Out Standing Review: TIFF 2025
‘Out Standing’ follows the real-life trials of Canada’s first woman infantry member, highlighting the sexism she experienced at every step.
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Hamlet Review: TIFF 2025
Hamlet is a contemporary production of Shakespeare’s play, updating the setting to modern-day England, but not the dialogue.
Night Always Comes Review: All Style, Little Substance
Night Always Comes is a gritty neon-soaked noir starring Vanessa Kirby and directed by Andor's Benjamin Caron that sadly is all style, and very little substance.
Washington Black Review: A Worthy Adaptation
Washington Black follows a young boy, Wash Black, from Barbados as a slave to freedom in Nova Scotia, with newcomer Ernest Kingsley Jr. and TV legend Sterling K. Brown at the helm.
Clown in a Cornfield Review: Get Ready for Frendo
The adaptation of Adam Cesare's YA novel is just the right blend of old-school throwback and modern slasher. Bring on Frendo sequels!
Andrew Ahn on The Wedding Banquet and Shifting Culture
An interview with Andrew Ahn about adapting The Wedding Banquet and shifting culture by queering traditional representations of family.
The Friend Review: Bad Bitches Don’t Cry
Even cat people are bound to love The Friend. A never better Naomi Watts and Bing the Great Dane make for one of the year's best screen couples.
A Nice Indian Boy Review: “I Keep India in My Heart”
Karan Soni and Jonathan Groff star in A Nice Indian Boy, a delightful romantic comedy that crosses cultures and generational divides.
Interview: Darkest Miriam Director Naomi Jaye Talks Characters and Cardigans
"It doesn't fit squarely into anything." An interview with Naomi Jaye about Darkest Miriam, casting, and cardigans.
Atom Egoyan on Seven Veils and Salome for Stage and Screen
An interview with Seven Veils director Atom Egoyan on making a backstage drama that centres upon his stage remounting of the opera Salome.
Last Breath Review: A Heart-Pounding Dive
With the added benefit of a full studio budget behind it, deep sea drama Last Breath, starring Simu Liu and Woody Harrelson, is just as exhilarating as the 2019 documentary.
Nightbitch Review
Amy Adams gives a career-best performance in Nightbitch playing a mother going to the dogs in this wicked black comedy.
The Room Next Door Review: Or, Women Talking
Pedro Almodóvar's The Room Next Door highlights his gift for gab in a talky drama starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore.
Shepherds Review: Ewe Better Work
Sophie Deraspe's Shepherds offers a slice of poetic realism with a down-to-earth performance by Félix-Antoine Duval as an aspiring farmhand.
JR and Alice Rohrwacher Imagine the Myth of Plato’s Cave Anew
An interview with An Urban Allegory directors Alice Rohrwacher and JR about adapting Plato's myth of the cave with layers of paper and glue.
