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September 10, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

TIFF 2025: Squibb and Johansson Craft a Hilarious, Heartfelt Look at Grief in 'Eleanor the Great'

An accidental common theme of my coverage at TIFF includes the exploration of grief. Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut, Eleanor the Grea...

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September 9, 2025 · by Ethan Simmie

TIFF 2025 ‘Poetic License’ Delivers A Fantastically Funny Directorial Debut for Maude Apatow

Movies like Poetic License are simultaneously easy to come by and in short supply–a film made by the child of a Hollywood icon (in this case,...

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September 8, 2025 · by Nandita Joshi

TIFF 2025 'Bayaan' Joins a Familiar, Painful Chorus of Films on Violence Against Women

No matter where you look in the world, women are subjected to varying degrees of marginalization. Whether it be inequity within the workplace...

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September 8, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

TIFF 2025 'Hedda' Premieres with New Meaning, Magnetic Energy, and Delicious Sexual Tension

With a fiery premiere at TIFF 2025, Hedda finally makes her theatrical debut after spending years on the stage. Inspired by Henrik Ibsen’s pl...

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September 8, 2025 · by Jake Fittipaldi

‘Rabbit Trap’ Review: Folk Horror With More Craft Than Clarity

There’s something funny about Rabbit Trap: it might be one of the few horror films I’d recommend watching at home through headphones. Not bec...

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September 7, 2025 · by Amritpal Rai

Review: 'The Conjuring: Last Rites' is a Sincere, Jumbled End to a Prolonged Franchise

The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025) would sound like a non-cynical, fitting end to the nine-film franchise that revolves around the prolific gho...

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September 7, 2025 · by Jake Fittipaldi

TIFF 2025 ‘No Other Choice’ Turns Joblessness Into a Fight for Survival

I know what it feels like to be laid off. Six months of my life were spent sending résumés into the void, waking up every morning with the sa...

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September 6, 2025 · by Timmy Lee

TIFF 2025 ‘Junk World’ is a Bold and Ambitious Piece of Stop-Motion Animation That Improves Upon Its Predecessor

Even before I became obsessed with Takahide Hori’s creepy yet whimsical sci-fi world, I knew just from one glance at the poster and premise t...

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September 6, 2025 · by Nadia Arain

TIFF 2025: Curry Barker’s Feature Debut ‘Obsession’ Burrows Under Your Skin

After some success with short-form content, including a horror short titled Milk and Serial (2024) amassing 2 million views and counting on Y...

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September 6, 2025 · by Tate Fowler

Review: The Only Mystery 'The Thursday Murder Club' Couldn't Solve Was How to Make a Good Adaptation

Amongst the Benoit Blancs, Hercule Poirots, and Only Murders in the Building crew, the murder mystery genre has now given us The Thursday Mur...

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September 5, 2025 · by Nandita Joshi

TIFF 2025 Hollywood Still Has So Much to Learn from Ramesh Sippy’s 'Sholay'

September marks the 50th year that the Toronto International Film Festival has been championing artistic voices across the globe, and, to cel...

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September 5, 2025 · by Joshua Mbonu

‘The Long Walk’ Review: A Stephen King Adaptation that's a Harrowing Reflection of Our Modern Reality

While the realm of Stephen King book adaptations mostly consists of famed horror stories like It (2017) and Pet Sematary (1989), King’s drama...

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