TIFF 2025: Girl and Swiped
TIFF 2025: Girl and Swiped

There’s usually no shortage of female filmmakers at the Toronto International Film Festival, and with the festival’s 2025 edition, that continues to be true.

TIFF 2025: Driver's Ed and The Ugly
TIFF 2025: Driver’s Ed and The Ugly

While Driver’s Ed and The Ugly are vastly different films, both provide thoughtful social commentary on their respective issues.

LINDA LINDA LINDA Invites Viewers to Join the Band
LINDA LINDA LINDA Invites Viewers to Join the Band

Nobuhiro Yamashita’s Linda Linda Linda deconstructs the typical rhythms of the high school band movie

Shakey Grounds: The Right Beats, But Wrong Tone
Shakey Grounds: The Right Beats, But Wrong Tone

Michael Garcia’s debut feature focuses on the grief of struggling musicians and an A&R rep trying to make a comeback.

TIFF Round-Up #1: LEVERS, COPPER, & MĀRAMA
TIFF Round-Up #1: LEVERS, COPPER, & MĀRAMA

For his first report from this year’s TIFF Soham Gadre takes a look at Levers, Copper and Mārama.

RABBIT TRAP Gets Lost in the Post-A24 Fairy Realm
RABBIT TRAP Gets Lost in the Post-A24 Fairy Realm

Rabbit Trap is a visually satisfying film with a some interesting elements to play with and no propulsion whatsoever.

Orchid: A Discomforting Debut
Orchid: A Discomforting Debut

In Jacque Rabie’s debut feature Orchid, we witness what can happen when that infatuation is taken too far, and when a third person is added to the mix.

TIFF 2025: The Smashing Machine
TIFF 2025: The Smashing Machine

One would have to go all the way back to Pain & Gain in 2013 to find a dramatically inclined and nuanced performance from Johnson.

TIFF 2025: Roofman and Motor City
TIFF 2025: Roofman and Motor City

An energized ‘silent’ action film and a quirky narrative about a real life American who hid from authorities inside a local Toys”R”Us.

SHOESHINE Criterion Review: Vittorio De Sica's Postwar Drama Arrives on 4K UHD
SHOESHINE Criterion Review: Vittorio De Sica’s Postwar Drama Arrives on 4K UHD

Criterion’s edition of Shoeshine is a terrific release of a film that has been deserving of a proper restoration.

Et Tu: The Horror of Theater
ET TU: The Horror of Theater

How far is too far to push your cast and crew to achieve your vision? That’s for Brent to find out in the thriller/horror/pitch-black comedy Et Tu.

"How Far Does the Dark Go?" review
HOW FAR DOES THE DARK GO?: Queer Vampire Drama Sucks In All The Wrong Ways

The most interesting and important movies in the world today are being made by trans…

FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER: Bresson’s Underseen Ode to Love Found and Lost
FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER: Bresson’s Underseen Ode to Love Found and Lost

Arriving in 4k, there’s never been a better time for Four Nights of a Dreamer to finally take the prominent place it deserves in Bresson’s filmography.

RIEFENSTAHL: The Last Word on a Lifelong Propagandist
RIEFENSTAHL: The Last Word on a Lifelong Propagandist

Riefenstahl should be the last word on its subject—not just because it is the definitive one, but also because it is the last one we need.

STRANGER EYES: Who’s Watching Who?
STRANGER EYES: Who’s Watching Who?

Despite tackling intriguing and timely concepts, Stranger Eyes ends up being a surprisingly dull watch.