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TIFF Review: The Good House Sees Sigourney Weaver in Stellar Form

The Good House is roughly one-half of an utterly wonderful, character-driven comedy-drama. But one-half is insufficient to classify anything a success. That is...

TIFF Review: Barry Levinson’s WWII Boxing Drama The Survivor Punches Into Thin Air

Ben Foster looks bloodied throughout Barry Levinson’s The Survivor. The actor, playing real-life Auschwitz survivor Herschel “Harry” Haft, takes blows to his b...

TIFF Review: The Tsugua Diaries Insightfully Explores the Perception of Time During the Pandemic

When the idea of “pandemic movies” becoming a sort of subgenre was formed and necessitated by global conditions, there was a groan that could be heard around t...

TIFF Review: Drunken Birds Centers on a Romance That Unfolds with Mystery and Style

We start at the end—the end of a cartel. Men climb the walls to go inside the now abandoned estate, walking amongst paintings and sculptures before stripping n...

TIFF Review: Zalava Puts Superstition on Trial With a Satirical Take on Mob Mentality

The inhabitants of Zalava were never meant to stay in one place. Their ancestors were nomads and now they've become farmers. So where did the demons come fro...

TIFF Review: The Other Tom Offers a Reductive Look at a Complicated Issue

Tom (Israel Rodriguez) is an uncontrollable youth in school and at home. Is it because he has ADHD? Probably. Is it also because he lives in a volatile househo...

TIFF Review: In Yuni, an Indonesian Girl’s Dreams Collide with Social Expectations

Kamila Andini further proves herself of Indonesian cinema’s most vital voices with her third solo feature Yuni. Partly inspired by Sapardi Djoko Damono’s love ...

TIFF Review: Whether the Weather Is Fine is an Ambitious, Incongruous Drama Set in the Wake of a Typhoon

The ambition behind Carlo Francisco Manatad's Whether the Weather Is Fine is undeniable. Set in the aftermath of 2013's Typhoon Haiyan (aka Super Typhoon Yolan...

TIFF Review: Huda’s Salon is a Riveting, Topical Spy Thriller

Long live the socially minded political thriller! Thanks to filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad, this long-underserved sub-genre––once perfected by directors like Hitchco...

TIFF Review: Silent Night is a Blunt Christmas Comedy That Pulls No Punches

The easiest way to make sure your child actors are up to swearing on-screen is casting your own. That's exactly what first-time feature writer/director Camille...

News

The Criterion Collection’s October Lineup Features The Silence of the Lambs and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein on 4K, Jerzy Skolimowski, and Samuel Fuller

Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

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

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 Odyssey Review: Christopher Nolan’s Journey of Perpetual, Enervating Awe

The Kidnapping of Arabella Review: Offbeat Italian Road Trip Comedy

Night Nurse Review: A Perverse, Seductive Thriller

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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