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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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Hasta La Vista, Toronto, You Ended Strong

September 22, 2026September 28, 2026 Kaveh Jalinous 0 Comments Ah Girl, Arthur Harari, Canadian cinema, coming of age, documentary, French cinema, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Ian Bawa, Iranian cinema, Japanese cinema, La Gradiva, Léa Seydoux, Look Back, Mandeep Sodhi, Marine Atlan, Niels Schneider, Ong Xuan Jing, Pegah Ahangarani, psychological thriller, Rehearsals for a Revolution, Singapore cinema, Strong Son, The Unknown, TIFF 2026, Toronto International Film Festival

TIFF 2026’s final set of films include Marine Atlan’s stunning ‘La Gradiva’ to daring works from Iran, France, Japan, and Singapore

The Strange Vibe — and Unexpected Pleasures — of TIFF 2026

September 15, 2026September 15, 2026 Kaveh Jalinous 0 Comments animated film, Bitter Christmas, Canadian cinema, Carol Nguyen, Cody Lightning, Colombian cinema, documentary, Girleza Duave Cerezo, hockey movie, In Waves, Indigenous cinema, Juan Andrés Arango Garcia, L'AUTRE, Pedro Almodóvar, Phuong-Mai Nguyen, Quebec cinema, Smudge the Blades, Stephanie Hsu, Still Night Burning House, surfing, TIFF 2026, Toronto International Film Festival, Where the River Begins, Will Sharpe

The Toronto Film Festival continues with Pedro Almodóvar, rainforest odysseys and Indigenous hockey stories

Grapes, Violins, and Growing Up: A First Look at This Year’s Toronto Film Festival

September 14, 2026September 14, 2026 Kaveh Jalinous 0 Comments animation, Anthony Chen, Canadian cinema, David Beaudoin, documentary, Emanuele Gerosa, Ervin Han, Félix Munger, Filipino cinema, Film festival, John Torres, John Trengove, Low Lies the Land, Raúl García, Rémi St-Michael, Singapore cinema, South African cinema, The Remotes, The Smell of Apples, The Violinist, TIFF 2026, TIFF review, Toronto International Film Festival, Toy Gun Bandit, We Are All Strangers, world cinema

TIFF 2026 leads with the unexpected

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

More Under-the-Radar Finds from TIFF 2025

September 11, 2025September 11, 2025 Kaveh Jalinous 0 Comments Blood Lines, Clara Khoury, Diego Céspedes, Farouk Laâridh, Four Daughters, Gail Maurice, Hadi Putra, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Idan Aedan, Kenji Tanigaki, Lin Xiaoli, mental illness, Midnight Madness, Mohammad Nizar, Shu Qi, Sink, The Fox King, The Furious, The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo, TIFF 2025, Toronto International Film Festival, Woo Ming Jin, Zain Duraie

Jordan, Japan, Malaysia, Chile, and Taiwan all have fascinating films on show in Toronto

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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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The Big Winners of Toronto

September 19, 2023September 24, 2023 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Aaron Jackson, Alexander Payne, American Fiction, Anna Kendrick, Bowen Yang, Carrie Coon, Colman Domingo, Cord Jefferson, Dicks, Elizabeth Olsen, Emily Blunt, Erasure, George C. Wolfe, Glen Powell, Hit Man, Jeffrey Wright, Jessica Chastain, Josh Sharp, Larry Charles, Megan Mullaly, Megan Thee Stallion, My Three Daughters, Natasha Lyonne, Nathan Lane, Pain Hustlers, Paul Giamatti, Percival Everett, Richard Linklater, Rustin, The Holdovers, Toronto International Film Festival, Woman of the Hour

Love ‘American Fiction,’ though the new Alexander Payne movie is overrated. Also, check out the Netflix deals for Anna Kendrick and Richard Linklater!

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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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BFG Podcast #072

September 19, 2022September 20, 2022 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Glass Onion, Little Mermaid, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Fablemans, The Menu, The Whale, Toronto International Film Festival

The Black Little Mermaid and a report from the Toronto Film Festival

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