Blue Moon | NYFF 2025
By Jeffery Berg October 4, 2025
An exception to the rule that films limited mainly to one location can feel stagey and stifling.
Festivals
Sirât | NYFF 2025
By Guillermo Lopez Meza
One of the year’s most intense and unclassifiable thrillers.
After the Hunt | NYFF 2025
By Jeffery Berg September 29, 2025
It’s exciting to see Julia Roberts tackle a complicated, prickly character after being pigeonholed with the trivial moniker “America’s Sweetheart” in the past.
The Tale of Silyan | TIFF 2025
By Kent Turner September 23, 2025
A compelling and moving portrait of a vanishing way of life in North Macedonia.
Blue Heron, Glenrothan, Sink, The Smashing Machine | TIFF 2025
By Kent Turner September 12, 2025
With more than 200 feature films playing out over 11 days, and depending on the viewer’s stamina, there are countless variations of what to see.
The Blue Trail/Calle Málaga | TIFF 2025
By Kent Turner September 11, 2025
You are never too old to undergo a rite of passage.
Hen | TIFF 2025
By Kent Turner September 9, 2025
A plucky (sorry) protagonist’s odyssey in Greece.
Messy, Queens of the Dead, Jimpa | Provincetown International Film Festival 2025
By Jeffery Berg July 8, 2025
A blunt, deliriously funny comedy emerged as the festival’s standout, while a drama with big-name actors proved dramatically inert.
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror; Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore; Everything Moves | Provincetown International Film Festival 2025
By Jeffery Berg
These documentaries stood out: one on a cult classic, another on a pioneering Oscar winner, and a third on an acclaimed local artist.