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Two Highlights From the New York Film Festival Main Slate

October 16, 2026October 15, 2026 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments 8 1 2, Adam Driver, Aftersun, Alice Bailey Johnson, All of a Sudden, Andor, art and empathy, arthouse cinema, Birgit Minichmayr, British cinema, Cannes Film Festival, capitalism, Carlos Reygadas, Charlotte Wells, dementia, Drive My Car, elder care, Emeric Pressburger, Everytime, experimental cinema, Federico Fellini, female friendship, Film at Lincoln Center, film criticism, film scores, French cinema, Gone to Earth, Gregory Oke, grief, Hard Truths, Heil Jupiter!, James Gray, Japanese cinema, JoBeth Williams, Kate OFlynn, Marion Bailey, Michael Clayton, Michael Powell, Mike Leigh, Miles Teller, mortality, movie reviews, New York Film Festival, New York Film Festival 2026, nursing homes, NYFF 2026, Paul Jesson, Pedro Pascal, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, social realism, social workers, surrealism, Tao Okamoto, Tender Loving Care, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival, Virginie Efira, Widow's Bay

The probable last film from a British legend and the latest work from a Japanese master brightened this year’s edition of this festival of festivals.

Two Disappointments in the New York Film Festival Main Slate

October 15, 2026 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments 8 1 2, Adam Driver, Aftersun, Andor, arthouse cinema, Behemoth!, Birgit Minichmayr, Cannes Film Festival, Carlos Reygadas, Charlotte Wells, classical music, Emeric Pressburger, Eva Victor, Everytime, experimental cinema, Federico Fellini, Film at Lincoln Center, film criticism, film scores, Gone to Earth, Gregory Oke, grief, Heil Jupiter!, James Gray, JoBeth Williams, Michael Clayton, Michael Powell, Miles Teller, movie reviews, New York Film Festival, New York Film Festival 2026, NYFF 2026, Olivia Wilde, Paper Tiger, Pedro Pascal, Sandra Wollner, Scarlett Johansson, surrealism, TIFF, Tony Gilroy, Toronto International Film Festival, Will Arnett

Pre-festival hype and even stars like Pedro Pascal and Olivia Wilde don’t always satisfy

That’s a Wrap on Toronto 2025

September 15, 2025 Kaveh Jalinous 0 Comments Abbas Kiarostami, Aftersun, Akinola Davies Jr., Anders Thomas Jensen, black comedy, Blue Heron, Caméra d’Or Special Mention, Charlotte Wells, Chibuike Marvelous Egbo, Chie Hayakawa, Close-Up, Danish black comedy, Danish cinema, Erik Beddoes, Eylul Guven, F**k My Son!, Ginkgo biloba, Godwin Chiemerie Egbo, Hungarian cinema, Hungarian films, Ildikó Enyedi, Japanese cinema, Jermaine Canute Edwards, John Lennon, Mads Mikkelsen, Midnight Madness, My Father’s Shadow, Nigerian cinema, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Renoir, Silent Friend, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Sophy Romvari, The Last Viking, TIFF 2025, TIFF highlights, Todd Rohal, Tokyo, Tokyo stories, Toronto International Film Festival, Vancouver Island, Yui Suzuki

A final roundup of the TIFF films you won’t read about elsewhere

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BFG Podcast #316: Boomer Hollywood Twilight

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Neal and Stephen chat about Aaron Sorkin, Tom Cruise, Robert Pattinson and more

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