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TIFF Review: The Young Arsonists Captures Malaise with Beauty and Style

Small town rural living tends to instill a sense of malaise in youth and neither Nicole (Maddy Martin) nor Veronica (Jenna Warren) are exceptions to that rule....

TIFF Review: Snow and the Bear is a Compelling, Chilly Mystery

Asli (Merve Dizdar) didn't have to come. It doesn't matter that her compulsory assignment as a nurse was to be stationed in a small Turkish village in the midd...

TIFF Review: The Swearing Jar Takes an Uplifting Look at the Messiness of Love

Both Carey (Adelaide Clemens) and Simon (Patrick J. Adams) have news. Who should go first? Well, there's a reason most people ask for the bad. Yes, they often ...

TIFF Review: North of Normal is a Warm, Wise, and Wounded Tale of Teenage Wildlife

North of Normal is an affecting drama about the life-altering impact of a youth in the wild. Happily, it embraces subtlety rather than over-the-top histrionics...

TIFF Review: Stellar Captures a Budding Romance with Celestial Power

It's all a matter of perspective. If you've never known a privileged existence, what difference to your world would an apocalypse truly introduce? There's alwa...

TIFF Review: Riceboy Sleeps is a Non-Judgemental Look at Being Caught Between Two Worlds

So-Young (Choi Seung-yoon) didn't want to leave South Korea. She had no choice. The father of her newborn son committed suicide and, as an orphan who was never...

TIFF Review: The Fabelmans is Warm, Witty, and One of Steven Spielberg’s Most Rewarding Family Tales

Judging from the pre-release information surrounding Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans, it was clear the endeavor could attain the label of the master director’...

TIFF Review: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is a Blast of a Sequel

There was really only one way for Rian Johnson to proceed with Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. The sequel to his 2019 whodunnit smash that introduced the es...

TIFF Review: Sisu Offers Bad Vibes with No Reward

So we finally arrive at the epic baconification of World War II. With enough Tarantino-esque chapter headings that you won’t for a second forget its place in t...

The Fabelmans Trailer: Steven Spielberg Goes Home

Early word is out and early word is good: The Fabelmans seems to have reconciled Spielberg's flair for spectacle and wonder with the mundanity of his upbringin...

News

Léa Seydoux, Lee Kang-sheng, Margaret Qualley, Steven Yeun, Natalie Portman, Armie Hammer & More Set Next Roles

Exclusive: Paul Schrader’s Next Films Involve a Pederast Professor and a Wall Street-Set Erotic Thriller

2024 Gotham Awards Nominations Unveiled

Trailers

Exclusive Trailer for Jōhatsu, a Lithuanian Thriller Exploring a Japanese Phenomenon

First Trailer for Luca Guadagnino’s Queer Follows Daniel Craig Searching for a High

Ride a Dreamlike Musical Carousel in Exclusive Trailer for Signe Birkova’s Lotus, Partly Shot on a 1920s Camera

Reviews

Juror #2 Review: Courtroom Thriller Represents the Best from Clint Eastwood’s Late Era

The Graduates Review: A Melancholic Look at a Community Bonded by Tragedy

AFI Fest Review: Robert Zemeckis’ Here Plays Like the Anti-Boyhood

Features

17 Films to See in November

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Tony Leung, Johnnie To, and Chiara Mastroianni Talk Cinema’s Future as the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival Begins

Interviews

“Nobody Ever Gave Me Anything”: Alan Rudolph on Robert Altman, Bruce Willis, Kurt Vonnegut, and Resurrecting Breakfast of Champions

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat Director Johan Grimonprez on a Jazz-Fueled, Kaleidoscopic Vision of Displaced Blackness

The Making of the Indian Sci-Fi Box-Office Sensation Kalki 2898 AD

Podcasts

The B-Side – Vincent Price (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side – Tim Burton (with Maria Lewis)

The Film Stage Show Farewell Episode – Megalopolis

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