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Reviews: Aniki-Bóbó from TIFF 2025

October 2, 2025

Final Rating: 4/5 Manoel de Oliveira is the most crucial filmmaker in Portuguese film history. Cinephiles around the world know his name for the…

Reviews: The Baltimorons

September 30, 2025

The Baltimorons is a new dramedy about one man who gets emergency dental surgery on Christmas Eve as he comes to terms with the highs and lows of his life.

Reviews: 2025 TIFF Midnight Madness Round Up Part 3

September 28, 2025

Midnight Madness plays the best in genre films during the Toronto International Film Festival. We saw almost every film in the program and wrote about them.

Reviews: 2025 TIFF Midnight Madness Round Up Part 2

September 27, 2025

Midnight Madness plays the best in genre films during the Toronto International Film Festival. We saw almost every film in the program and wrote about them.

Reviews: 2025 TIFF Midnight Madness Round Up Part 1

September 26, 2025

Midnight Madness plays the best in genre films during the Toronto International Film Festival. We saw almost every film in the program and wrote about them.

Reviews: Eleanor The Great

September 25, 2025

Final Rating: 2/5 Known for her prolific acting career, Scarlett Johansson tries her hand at directing with Eleanor the Great. However, despite decent performances…

Reviews: Dead Man’s Wire from TIFF 2025

September 24, 2025

Dead Man’s Wire is a true story about a man in 1977 who kidnaps the son of a bank manager to help pay off his mortgage, but is the hero of the story.

Reviews: A Private Life from TIFF 2025

September 22, 2025

A Private Life is a mystery about a patient who takes their own life and the doctor that tries to prove it may have been foul play, starring Jodie Foster.

Reviews: The Testament of Ann Lee from TIFF 2025

September 19, 2025

The Testament of Ann Lee is a religious musical about the founding of the Shaker Movement in 1700’s America starring Amanda Seyfried.

Reviews: Saipan from TIFF 2025

September 18, 2025

Saipan covers the lead up to the 2002 World Cup of soccer, where Irish captain Roy Keane is debating whether or not to play for national team.