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TIFF Review: The Maiden is an Artistically Ambitious, Emotionally Inert Study of Grief

The Maiden, Graham Foy’s feature film debut after a series of impressive shorts, shows a lot of formal skill but a lack of flair for dramaturgy. The film initi...

Clerks III Review: A Jersey Boy Comes Home Again

For die-hards who have been there from the beginning, it can be frustrating to watch the evolution of a filmmaker's work as they branch out and try their hand ...

Sofia Coppola Casts Jacob Elordi as Elvis and Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla Presley for New Feature Priscilla

It's nice, every so often, to find yourself squinting and emitting a tiny what the fuck at a production item. I couldn't help—really couldn't help; forgive the...

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’...

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

Michel Gondry Returns to Animation in First Trailer for Maya, Give Me a Title

Steven Soderbergh Tells a Ghost Story in New Trailer for Presence

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

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

NYC Weekend Watch: “Silent” Movies, Godzilla & More

17 Films to See in November

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

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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