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Dreams

By September 12, 2025

Director Dag Johan Haugerud beautifully captures the anxiety and obsession that come with being in love for the first time.

No Other Choice | TIFF 2025

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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.

Twinless

By September 5, 2025

The script is consistently funny and astutely written, where sorrow often collides with humor.

Riefenstahl

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Andres Veiel’s unsettling and persuasive documentary uncovers filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl’s distortions of the truth.

Caught Stealing

By August 27, 2025

Darren Aronofsky’s new film bursts into theaters with electrifying energy, a perfect action romp to close out summer escapism.

Ne Zha II

By August 21, 2025

A grand epic teeming with magic, martial arts, and exotic settings.

Eden

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Ron Howard’s new film serves up a more-than-satisfying four-course meal of gripping drama, morbid true crime, and voluptuous entertainment.