Ken Russell’s the Devils | TIFF 2026
For those who have seen the film previously, what has been added will be quite noticeable.
Film-Forward
Darlene Love: I Know Where I’ve Been; Pretenders | TIFF 2026
Both documentaries are structured in a standard behind-the-music format. Where they diverge lies with the artists spotlighted. One engages; the other pulls back.
Coward | TIFF 2026
Belgian director Lukas Dhont prints his own stamp on the brothers-in-arms genre.
Possible Love | TIFF 2026
In a year when the fall festivals are overloaded with bloated and aimless running times of 150 minutes or more, Possible Love’s 165 minutes are well justified.
Atonement | TIFF 2026
The script offers Hiam Abbass an emotionally demanding role—a Role with a capital R. Her performance ranks among the best of the year.
The Best Films of 2025
If you know where to look, there were plenty of good films in 2025. (Maybe you’ll find new discoveries here.)
Rental Family
An earnest, though innocuous, feel-good movie for the armchair traveler.
No Other Choice | NYFF 2025
Director Park Chan-wook takes as his blueprint Donald E Westlake’s lean and mean bloodbath The Ax (1997) and makes the macabre and cynical tale his own.
The Tale of Silyan | TIFF 2025
A compelling and moving portrait of a vanishing way of life in North Macedonia.