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‘Hedda’ Review: Tessa Thompson Seduces and Destroys in Nia DaCosta’s Sexy, Stylish Spin on a Classic [B+] TIFF

Sophia Ciminello September 9, 2025

Nia DaCosta’s fun, feminist Ibsen reimagining, Hedda, opens with a quote from another playwright. Instead of referencing Ibsen himself or another literary staple of the... Read More

2026 Oscar Predictions: The Awards Alchemist’s Updates Following Venice and Telluride

2026 Oscar Predictions

2026 Oscar Predictions: The Awards Alchemist’s Updates Following Venice and Telluride

Mark Johnson September 9, 2025

For Oscar pundits, phase one is now complete. The “way too early” stretch when predictions are stitched together from Sundance or Cannes crumbs is in... Read More

‘The Lost Bus’ Review: Paul Greengrass and Company are Running on Empty in Undercooked True Life Survival Drama [D] TIFF

Ryan McQuade September 9, 2025

Earlier this year, the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County faced some of the worst wildfires in the country’s history. Complete sections of... Read More

Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor on Restraint, Music, and Personifying Love in ‘The History of Sound’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW]

Interviews (Film)

Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor on Restraint, Music, and Personifying Love in ‘The History of Sound’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW]

Landon Johnson September 9, 2025

Some epic love stories are remembered for the ages. Others are restrained by the age in which they unfold. In The History of Sound, Oliver Hermanus’s... Read More

‘Train Dreams’ Review: Joel Edgerton Shines in Contemplative Drama About Life and Technological Progress [A-] TIFF

J Don Birnam September 9, 2025

“Timeless” is a word that gets thrown around a lot, particularly by movie critics to describe films that have lasting power because they are enjoyed... Read More

‘Adulthood’ Review: Alex Winter’s Suburban Neo-Noir Dark Comedy is Dead on Arrival [C-] TIFF

Trace Sauveur September 9, 2025

Alex Winter hasn’t directed a narrative feature film since 2015’s Smosh: The Movie. In some sense, you could say we haven’t gotten a real Alex... Read More

‘Nuremberg’ Review: James Vanderbilt’s Historical Thriller Looks at When Perpetrators of Systematic Genocide Used to be Brought to Justice [A-] TIFF

Kevin L. Lee September 8, 2025

It’s typical and expected from every year that a handsomely crafted historical drama would come along and remind audiences of a certain part of WWII... Read More

‘Carolina Caroline’ Review: Kyle Gallner and Samara Weaving Rob and Throb in Old-School Crime Drama of Lovers on the Run [A-] TIFF

Matt St. Clair September 8, 2025

After maintaining his scream king title recently thanks to projects like the Smile films and Strange Darling, Kyle Gallner makes a pivot to romantic anti-hero... Read More

‘The Christophers’ Review: Ian McKellen is an Irritable, Aging Painter in Steven Soderbergh’s Warm and Funny Chamber Drama About Artistic Integrity [B+] TIFF

Trace Sauveur September 8, 2025

You can, of course, leave it to Steven Soderbergh of all people to make a biting and salient drama about the ways we value and... Read More

‘Silent Friend’ Review: Ildikó Enyedi’s Hypnotic Saga is One of the Year’s Best Films [A] Venice

Mina Takla September 8, 2025

In an edition full of surprises and films that moved and provoked audiences at the Venice Film Festival, Ildikó Enyedi’s Silent Friend is perhaps the... Read More

2026 Oscar Predictions

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