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the festival circuit July 22, 2024

Emilia Pérez, Cannes-Winning Trans Musical Melodrama, Set for TIFFIt garnered Emmy nominee Selena Gomez a Cannes Award.

By Jason P. Frank

scene report Sept. 12, 2023

Talking Heads Burn Down the House, Not Each OtherInside the band’s first public appearance in 21 years.

By Jill Krajewski

festival szn Aug. 18, 2023

TIFF 2023 Pushes Through Strikes, Releases LineupIncluding a Lil Nas X documentary.

By Jason P. Frank

respect the classics Aug. 16, 2023

Talking Heads Will Start Making ReunionsThe band’s getting back together for one night only.

By Devon Ivie

tiff 2022 Sept. 19, 2022

Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans Wins Top Prize at TIFFPutting him on the path to his 20th Oscar nomination.

By Zoe Guy

the j-law Sept. 12, 2022

Jennifer Lawrence on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Star Erika Jayne: ‘Evil’“Don’t drag me into this,” her Causeway co-star Brian Tyree Henry responds.

By Wolfgang Ruth

bowled over Sept. 12, 2022

Brendan Fraser, King of the North, Wins His First Award Since Peewee Bowling“This is new for me, as these things go, because normally I’m the guy at the podium who hands these things out.”

By Rebecca Alter

tiff 2022 Aug. 9, 2022

TIFF, Feeling ‘White & Nerdy,’ Adds Weird: The Al Yankovic Story to Its LineupEzra Miller appears in the festival’s closing film, Dalíland, despite being omitted from the announcement.

By Jason P. Frank

home on the cage Sept. 8, 2021

Yeehaw, Nicolas Cage Is Making His First WesternBecause Prisoners of the Ghostland is more of a hybrid, really.

By Rebecca Alter

post-mank culture Sept. 8, 2021

Dustin Hoffman to Play a Golden-Age Studio Exec in Some Non-Mank MovieIt’s Mr. Shaw Goes to Hollywood, actually.

By Rebecca Alter

tiff 2021 July 20, 2021

TIFF Sets Competition Lineup, Adds Dune and Spencer to Special PresentationsSound of Metal’s Riz Ahmed will lead this year’s jury.

By Zoe Haylock

festivals Sept. 13, 2020

Zendaya and John David Washington’s Secret Quarantine Film Acquired by NetflixWhile Regina King’s directorial debut, One Night in Miami, is headed to Amazon.

By Chris Murphy

festivals Sept. 9, 2020

Toronto International Film Festival Boldly Reverses ‘Mask Optional’ Policy“TIFF requires that masks are worn for the entirety of the time patrons are in TIFF Bell Lightbox including while seated during screenings.”

By Rebecca Alter

movie review Mar. 6, 2020

In the Brief, Sad Hope Gap, Annette Bening Gives a Fascinating PerformanceWilliam Nicholson’s autobiographical English drama, co-staring Bill Nighy, premiered at TIFF.

By David Edelstein

uncut gems Dec. 13, 2019

Are You Ready for Kevin Garnett, the Actor?Kevin Garnett in Uncut Gems is an instant classic.

By Hunter Harris

sure! Dec. 3, 2019

Yes, The Aeronauts Is an Actual MovieFelicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne star in a biopic of Victorian hot-air balloonists, a sentence that describes a real movie and not a 30 Rock parody.

By Nate Jones

movie review Nov. 18, 2019

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Ought to Make You Roll Your Eyes, and Yet …Our nicest Hollywood star playing our nicest-ever children’s show host: There’s peer pressure to succumb.

By David Edelstein

movie review Nov. 15, 2019

Ford v Ferrari Is an Old-fashioned RouserJames Mangold doesn’t misuse his head-rattling techniques. He brings a lot of new-fashioned virtuosity, too.

By David Edelstein

movie review Oct. 18, 2019

Even If You Don’t Love Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit, You’ll Love That It ExistsFor extratextual reasons, support your local Nazi comedy.

By David Edelstein

‘it’ fruit Oct. 11, 2019

You’ll Never See Peaches the Same Way Again After ParasiteDo peaches have the best agent in Hollywood?

By Hunter Harris

can i speak to your manager Oct. 4, 2019

Why the Hell Doesn’t Natalie Portman Wear a Diaper in Lucy in the Sky?I will not take this lying down!

By Hunter Harris

movie review Oct. 3, 2019

Natalie Portman Gives an Astronomically Intense Performance in Lucy in the SkyEven when we don’t know what the hell is going on in Noah Hawley’s astronaut epic, Portman is a blast.

By David Edelstein

toronto film festival 2019 Sept. 13, 2019

In the New Biopic Harriet, God Gives Harriet Tubman SuperpowersIt’s a straightforward historical epic about a national hero, except when it’s not.

By Nate Jones

toronto film festival 2019 Sept. 13, 2019

Your Guide to the Tearjerkers of TIFFHere are all the movies that are sure to get your faucets flowing this fall.

By Nate Jones

toronto film festival 2019 Sept. 12, 2019

The Goldfinch: When Adaptation Is Way Too ReverentThe movie is too artful to deserve outright rejection, but too arty to keep you from saying, “What did I just see?”

By David Edelstein

toronto film festival 2019 Sept. 11, 2019

Renée Zellweger Cries Big Judy Garland Tears During TIFF Standing OvationYou simply love to see it.

By Rebecca Alter

toronto film festival 2019 Sept. 11, 2019

The Annette Bening Stan’s Guide to the Toronto International Film FestivalWe have hit a jackpot. We are eating good: There’s not just one Annette Bening movie at the Toronto International Film Festival, there are two.

By Hunter Harris

toronto film festival 2019 Sept. 11, 2019

The Resentment of JokerI’m not arguing that Todd Phillips’s movie will inspire killings, only that it panders to selfish, small-minded feelings of resentment.

By David Edelstein

toronto film festival 2019 Sept. 10, 2019

In Defense of The GoldfinchHalfway through the festival, TIFF seems to have picked this year’s catastrophe. So now I feel mildly compelled to defend it.

By Nate Jones

toronto film festival 2019 Sept. 10, 2019

Finally, a Movie With Christian Bale Talking in His Real VoiceHis version of racing legend Ken Miles in Ford v Ferrari is possibly the most British character onscreen at this year’s TIFF.

By Nate Jones

toronto film festival 2019 Sept. 9, 2019

Netflix and Amazon Films Not Welcome at Toronto Film Festival Screening VenueCineplex says it’ll only feature movies that “understand and appreciate the importance of the theatrical release model.”

By Halle Kiefer

toronto film festival 2019 Sept. 9, 2019

People Are Going to Have Lots of Arguments About Jojo RabbitUnlike many of the dutiful, middlebrow entries at TIFF, this is not a film that tends to inspire bland reactions.

By Nate Jones

toronto film festival 2019 Sept. 7, 2019

Can We Take a Moment for Dev Patel’s David Copperfield Hair?The finest supporting performance this side of Sandra Oh’s Killing Eve curls.

By Hunter Harris

toronto film festival 2019 Sept. 6, 2019

Like Cannes, TIFF Is Falling Hard for Portrait of a Lady on FireIt’s tempting to call Céline Sciamma’s film this year’s Call Me by Your Name, but to watch it is to descend into a different kind of trance.

By Nate Jones

toronto film festival 2019 Sept. 4, 2019

The 20 Most Anticipated Movies at the 2019 Toronto Film FestivalIncluding Parasite, Uncut Gems, Jojo Rabbit, and Marriage Story.

By Hunter Harris and Nate Jones

toronto film festival 2018 Sept. 16, 2018

Green Book Cruises Through TIFF, Takes Home People’s Choice AwardBarry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk and Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma were named first and second runners-up, respectively.

By Halle Kiefer

tiff Sept. 10, 2018