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TIFF Review: ‘The Vigil’ is a Culturally Specific and Sonically Bludgeoning Debut Horror Feature

There’s a fundamental rule with horror films that rarely gets followed: loud doesn’t equal scary. Sound should be seen as a tool used to build tension and stren...

TIFF Review: ‘Lucy in the Sky’ is an Insufferable Failure on Every Level

I’m not going to mince words here: Lucy in the Sky is a terrible film. It’s a disaster, a fiasco, a complete tragedy. It’s the kind of film that will have peopl...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 364 – Hustlers

We discuss Lorene Scafaria's crime drama starring Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Stiles, Keke Palmer, Lili Reinhart, Lizzo, and Cardi B....

‘The Cotton Club Encore’ Trailer Previews Francis Ford Coppola’s New Restored Reworking

As Francis Ford Coppola continues to prep for his long-gestating sci-fi epic Megalopolis, the director has been looking back his career. After restoring Tuc...

Matt Damon and Christian Bale Rev Up in New Trailer for James Mangold’s ‘Ford v Ferrari’

Following a successful bow at Telluride and Toronto, Fox and Disney have released a new trailer for James Mangold's Logan follow-up Ford v Ferrari. Set duri...

Michael Fassbender Joins Taika Waititi’s ‘Next Goal Wins’ as ‘Jojo Rabbit’ Wins TIFF 2019

After an explosive last ten years or so that kicked off with Hunger and Inglourious Basterds, Michael Fassbender has left the spotlight recently. Call it a ...

The Best Films at the 2019 Toronto, Venice, Telluride, and Locarno Film Festivals

With the Toronto International Film Festival concluding this past weekend and Telluride, Venice, and Locarno in the rearview, the first phase of fall film festivals have concluded....

TIFF Review: Quentin Dupieux’s ‘Deerskin’ is Divorced Guy Energy: The Movie

Quentin Dupieux’s Deerskin can essentially be summarized as Divorced Guy Energy: The Movie. A ribbing of masculinity that alternates between bone-dry and morbid...

TIFF Review: ‘Crazy World,’ from Uganda’s Wakaliwood Collective, Shows What’s Missing in Hollywood Action Cinema

It's hard to discuss Crazy World without mentioning the experience of seeing it. As the final screening of TIFF’s Midnight Madness programme, the film was accom...

TIFF Review: ‘Weathering with You’ is an Exhilarating Tale of Friendship from ‘Your Name’ Director Makoto Shinkai

Teenagers get plenty of flack these days with derogatory labels thrust upon them by older generations refusing to truly look outside their window at how much th...

News

Exclusive Trailer for James N. Kienitz Wilkins’ The Misconceived, Set for May Release

Park Chan-wook to Direct Tang Wei, Matthew McConaughey, Austin Butler, and Pedro Pascal in The Brigands of Rattlecreek

Scout Tafoya and Tucker Johnson’s Stubborn Beast Begins Production

Trailers

Zach Cregger Returns in First Trailer for Resident Evil

Exclusive Trailer for James N. Kienitz Wilkins’ The Misconceived, Set for May Release

Jackass: Best and Last Trailer: Get Ready for One Final Ride

Reviews

Our Land (Nuestra Tierra) Review: Lucrecia Martel’s Essential Document of Indigenous Resistance

This is Not a Drill Review: A Sharp Portrait of Climate Activists Who Still Fight

The Last One for the Road Review: A Delightful Trip Through Italy

Features

Posterized May 2026: Renoir, I Love Boosters, Backrooms & More

New to Streaming: A Magnificent Life, Wuthering Heights, Stranger Eyes, An Unfinished Film & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Tony Leung, Bellissima, Whisper of the Heart & More

Interviews

Arnaud Desplechin on Two Pianos, Nervous Breakdowns, and Making Cinema Bigger Than Life

“Objectivity Is Not Possible”: Lucrecia Martel on Crafting Her First Documentary

“My Best Ideas Come To Me On Walks”: Sho Miyake on Two Seasons, Two Strangers

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Chow Yun-Fat

Josh Heaps on the DIY Horror of City Wide Fever

The B-Sides of Steve Martin with Eric D. Snider

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