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Reviews: Nouvelle Vague from TIFF 2025

September 17, 2025

Nouvelle Vague, from Richard Linklater, is a re-telling of the making of Breathless, the French New Wave film from director Jean-Luc Godard.

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: 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: 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.