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AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 306 – Breaking Down the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival

Ryan McQuade September 12, 2025

On episode 306 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch Associate Editor Sophia Ciminello to break down the films, awards... Read More

‘Christy’ Review: Sydney Sweeney’s Boxer Biopic Has Familiar Filmmaking Genes but a Captivating Central Story of Perseverance [B] TIFF

Trace Sauveur September 12, 2025

It’s easy to look at Christy, the new boxing biopic from journeyman director David Michôd, and expect the most formulaic story: a scrappy fighter from... Read More

Oliver Hermanus Talks About the Journey of ‘The History of Sound’ and Working with Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor [VIDEO INTERVIEW]

Interviews (Film)

Oliver Hermanus Talks About the Journey of ‘The History of Sound’ and Working with Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor [VIDEO INTERVIEW]

Erik Anderson September 12, 2025

The history of The History of Sound began five years ago, at the beginning of COVID lockdowns in March 2020. Right at that point, Mescal... Read More

‘Dust Bunny’ Review: Bryan Fuller’s Hybrid Fantasy-Action-Horror Fable Has an Endearingly Childlike Sense of Enchantment [B] TIFF

Trace Sauveur September 11, 2025

There’s not much talking at the beginning of Dust Bunny. The opening 15 minutes of the long-awaited feature-length film from cult favorite TV writer Bryan... Read More

‘Scarlet’ Review: Mana Ashida’s Vocal Performance Highlights Mamoru Hosoda’s Animated Fantasy [B] TIFF

Kevin L. Lee September 11, 2025

Minutes into Mamoru Hosoda’s Scarlet, we are thrust into a world that thematically plays with elements of his past works – films like Digimon, Summer... Read More

‘The President’s Cake’ Review: Hasan Hadi’s Layered Drama is as Entertaining as it is Compelling [A-] TIFF

Reuben Baron September 11, 2025

There exists a spectrum of sad movies that are about kids but not for kids. On the lowest end of the spectrum, something like Spike... Read More

‘Glenrothan’ Review: A Likable Cast Can’t Elevate Brian Cox’s Bottom-of-the-Barrel Scottish Family Dramedy [D] TIFF

Daniel Bayer September 10, 2025

Estranged brothers Sandy (Brian Cox) and Donal (Alan Cumming) have neither seen nor spoken to each other in over three decades. After their mother passed... Read More

‘The Captive’ Review: Alejandro Amenábar’s Account of Cervantes as a Teller of Tales is Itself a Powerful Lesson in Storytelling [A] TIFF

J Don Birnam September 10, 2025

After Miguel de Cervantes wrote the most famous novel of all time—El Quijote— in the early 1600s, it became so instantly popular that apocryphal sequels... Read More

77th Primetime Emmy Awards Predictions: Will it Be ‘The Pitt’ or ‘Severance’? ‘The Studio’ or ‘Hacks’?

Tyler Doster September 10, 2025

After another year of exceptional television, the 77th Primetime Emmys are here. With so many shows over the past year vying for the attention of... Read More

48th Mill Valley Film Festival Lineup: Cannes Winners, ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Rental Family;’ Spike Lee, Joel Edgerton, Zoey Deutch to Receive Honors

Erik Anderson September 10, 2025

Highlights include Cannes winners It Was Just an Accident (Palme d’Or), Sentimental Value (Grand Jury Prize), The Secret Agent (Best Director, Best Actor), Sirāt and... Read More

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