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TIFF Review: Night Raiders Draws on Canadian History to Tell a Grounded Sci-Fi Tale

German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller coined the poetic confession "First they came…" in 1946. The post-WWII piece spoke about how groups like the Nazis woul...

TIFF Review: Sarah Gadon Stands Out in the Otherwise Disappointing All My Puny Sorrows

It is fitting that All My Puny Sorrows is making its world premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. This is a quintessential TIFF film. There ...

TIFF Review: Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash Addresses Indonesia’s Hyper-Machismo Culture

Back in the ‘80s, martial arts B-movies from Hong Kong made their way into Indonesian cinema. People were obsessed with them because they were fun and entertai...

TIFF Review: Encounter is a Sci-Fi Thriller with Strong Performances and a Superficial Message

A meteorite falling to Earth disintegrates into stardust that subsequently permeates everything it touches. It hits the soil, enters a bug, is consumed again, ...

TIFF Review: DASHCAM Takes Abrasive, Bloody Stabs at Cultural Commentary

In 2020, filmmaker Rob Savage found himself stuck in place from pandemic lockdowns. Rather than wait things out, he got clever and, with friends, made the horr...

TIFF Review: Listening to Kenny G Masterfully Recontextualizes How We Absorb the Artist’s Music

While the premise of Penny Lane's Listening to Kenny G unfolds through the comedic question "why do so many people hate Kenny G?" it quickly reveals itself a r...

TIFF Review: Fabrice Du Welz Falters with Inexorable, a Rote Riff on a ’90s Thriller

While handsomely shot, well-cast, and occasionally atmospheric, the latest from Belgian director Fabrice Du Welz qualifies as a watchable disappointment. Inexo...

TIFF Review: Farha Vividly Depicts Palestinian History Through the Eyes of a Teenager

The text reads: Palestine, 1948. That's all you need to know to understand what's coming. A year earlier marked the start of the Palestinian Civil War between ...

TIFF Review: Silent Land Captures an Entitled Couple’s Gradual Emotional Implosion

Desperate for respite from their bourgeois lives in Poland, Adam (Dobromir Dymecki) and Anna (Agnieszka Zulewska) decide to vacation on a tiny Italian island. ...

TIFF Review: A Banquet is an Intimate, Nightmarish Portrait of a Fracturing Family

It's a question we ask through the duration of our lives: what's the point? Maybe you say these words in search of meaning where humanity as a species is conce...

News

Bertand Bonello, Takashi Miike, Nikyatu Jusu, and More Plan Next Features

James Gray to Direct Adam Driver, Jeremy Strong, and Anne Hathaway in Paper Tiger

Tarsem Singh, Jaume Collet-Serra, Kim Jee-woon, Paul W.S. Anderson & More Set Next Films

Trailers

Oh, Canada Trailer: Richard Gere Reflects on His Life in Paul Schrader’s Poignant Drama

Billy Zane Transforms into Marlon Brando in First Trailer for Waltzing with Brando

The End Trailer: Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, and George MacKay Ring in the Apocalypse

Reviews

Riga Review: Dreamy Stereoscopic 3D Folk Tale Twittering Soul is One of a Kind

Riga Review: Saulė Bliuvaitė’s Locarno-Winning Toxic Will Worm Its Way Inside You

AFI Fest Review: September 5 is a Competent But Bloodless Thriller

Features

Five Highlights from the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Tokyo International Film Festival Artistic Director Ichiyama Shôzô Offers Insight Into a Growing Organization

Interviews

NYC Weekend Watch: Ken Kelsch, Il Grido, Flesh for Frankenstein 3D & More

“Life Is Worth Celebrating”: Tyler Taormina on Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point

Kani Kusruti on All We Imagine as Light, Girls Will Be Girls, and Indian Moviegoing Culture

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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