s Choice Award

From the official press release from the Toronto International Film Festival, with links to our coverage of the winning films,…

TIFF 2025: Erupcja, Junk World, The Napa Boys

The titles that usually break out of TIFF’s Midnight Madness program are often characterized by audacious, crowd-pleasing spectacle (consider the…

TIFF 2025: Blue Heron, Amoeba, Meadowlarks

Sophy Romvari’s “Blue Heron” has been one of the breakout critical darlings of the fest circuit, premiering at Locarno to…

TIFF 2025: Scarlet, Arco, Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

One of the most buzzed titles of last year’s festival circuit was “Flow,” which would go on to win the…

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…