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TIFF Review: Yellow Bus Follows a Mother’s Investigative Journey to Find the Truth After Tragedy

Ananda (Tannishtha Chatterjee) says it all towards the end of Wendy Bednarz’s feature debut Yellow Bus: “There were so many chances to save her life.” That’s t...

TIFF Review: Kill is a No-Holds-Barred Action Extravaganza

Amrit (Lakshya) admits near the beginning of Nikhil Nagesh Bhat's no-holds-barred action extravaganza Kill that the only reason Fani (Raghav Juyal) and his ext...

TIFF Review: Flipside is a Moving, Funny Look at Regret and Nostalgia

There is no surprise twist in Chris Wilcha’s Flipside, a documentary making its world premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. This is not a t...

TIFF Review: Viggo Mortensen’s The Dead Don’t Hurt is a Stale Western

I remember hearing Viggo Mortensen on an episode of Here’s The Thing with Alec Baldwin where he came off as the rare combination of pretentious but likable. A ...

TIFF Review: Arthur&Diana is a Siblings Adventure Conveyed With the Feel of a Home Movie

Patrick (Benjamin Schwinn) shoves two arms full of snacks in the open window of an old Renault that definitely won’t be passing inspection (if it even arrives ...

TIFF Review: Finestkind is a Fisherman Crime Drama Swimming in Cringeworthy Melodrama

We've got dadcore porn here. If you're a father and you've ever wondered if you led your son astray, you could live vicariously through Ray Eldridge (Tommy Lee...

TIFF Review: Anna Kendrick’s Directorial Debut Woman of the Hour is a Startling Portrait of a Serial Killer

The logline of a serial killer and rapist taking part in a television dating game show sounds like a high-concept pitch so fabricated it couldn’t possibly be f...

TIFF Review: The Peasants is a Visually Breathtaking Misfire from the Directors of Loving Vincent

After 2017’s Loving Vincent and Toronto International Film Festival world premiere The Peasants, it is clear that DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman have developed ...

TIFF Review: Days of Happiness Brings a Crescendo of Catharsis

These should be joyful times for Emma (Sophie Desmarais). She's thought of as the top of her class and is about to finish a year-long residency conducting for ...

Yorgos Lanthimos and Ryûsuke Hamaguchi Take Top Venice Film Festival Prizes

With Venice Film Festival wrapping up after quite an epic year, Damien Chazelle's jury handed out their awards, giving the top prize to Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor ...

News

Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Eleanor Coppola’s Documentary on the Making of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette Is Coming Soon

David Chase Sets LSD Film; New Updates on Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, David Lowery, and Sacha Baron Cohen Projects

Trailers

Filipiñana Trailer: Rafael Manuel’s Jia Zhangke-Backed Sundance Winner Opens This August

Domhnall Gleeson Encounters a Strange Land In First Trailer for The Incomer

Tony Gilroy Returns in First Trailer for Behemoth!

Reviews

The Kidnapping of Arabella Review: Offbeat Italian Road Trip Comedy

Night Nurse Review: A Perverse, Seductive Thriller

Barrio Triste Review: One of the Year’s Great Debuts

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: The Hole, Electronica, Gakuryu Ishii, Nicholas Ray & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

New to Streaming: The Furious, City Wide Fever, Amores Perros, Camp & More

Interviews

Tsai Ming-liang on the Personal Inspiration of The Hole, Constant Evolution, and His Next Films

“How Do You Make a Contemporary Erotic Thriller”: Georgia Bernstein on Night Nurse and Catherine Breillat

David Wain on the Hard Work of Making Dumb Jokes

Podcasts

Yasmina Tawil on Progamming Hou Hsiao-hsien, David Fincher, Tom Tykwer & More for BAM’s Electronica Series

The B-Sides of Julia Roberts with Joe Reid

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

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