The Smashing Machine Review
Benny Safdie's UFC drama The Smashing Machine defies traditional convention thanks to great performances by Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt.
TIFF 2025
Eleanor the Great Review: An Excellent Showcase for June Squibb
Grief is among the most challenging of human emotions. It’s a coupling of despair at loss, the ennui of loneliness, and the fondness of memory. It is a persistence of love, but also an absence that can leave us scrambling to fill the void it has created. Eleanor the Great is a film marketed […]
Contra Zoom Pod: 2025 Toronto International Film Festival
With the conclusion of TIFF 2025, Contra Zoom Pod, along with guests Thomas Stoneham-Judge and Darren Zakus, recap the festival, naming their faves.
Scarlett Johansson and June Squibb on Eleanor the Great and Second Acts
Director Scarlett Johansson and Eleanor the Great star June Squibb tell us about their new film on a nonagenarian who moonlights as a Holocaust survivor after her best friend passes away.
Poetic License Review: TIFF 2025
Maude Apatow's directorial debut was a completely watchable TIFF movie, but not a particularly memorable one.
TIFF 2025: A Playlist of Memorable Soundtrack Moments
From David Bowie to Sarah McLachlan and beyond, we round up the memorable needle drops from all the festival films we loved at #TIFF50.
& Sons Review: TIFF 2025
Thanks to a talented cast and a pointed script, & Sons makes a good, but not quite remarkable, addition to the pantheon of family dramas (with a twist).
Motor City Review: TIFF 2025
Potsy Ponciroli's joyfully unhinged Motor City is a blood-soaked revenge thriller delivering gritty old-school vibes.
Little Amélie or The Character of Rain Review: TIFF 2025
Little Amélie or The Character of Rain is a tender animated feature exploring grief, belonging, and the search for meaning.
Babystar Review: TIFF 2025
Babystar goes behind the scenes of an influencer family to expose the harsh realities of always having to be camera-ready.
Nika & Madison Review: TIFF 2025
Nika & Madison is a necessary story for both our time and our nation and gives a face and voice to missing and murdered Indigenous women.
Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery Review: TIFF 2025
Though Ally Pankiw's Lilith Fair is a fantastic nostalgic stroll through the late '90s, it's also a great reminder that real progress is hard to come by.
Blue Heron Review: TIFF 2025
Sophy Romvari's first feature Blue Heron confirms that's she's one of Canada's most exciting new filmmakers.
Modern Whore Review: TIFF 2025
Modern Whore is an engaging documentary that dynamically contradicts assumptions about sex work with real-life accounts.
Nuns vs. the Vatican Review: TIFF 2025
Nuns vs. the Vatican chronicles activists' ongoing fight for recognition from the church for nuns abused by clergy.
