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Reviews: Exit 8 from TIFF 2025

September 16, 2025

Final Rating: 3.5/5 We’re all trying to escape something… Based on a video game, Japanese director Genki Kawamura’s The Exit 8 brings to life…

Reviews: Sacrifice from TIFF 2025

September 15, 2025

Final Rating: 3.5/5 Sacrifice, directed by Romain Gavras, is a hilarious political satire skewering performative activism at the highest levels of society. Reminiscent of…

Reviews: Fuze from TIFF 2025

September 14, 2025

Final Rating: 3/5 Fuze, the latest from British director David Mackenzie is a heist film that dumps a jigsaw puzzle into viewers laps and…

Reviews: Little Amélie or the Character of Rain from TIFF 2025

September 13, 2025

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain is an animated film about a young Belgian girl growing up in post-war Japan and her experiences in the world.

Reviews: Junk World from TIFF 2025

September 12, 2025

Final Rating: 3.5/5 Junk World is an impressive and novel stop-motion adventure. While the background lore of director Takahide Hori’s world can be hard…

Reviews: The Smashing Machine from TIFF 2025

September 10, 2025

Final Rating: 2.5/5 The Smashing Machine is a film with plenty of hype around it. It is written and directed by Benny Safdie, one…

Reviews: Naked Ambition

September 9, 2025

Naked Ambition charts the life and career of Bunny Yeagar, a trailblazing pioneer in the pinup and nude photography world.

Reviews: Rental Family from TIFF 2025

September 8, 2025

In Rental Family, Philip is a down on his luck American actor who is hired by an agency to play the part of different family members based on client needs.

Reviews: The Threesome

September 5, 2025

The Threesome explores the rom-com genre with adults acting in mature ways as they try to navigate life post a life changing night of sex.

Reviews: Mare’s Nest from TIFF 2025

September 4, 2025

Mare’s Nest tells a series of stories from the perspective of one girl named Moon in a world without adults and how things would function.