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Toronto International Film Festival

  1. movie review
    We Live in Time Failed to Move My Cold, Cold HeartI never really bought the onscreen relationship, in part because I could constantly feel the movie trying too hard.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  2. gold rush
    How to Bet on Oscar SeasonTwo movie columnists explain how they are making sense of this year’s Academy Awards contenders.
    By Joe Reid and Nate Jones
  3. tiff 2024
    The Thing About BarryAt Toronto International Film Festival, Barry Keoghan is a meme king who’s extremely good at his actual job (acting).
    By Joe Reid
  4. tiff 2024
    Relay Might Be the Next Great Corporate Espionage ThrillerBut it’s the rare movie where I might recommend leaving ten minutes before the end.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  5. tiff 2024
    We’ve Gotta Cool It With the Amy Adams Oscar StuffNightbitch is perfectly acceptable commercial cinema and shouldn’t suffer because it won’t win Amy Adams her long-awaited Oscar.
    By Joe Reid
  6. tiff 2024
    Nightbitch Is More of an Idea Than a MovieThe overarching meditative quality of Nightbitch is at once its most intriguing element and its greatest shortcoming.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  7. tiff 2024
    Ron Howard Has Finally Lost His MindWith his new film, Eden, the Hollywood stalwart lets the craziness take over, to his eternal credit.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  8. tiff 2024
    Thank the Cinema Gods, Mike Leigh Is BackHard Truths might be his funniest film in a long time, but as always, it’s the kind of laughter that comes with unnerving inevitabilities.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  9. tiff 2024
    His Netflix Deal Is Over. Can Mike Flanagan Save Theatrical Cinema Now?If the raucous TIFF premiere of his new Stephen King adaptation The Life of Chuck is any indication, this movie deserves to be in multiplexes.
    By Joe Reid
  10. minding her business
    Jennifer Lopez
    J.Lo Was an Unstoppable Force of Promo at TIFFProducer Ben Affleck didn’t show up for their movie’s premiere (but producer Matt Damon did).
    By Jennifer Zhan
  11. tiff 2024
    It Sure Is Nice to Have Ben Stiller BackThe raucous Nutcrackers upholds Stiller’s place as one of American cinema’s funnier objects of humiliation.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  12. movie review
    Miyazaki Didn’t Lose a StepHayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning film The Boy and the Heron is a reminder of what makes him an animation legend.
    By Alison Willmore
  13. festival season
    The 18 Movies We’re Most Excited to See at Venice and TIFFTwo major film festivals are happening over the next two weeks in Venice and Toronto, setting the film world’s agenda for the rest of the year.
    By Nate Jones and Alison Willmore
  14. the festival circuit
    Emilia Pérez, Cannes-Winning Trans Musical Melodrama, Set for TIFFIt garnered Emmy nominee Selena Gomez a Cannes Award.
    By Jason P. Frank
  15. movie review
    Is Taika Waititi Even Trying Anymore?The New Zealand filmmaker’s new film, Next Goal Wins, is so sloppily made that it might make you wonder why he even bothered.
    By Alison Willmore
  16. movie review
    Paul Giamatti Is Never Better Than When He’s in an Alexander Payne MoviePrep school dramedy The Holdovers, the pair’s first collaboration since Sideways, showcases Giamatti’s capacity for the prickly and the heartbreaking.
    By Alison Willmore
  17. tiff 2023
    TIFF Has a Whole Lot of Supply, Not Enough DemandRichard Linklater’s Hit Man went to Netflix for $20 million in the biggest deal out of the fest.
    By Zoe Guy
  18. tiff 2023
    God Forbid a Woman Fund Her Film Without Some B.S.Kate Winslet says men were “outraging” her while she was trying to finance Lee.
    By Zoe Guy
  19. tiff 2023
    In Dream Scenario, Nicolas Cage Confronts the MemesAt its best, Cage’s new film works as a parable for acquiescing to other people’s reality — a conceit that gets very specific when it comes to him.
    By Nate Jones
  20. tiff 2023
    How to Make a Movie Based on Extremely Recent HistoryDumb Money hits theaters less than three years after the GameStop short squeeze it dramatizes. Director Craig Gillespie shows us how it was done.
    By Nate Jones
  21. tiff 2023
    The GameStop Movie Is More Entertaining Than It Has Any Right to BeIs Dumb Money the first Pete Davidson role that works in its entirety?
    By Alison Willmore
  22. tiff 2023
    Can You Get It Up for Dicks: The Musical?Sure, Venice had Yorgos and Bradley and Sofia, but it didn’t have what is basically The Parent Trap with more gay incest.
    By Nate Jones
  23. tiff 2023
    What’s at TIFF? An A24 Musical, Miyazaki, and the GameStop MovieThis year’s film festival starts with a bang: Hayao Miyazaki’s last film, a “semi-autobiographical fantasy about life, death, and creation.”
    By Alison Willmore and Nate Jones
  24. movie review
    The Knives Out Sequel Is Bigger and Better Than the OriginalRian Johnson’s Glass Onion is more precisely designed, sitting with its characters rather than immediately showing off their decay.
    By Alison Willmore
  25. tiff 2022
    Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans Wins Top Prize at TIFFPutting him on the path to his 20th Oscar nomination.
    By Zoe Guy
  26. movie review
    The Woman King Is a Brawny Historical Epic With a Conflicted View of the PastViola Davis presides over a rousing action movie with a touch of wistful alternative history.
    By Alison Willmore
  27. tiff 2022
    The Banshees of Inisherin’s Brilliantly Anti-Romantic Portrait of Rural IrelandIn Bruges stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson reunite with filmmaker Martin McDonagh for a wonderfully dark comedy about an ended friendship.
    By Alison Willmore
  28. she’s due
    Will This Finally Be Michelle Williams’s Year?Williams is the emotional backbone of Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans, and this puts her in an Oscars sweet spot.
    By Nate Jones
  29. tiff 2022
    Don’t Worry, The Fabelmans Doesn’t Overdo the ‘Magic of Movies’ ShtickSteven Spielberg’s self-portrait is as endearing as it is indulgent.
    By Alison Willmore
  30. roma watch
    Which of This Year’s Wannabe Romas Is the Most Roma-y?It’s shaping up to be a banner fall for directors doing Romas, with Armageddon Time, Empire of Light, and The Fabelmans.
    By Nate Jones
  31. tiff 2022
    Damien Chazelle Pulls Back the Veil on Babylon At TIFFChazelle isn’t done with Babylon yet, but he did treat TIFF to the trailer, revealing an extravaganza of Old Hollywood misbehavior.
    By Nate Jones
  32. bowled over
    Brendan Fraser, King of the North, Wins His First Award Since Peewee Bowling“This is new for me, as these things go, because normally I’m the guy at the podium who hands these things out.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  33. tiff 2022
    Is Harry Styles a Good Actor? A ConversationAfter the premieres of Don’t Worry Darling and My Policeman, we must speak our truth.
    By Alison Willmore and Nate Jones
  34. tiff 2022
    Catherine Called Birdy Is DelightfulLena Dunham takes on a beloved children’s novel, and the results are unexpectedly endearing.
    By Alison Willmore
  35. tiff 2022
    Is the Year’s Most Urgent Me Too Movie About Mennonites?Sarah Polley’s new movie may be set in an insular religious community, but its themes are universal.
    By Alison Willmore
  36. tiff 2022
    Jennifer Lawrence’s New Movie Calls Back to Her Indie RootsCauseway is probably too subdued for awards traction, but it’s a welcome reminder of the intimate, unfussy role that launched the star’s career.
    By Alison Willmore
  37. tiff 2022
    Clapter and Ass-Shaking at the World Premiere of BrosWhen an audience member asked why, despite all the talk of representation, the film stars two white men, co-star Ts Madison stepped up to the plate.
    By Nate Jones
  38. movie review
    Spencer Is a Portrait of a Princess Too Sane to Play the Royals’ GameKristen Stewart may not resemble the real Diana, Princess of Wales, but she does an incredible job of capturing the woman’s charisma and her sadness.
    By Alison Willmore
  39. movie review
    The Eyes of Tammy Faye Is All Eyelashes, No TeethJessica Chastain goes big as the disgraced televangelist’s wife, but the movie doesn’t know what to make of Tammy Faye beyond her outrageous style.
    By Alison Willmore
  40. you gotta listen to this
    Last Night in Soho Is Edgar Wright’s Love Letter to Swinging ’60s SoundsRather than simply trotting out the old hits, Last Night in Soho has fun putting its own spin on period classics.
    By Nate Jones
  41. me too
    Alanis Morissette Speaks on Experiencing Statutory Rape in New Doc“Now I’m like, ‘Oh yeah, they’re all pedophiles. It’s all statutory rape.’”
    By Bethy Squires
  42. fellow kids
    How Old Does Ben Platt Look in Dear Evan Hansen?The Broadway adaptation plays like a grown man’s elaborate scheme to distract a bunch of teenagers from the fact that he is twice as old as they are.
    By Nate Jones
  43. tiff 2021
    TIFF Sets Competition Lineup, Adds Dune and Spencer to Special PresentationsSound of Metal’s Riz Ahmed will lead this year’s jury.
    By Zoe Haylock
  44. movie review
    Frances McDormand Has Gone To Look For America In NomadlandDirector Chloé Zhao examines the idea of wide-open frontiers without nostalgia or the need to pathologize.
    By Alison Willmore
  45. tiff 2020
    Netflix Spent a Lot of Money at the Toronto International Film FestivalHalle Berry’s new movie, a Shia LaBeouf–Vanessa Kirby drama, and the Zendaya-starring Malcolm & Marie are all headed to the streaming platform.
    By Chris Lee
  46. tiff 2020
    TIFF Announces 2020 Lineup: Regina King’s Directorial Debut, Spike Lee, and MoreThe festival will take place September 10–19 with 50 features.
    By Rebecca Alter
  47. cannes 2020
    How Each Major Film Festival Is Responding to the CoronavirusTelluride is canceled, and TIFF tells journalists to stay away.
    By Nate Jones
  48. encounter
    Shopping for Books With The Goldfinch’s Aneurin BarnardWith three different projects premiering at TIFF, you’re going to be seeing a lot of the 32-year-old Welsh actor.
    By Nate Jones
  49. award season
    World War II Comedy Jojo Rabbit Wins TIFF People’s Choice AwardOscar-buzz alert for an imaginary Hitler!
    By Devon Ivie
  50. TIFF 2019’s Most Buzzed-About PremieresLet the Oscar predictions begin!
    By Granger Willson
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