No Other Choice | TIFF 2025
By Kent Turner September 9, 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.
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.
A shimmering example of a genre that has been resurrected in an unexpected way, this time as a tropical noir.
Although everyone involved was clearly having fun, that enjoyment doesn’t fully translate to the screen.
Ron Howard’s new film serves up a more-than-satisfying four-course meal of gripping drama, morbid true crime, and voluptuous entertainment.
Spike Lee offers a fresh spin on Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low while retaining the essence of what made the original so special.
A decent first-time effort that takes on more ideas than it can fully explore.
Jacob Tremblay (Room) is one of those rare actors who gives viewers everything simply by listening.
French filmmaker Alain Guiraudie’s latest: a sinister, bizarre, funny, and sexually charged farce.