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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.

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Two Disappointments in the New York Film Festival Main Slate

October 15, 2026October 19, 2026 Kenji Fujishima 1 Comment 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

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The Movies Flying Under the Radar at TIFF 2025

September 9, 2025September 9, 2025 Kaveh Jalinous 0 Comments 2002 World Cup, Adolescence, Andrea Riseborough, Anson Boon, Corpus Christi, Crohn’s disease, Curry Barker, Éanna Hardwicke, Glenn Leyburn, Good Boy, Inde Navarrette, Jamal Burger, Jan Komasa, Jukan Tateisi, Lisa Barros D’Sa, Lovely Day, Masaki Saito, Michael Johnston, Mick McCarthy, Milk & Serial, Monsieur Lazhar, Neil Elias, OBSESSION, Paul Fraser, Phillipe Falardeau, Roy Keane, Saipan, Stephen Graham, Steve Coogan, Still Single, Stroma Cairns, The Son and the Sea, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival

Sushi, tough love, horror, and soccer are among the offerings in Toronto

Knives Out in Toronto

September 8, 2025 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Agatha Christie, Amanda Seyfried, Andrew Scott, Anniston Bennet, Bad Apples, Ben Foster, Cailee Spaeny, Charles Blakey, Christy, Christy Martin, Corey Hawkins, Daniel Craig, Daryl McCormack, David Michôd, Dorothy Sayers, Edgar Allan Poe, Father Brown mysteries, G.K. Chesterton, Glass Onion, Glenn Close, J.D. Carr, Jefferson Wicks, Jeremy Renner, Jonathan Etzler, Josh Brolin, Josh O'Connor, Kerry Washington, Knives Out, Mila Kunis, Mona Fastvold, Nadia Latif, Netflix, Rian Johnson, Saoirse Ronan, Sydney Sweeney, The Hollow Man, Thomas Hayden Church, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival, Wake Up Dead Man, Walter Mosley, Willem Dafoe

Death is in the air at the Toronto International Film Festival

Life of Chuck

‘The Life Of Chuck,’ Sappy Stephen King Adaptation, Wins TIFF’s Grand Prize

September 16, 2024September 23, 2024 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Better Man, Conclave, Edward Berger, Jason Reitman, Jay-Z, John Lithgow, Justin Kurzel, Mark Hamill, Mike Flanagan, Morgan Neville, Pharrell Williams, Piece By Piece, Ralph Fiennes, Robbie Williams, Saturday Night, Stanley Tucci, The Life of Chuck, The Order, TIFF, Tom Hiddleston, Toronto International Film Festival

But we had other favorites from a crowd-pleasing festival

Russians At War

TIFF Shuts Down ‘Russians At War’

September 16, 2024September 19, 2024 William Schwartz 0 Comments Anastasia Trofimova, Russians At War, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival, Vladimir Putin

Did protesters threaten the festival, or did the festival just not like this essentially apolitical documentary’s “politics’

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Sex Sells at This Year’s TIFF

September 12, 2024September 17, 2024 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Adrien Brody, Babygirl, Daniel Craig, Harris Dickinson, Julianne Moore, Luca Guadagnino, Nicole Kidman, Pedro Almodóvar, Queer, The Brutalist, The Room Next Door, TIFF, Tilda Swinton, Toronto International Film Festival

Rawdogging it in Toronto with Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman, and Pamela Anderson

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TIFF 2023: No Empty Seats

September 14, 2023September 17, 2023 Kaveh Jalinous 0 Comments Finn Wolfhard, Patricia Arquette, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival, Willem Dafoe

Few actor and writers, but tons of enthusiastic audience members in Toronto

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The Documentaries of TIFF

September 23, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Alanis Morrisette, Attica, Belfast, Bill Simmons, Burning, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Eva Orner, Jimmy Chin, Kenneth Branagh, Kenny G, rescue, Stanley Nelson, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival

Almost always Toronto’s strongest suit, this year’s docs flex again

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‘Maria Chapdelaine’, Post-Racial French-Canadian Heroine?

September 16, 2021April 3, 2022 William Schwartz 0 Comments Alanis Obomsawin, Maria Chapdelaine, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival, Where Is Anne Frank

Films at this year’s TIFF broaden the discourse

‘Dune’ Stuns IMAX Crowds in Toronto

September 14, 2021April 3, 2022 Stephen Garrett 2 Comments Antoine Fuqua, David Lynch, Denis Villenueve, Dug Dug, Dune, Frank Herbert, Hany Abu-Assad, Huda's Salon, IMAX, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival

And other highlights from this year’s Toronto International Film Festival

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The Virtual TIFF Previews the Virtual Oscars

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Chloe Grace Moretz, François Ozon, Mads Mikkelsen, MLK/FBI, One Night In Miami, Regina King, Shadow in the Cloud, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival

Big woke awards contenders and Midnight Madness close out Toronto

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TIFF Goes Virtual

September 16, 2020September 16, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Chloé Zhao, David Byrne, Frances McDormand, Michel Franco, New Order, Night of the Kings, Nomadland, Phillipe Lacôte, Spike Lee, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival

Binge-watching the Toronto International Film Festival from home