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TIFF Review: Susie Searches is a Quirky Look at the Destructive Nature of Popularity

Susie Wallis (Kiersey Clemons) has never met a mystery she couldn't solve. At least not when it comes to those that populate the crime books her mother (Jammie...

TIFF Review: Fixation Takes a Disorienting Roller Coaster Ride Through the Subconscious

What did Dora (Maddie Hasson) do all those years ago? That's the question she's asking herself as she sits straightjacketed in a hospital she doesn't remember ...

TIFF Review: Rosie is an Adorably Infectious Coming of Age Story Set in a Montreal Melting Pot

The last thing Frédérique (Melanie Bray) needs is another mouth to feed. She's already sneaking out the fire escape to avoid her landlord and can barely hold d...

TIFF Review: My Sailor, My Love is a Delicate Look into the Familial Dynamics of Flawed People

Howard (James Cosmo) lives what appears to be a hermitic life of unwavering obstinance. He doesn't even open the door when his daughter Grace (Catherine Walker...

TIFF Review: I Like Movies Slackly Captures the Life of a Budding Cinephile

A reverie of 2002 and 2003 in Toronto's sleepy Burlington suburb, I Like Movies initially takes on the appearance of nostalgia with its sight of lined video st...

TIFF Review: Godland is Old-Fashioned, Muscular Moviemaking

Featuring onscreen text explaining how the film was inspired by left-behind photos taken by a Danish priest while visiting Iceland in the late 1800s (as oppose...

TIFF Review: The Inspection is a Work of Emotional Maturity

Positioned as a work of autobiography from first-time director Elegance Bratton, The Inspection is a flawed, if highly compelling promise of a new talented dra...

The B-Side – 100th Episode Celebration

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in...

Venice Review: Andrew Dominik’s Blonde is a Blunt, Sometimes Dazzling Deconstruction of Marilyn Monroe’s Life

How much dramatic license is excessive? Do artists have a responsibility to create positive representations around public figures, especially if they’re belove...

Venice Review: Goliath is a Compelling Yet Unsurprising Biblically Inspired Drama

If a local village warlord discovers he's in a movie titled Goliath, he better watch his back. It doesn't matter what his origin story is—and Poshaev (Daniyar ...

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

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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