Being Heumann Clocking in at just under three hundred films, the Toronto International Film Festival is a big tent for patrons to amble through, depicting just about any cultural interest its diverse…

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Werner Herzog explores the two-body problem.

On Mike Leigh’s possible final film.

I sat on the aisle at a movie the other day.

***/****starring Hannah Einbinder, Gillian Anderson, Jack Haven, Patrick Fischlerwritten and directed by Jane Schoenbrun by Angelo Muredda “You talk about it so academically,” reclusive actress Billy ...

***/****starring Hannah Einbinder, Gillian Anderson, Jack Haven, Patrick Fischlerwritten and directed by Jane Schoenbrun by Angelo Muredda “You talk about it so academically,” reclusive actress Billy ...

黒牢城***½/****starring Masahiro Motoki, Masaki Suda, Yuriko Yoshitakawritten by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, based on the novel by Honobu Yonezawadirected by Kiyoshi Kurosawa by Angelo Muredda The obscure motive b...

***/****starring Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Jason Acuñadirected by Jeff Tremaine by Angelo Muredda “Did we get it, Jeff?” a battered Johnny Knoxville, reviving after a run-in with a bul...

***/****starring Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Jason Acuñadirected by Jeff Tremaine by Angelo Muredda “Did we get it, Jeff?” a battered Johnny Knoxville, reviving after a run-in with a bul...

***/****directed by Banchi Hanuse by Angelo Muredda Following the encore screening of Banchi Hanuse’s Ceremony at this year’s Hot Docs, an audience member chimed in to remark that as a Palestinian wom...

**½/****directed by Dawn Porter Hot Docs, the Canadian International Documentary Festival, runs from April 23 to May 3, 2026. Visit the fest’s official site for more details. by Angelo Muredda The mom...

**½/****directed by Carl Deal and Tia Lessin Hot Docs, the Canadian International Documentary Festival, runs from April 23 to May 3, 2026. Visit the fest’s official site for more details. by Angelo Mu...

***/****directed by Maya Annik Bedward Hot Docs, the Canadian International Documentary Festival, runs from April 23-May 3, 2026. Visit the fest’s official site for more details. by Angelo Muredda Lat...

***/****starring Ian McKellen, Michaela Coel, James Corden, Jessica Gunningwritten by Ed Solomondirected by Steven Soderbergh by Angelo Muredda “It wasn’t very good, that last one,” retired octogenari...

***/****starring Ian McKellen, Michaela Coel, James Corden, Jessica Gunningwritten by Ed Solomondirected by Steven Soderbergh by Angelo Muredda “It wasn’t very good, that last one,” retired octogenari...

***/****starring Hiam Abbas, Karim Daoud Anaya, Yasmine Al Massri, Jeremy Ironswritten and directed by Annemarie Jacir by Angelo Muredda “A new page in history is written today,” a stodgy Englishman p...

***/****starring Hiam Abbas, Karim Daoud Anaya, Yasmine Al Massri, Jeremy Ironswritten and directed by Annemarie Jacir by Angelo Muredda “A new page in history is written today,” a stodgy Englishman p...

**/****starring Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Alana Haim, Mamadou Athiewritten and directed by Kristoffer Borgli by Angelo Muredda SPOILER WARNING IN EFFECT. The high-concept marital satire of Force Maje...

**/****starring Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Alana Haim, Mamadou Athiewritten and directed by Kristoffer Borgli by Angelo Muredda SPOILER WARNING IN EFFECT. The high-concept marital satire of Force Maje...

Mirrors No. 3***/****starring Paula Beer, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt, Enno Trebswritten and directed by Christian Petzold by Angelo Muredda Not content to have already put his stamp on Vertigo with...

**½/****starring Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Charlotte Ramplingwritten and directed by Jim Jarmusch by Angelo Muredda When Alexander Payne’s Venice jury awarded Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother ...

Ann Lee***/****starring Amanda Seyfried, Thomasin McKenzie, Lewis Pullman, Tim Blake Nelson, Christopher Abbottwritten by Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbetdirected by Mona Fastvold by Angelo Muredda Spea...

***/****starring Ben Whishaw, Rebecca Hallscreenplay by Ira Sachs, based on the book Peter Hujar’s Day by Linda Rosenkrantzdirected by Ira Sachs by Angelo Muredda Celebrated New York portrait photogra...

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***½/****directed by Reid Davenport by Angelo Muredda “I’ve done what I can, and the quality of my life is over,” 26-year-old disabled woman and assisted dying cause célèbre Elizabeth Bouvia says in a...

***½/****starring Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Scottwritten by Robert Kaplow, inspired by the writings of Lorenz Hart and Elizabeth Weilanddirected by Richard Linklater by An...

**/****starring Julia Roberts, Ayo Edibiri, Andrew Garfield, Michael Stuhlbargwritten by Nora Garrettdirected by Luca Guadagnino by Angelo Muredda SPOILER WARNING IN EFFECT. “It happened at Yale,” an ...

***½/****starring Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Scottwritten by Robert Kaplow, inspired by the writings of Lorenz Hart and Elizabeth Weilanddirected by Richard Linklater by An...

***½/****starring Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Scottwritten by Robert Kaplow, inspired by the writings of Lorenz Hart and Elizabeth Weilanddirected by Richard Linklater by An...

**/****starring Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader, Bas Ruttenwritten and directed by Benny Safdie by Angelo Muredda The early narrative on Dwayne Johnson’s starring role as veteran mixed-martial...

Ann Lee***/****starring Amanda Seyfried, Thomasin McKenzie, Lewis Pullman, Tim Blake Nelson, Christopher Abbottwritten by Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbetdirected by Mona Fastvold by Angelo Muredda Spea...

***/****starring Isaach De Bankolé, Matt Dillon, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Tom Blythscreenplay by Claire Denis, Suzanne Lindon, and Andrew Litvack, based on Black Battles with Dogs by Bernard-Marie Koltèsdir...

Chloé Zhao’s MY GIRL. It’s a handsome movie and everyone is working very hard (Emily Watson, good to see you), but this felt counterfeit to me and left me completely cold — no sense of what draws Agne...

O Agente Secreto***½/****starring Wagner Moura, Gabriel Leone, Maria Fernanda Cândidowritten and directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho By Angelo Muredda “He had a good voice,” an archivist muses to her colleague about a historical subject whose life under autocratic rule she’s been piecing together from audio cassette recordings and newspaper clippings late in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent. A chronicler of the gentrified streets, gated communities, and forgotten movie theatres of his northern hometown of Recife (which he has commemorated in films past, from his 2011 debut feature Neighbouring Sounds–partially shot in his own family home–to his death-tinged 2023 documentary…

***½/**** starring Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce, Sandrine Holt written and directed by David Cronenberg by Angelo Muredda David Cronenberg is no stranger to illness and death, from the syn...

***½/****starring Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmedscreenplay by Wes Andersondirected by Wes Anderson By Angelo Muredda Midway through Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme, Zs...

***½/****starring Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmedscreenplay by Wes Andersondirected by Wes Anderson By Angelo Muredda Midway through Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme, Zs...