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TIFF Review: ‘Darkest Hour’ is a Self-Parody of the British Prestige Picture

Let’s get this out of the way: Darkest Hour is pure, uncut Oscar bait that goes through every bullcrap great-man biopic platitude imaginable in its two-hour run...

TIFF Review: ‘The Current War’ Offers an Electric History Lesson and Overwrought Melodrama

The title is The Current War, but it's subject is truly more history than battle. It's flashier to think about our modern day electrical system as a conflict be...

TIFF Review: Cinematic Sexcapades are Fascinatingly Explored in ‘Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood’

If the phrase "tell-all" hadn't been coined before 2012, Scotty Bowers' memoir Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars wo...

‘Downsizing’ Trailer: Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig Shrink to Live Big

While not arriving with the mostly unanimous acclaim that most of his other films received upon premiere, we still found a lot to like with Alexander Payne'...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 262 – IT

We band together to tackle It, the new adaptation of the Stephen King novel that destroyed the box office this weekend....

TIFF Review: ‘Custody’ is a Steady Crescendo of Suspense

It didn't win the Oscar for best live action short in 2014, but Xavier Legrand’s Just Before Losing Everything was by far my favorite nominee. Discovering his d...

TIFF Review: ‘Roman J. Israel, Esq.’ Defies Expectations at Every Turn

It’s a treat to see Denzel Washington, arguably the planet’s most consistently strong and popular actor, step outside his comfort zone. And the film’s ignorance of typical legal drama conventions is wonderfully refreshing....

Venice Review: ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ is a Riotous Black Comedy

As cumbersome titles go, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is right up there with the Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of The Whatevers of this world. Co...

TIFF Review: ‘Brad’s Status’ is a Contemptible, Aimless Character Study

Brad’s (Ben Stiller) son is about to embark on college. It’s the type of auspicious life marker to make anyone look back and question the journey they’ve taken ...

New TIFF Trailers for ‘Let the Corpses Tan,’ ‘Custody,’ ‘Sweet Country,’ and More

It's been a weekend full of reviews from the Toronto International Film Festival, and along with the premieres, it means producers or (if the film is lucky ...

News

Exclusive: Altered Innocence Acquires Restoration of Srđan Karanović’s Virgina for Fall Release

Japan Cuts Announces 2026 Slate Featuring Hirokazu Kore-eda, Gakuryu Ishii, Yoji Yamada & More

Alice Rohrwacher to Direct The Baron in the Trees; Next Film to Be Primarily Silent

Trailers

Cemre Paksoy’s Hands Are Tied In Trailer for Georgia Bernstein’s Sinister Sundance Favorite Night Nurse

Marcello Mastroianni Yearns In Trailer for 4K Restoration of Luchino Visconti’s White Nights

Exclusive Trailer for Greg Vrotsos’ Feature Debut Situations Follows a Journey of Love and Ambition in Los Angeles

Reviews

The Death of Robin Hood Review: A Portrait of the Outlaw as a Bald-Faced Lie

Tribeca Review: Here I’m Alive Is a Raw, Intimate Look at Messy New York Lives

I Am Frankelda Review: Mexico’s First Stop-Motion Feature Speaks Truth to Power

Features

New to Streaming: Blue Film, I Am Frankelda, It’s Dorothy! & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

NYC Weekend Watch: Douglas Sirk in 3D, The Organizer, Body Double & More

Interviews

“The Hard Work Is In the Screenwriting”: John Sayles on Resourceful Filmmaking, James Cameron, and His TIFF Retrospective

The Currents Director Milagros Mumenthaler on Sensory Filmmaking, Motherhood, and Capturing an Internal State

“Making Movies Should Be a Pleasure”: Olivier Assayas on The Wizard of the Kremlin

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

The B-Sides of Eddie Murphy with Nicholas Gray and Alvin Keith

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