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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 5h
Jonathan Glazer's new documentary, JOY OF JOYS, features the imaginations of children with cameras in music studios and war-torn lands. filmobsessive.com?p=307484
A young boy in Gaza City runs cheerfully through ruined buildings, chased by a friend behind him in Joy of Joys.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 12h
Director and co-writer Nicholas Pineda unpacks the found footage genre in his directorial debut, INFIRMARY. filmobsessive.com?p=307673
Horizontal Infirmary poster
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 29/09/2026
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, the heartthrob crossroads of Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Antonio Banderas, gets its first 4K-UHD revival. filmobsessive.com?p=307656
A man folds his arms near a shelf of candelabras in Interview With a Vampire.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 29/09/2026
Michelle Gomez chats with Film Obsessive about how making THE INCOMER made her fall in love with her Scottish pride all over again. filmobsessive.com?p=307621
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 29/09/2026
DIGGER posits a satire within a satire that makes its own conclusions, taking that power away from its audience. filmobsessive.com?p=307706
A man poses with a shovel on a step next to a large fireplace in Digger.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 29/09/2026
2006's 'STEP UP' spawned a popular dance franchise and made Channing Tatum a star. Does it stand the test of time? filmobsessive.com?p=307432
a man leaps into the air
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 28/09/2026
Fresh from TIFF 2026, a capsule of three East Asian films dealing with fraught history, inherited terror, and teenage ennui. filmobsessive.com?p=306638
From left to right: Park Cheol-gu (Yoo Hai-jin), Kim Jae-hwan (Park Hae-il), and Han Young-il (Lee Min-ho) discuss the details of an assassination attempt while in a recording studio.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 28/09/2026
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN has remained relevant by being about more than the historical event that inspired this victory lap for journalism. filmobsessive.com?p=307220
Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford in ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976). Warner Bros. Screen capture off DVD. Woodward and Bernstein go over how to write up an article at the Washington Post offices.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 27/09/2026
HA-CHAN, SHAKE YOUR BOOTY! moves through a universally painful experience with infectious, sure-footed grace. filmobsessive.com?p=307643
a woman and man dance
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 27/09/2026
The cinematic fatalities of MORTAL KOMBAT II welcome back returning guest Mark Krawczyk to the Cinephile Hissy Fit. filmobsessive.com?p=307300
KARL URBAN as Johnny Cage in New Line Cinema’s “Mortal Kombat II,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Johnny Cage in the hellish Nether Realm.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 26/09/2026
THREE BLUE BOATS is a quietly devastating short film from director David Higgs, carried by striking imagery and two remarkable young leads. filmobsessive.com?p=307532
Lox Pratt and Stanley Kemp as two brothers in 3 Blue Boats.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 26/09/2026
Lance Oppenheim's PRIMETIME is a surreal descent into the world of Chris Hansen, fusing fact and fiction in a messy yet singular experience. filmobsessive.com?p=307565
Robert Pattinson's Chris Hansen stands next to a window as it pours outside.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 26/09/2026
The second part of Julia Loktev's MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS follows its cast of resistance journalists across the corners of Europe. filmobsessive.com?p=307382
Ksenia Mironova and Valeria Ratnikova rest and lean on each other in winter wear during a long car ride in Istanbul.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 25/09/2026
The trailer for YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING brings Nathan Fielder into uncomfortably close contact to infamous Theranos scammer Elizabeth Holmes. filmobsessive.com?p=307551
Elizabeth Holmes talking to Nathan Fielder in the trailer for You Can See Everything from A24.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 25/09/2026
THE STUNT DRIVER comedically captures the inspiring effort of Ken Carter to jump a mile-wide river in a rocket car because it sounded cool. filmobsessive.com?p=307521
(L-R) Jay Baruchel and Ed Helms in THE STUNT DRIVER (2026). IFC Films. Stunt driver Ken Carter chats with Dick Keller while they inspect their yellow rocket car.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 25/09/2026
HEART OF THE BEAST might feature Brad Pitt's one-man survival movie entry on his great actor resume, but the dog steals the show. filmobsessive.com?p=307486
A combat veteran dog sits on a stony beach in Heart of the Beast
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 25/09/2026
ANCHORS AWEIGH mixes all of life's heavy emotions together to spit out something ugly, silly, and stupid in the best way. filmobsessive.com?p=307477
The main character with an episode of "Family Guy" in the background
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 24/09/2026
Danny Boyle's INK is a frenetic, purposeful, if not deeply flawed origin story for the disinformation era. filmobsessive.com?p=307213
Larry Lamb (Jack O'Connell) watches as copies of The Sun are printed at great speed through the printing press machines.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 24/09/2026
BATMAN: KNIGHTFALL PART 1 adapts the first third of the infamous Bane-centered epic comic storyline from the 1990s. filmobsessive.com?p=307358
Batman leans towards an opponent in Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 23/09/2026
THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS, the latest romantic comedy from director Claire Scanlon makes you wonder if vocabulary and science are sexy. filmobsessive.com?p=307465
A woman and man look affectionately at each other on a park bench in The Love Hypothesis.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 23/09/2026
TIFF 2026 People's Choice Midnight Madness winner LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BRIAN MULRONEY is carefully constructed madness. filmobsessive.com?p=307370
Brian Mulroney's head photoshopped onto a vampire-like body
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 23/09/2026
Anna Biller's THE FACE OF HORROR, an intimate look at identity in MASC, and more reviews from the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival. filmobsessive.com?p=307332
A prince stands behind a woman lying on the bed
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 23/09/2026
Ahead of the world premiere at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival, actor Sam Krochmal talks power of Canadian filmmaking in YAGA. filmobsessive.com?p=307403
Sam Krochmal headshot
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 22/09/2026
Zach Cregger's RESIDENT EVIL perfectly captures the feel of the series' trademark gameplay while delivering consistent laughs. filmobsessive.com?p=307357
Bryan (Austin Abrams) looks behind his shoulder as he grips his gun on a snowy street.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 22/09/2026
Even with a few off notes, VOICES is more exciting than any reboot, remake, or sequel of some nostalgic IP could ever hope to be. filmobsessive.com?p=307365
Bubbles belts a song
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 22/09/2026
SUPERGIRL arrives on 4K-UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD physical media formats with the hope of winning over audiences that missed it in theaters. filmobsessive.com?p=307312
Milly Alcock in Supergirl (Warner Bros.)
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 22/09/2026
There is love, awe, and femininity bubbling through all of IDDA, waiting for the moment it’s able to fully let loose. filmobsessive.com?p=307385
Adele and Sofia giggling on a train
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 22/09/2026
Paula González-Nasser’s feature debut THE SCOUT adopts a fly-on-the-wall perspective, following the stressful routine of a location scout. filmobsessive.com?p=307042
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 21/09/2026
The classic Wilmette Theatre hosts four films as part of the 12th Irish American Movie Hooley celebrating combined cinematic culture. filmobsessive.com?p=307302
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 21/09/2026
Richard Kelly's DONNIE DARKO remains as narratively mysterious as it is emotionally forthright, as seductive as it is unnerving. filmobsessive.com?p=306945
ake Gyllenhaal as Donnie Darko, Jena Malone as Gretchen Ross, and James Duval in the costume of Frank the rabbit, depicted in an otherwise empty movie theater in Donnie Darko.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 20/09/2026
The new MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE movie provided the exact nostalgia drug for the hosts and guests of the Cinephile Hissy Fit podcast. filmobsessive.com?p=307298
A female and male warrior speak before battle in Masters of the Universe.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 20/09/2026
Film Obsessive recently spoke to write-director Tim Kasher about his latest project, Dark Sky Films' WHO'S WATCHING. filmobsessive.com?p=307116
A crazed man lit up red looking through instrument wires.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 19/09/2026
TRACES OF HOME fervently, yet lovingly digs up the traumatic pasts of filmmaker Colette Ghunim's Mexican mother and Palestinian father. filmobsessive.com?p=307277
Photo of a young woman and a little girl smiling at the camera. They are outside and it is daytime.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 19/09/2026
THE LIFE AND DEATHS OF WILSON SHEDD has no answers about the death penalty, merely questions and empathy for all its characters. filmobsessive.com?p=307259
Karen talks to Wilson in jail
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 18/09/2026
Back in Black, a thriller from a Trailer Park Boys director, lets Christopher Walken shine as a funeral home owner. filmobsessive.com?p=307214
A still from Back in Black.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 18/09/2026
Florian Zeller's BUNKER has very little meaningful to say about the material isolation of the bourgeois and the wealthy. filmobsessive.com?p=307039
Sofia (Penélope Cruz) stands in the living room of her home, in distress, while Miguel (Javier Bardem) remains off in the distance.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 18/09/2026
The avant-garde thriller CHRONOVISOR reminds viewers that the most intriguing art does not aspire to have the largest audience. filmobsessive.com?p=307176
Anne-Laure Sellier in CHRONOVISOR. Courtesy of Grasshopper Film. Béatrice alone in her dark apartment.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 18/09/2026
THE WEIGHT, pulled to every which way by a commanding performance from Ethan Hawke, loses its ending after solid suspense. filmobsessive.com?p=307237
A group of men, one of them armed, and a woman watch a nearby group through the forest in The Weight.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 18/09/2026
The History of Concrete isn't really about concrete. John Wilson's explores art, money, impermanence, housing, and why we keep making things. filmobsessive.com?p=306990
The History of Concrete, directed by John Wilson.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 17/09/2026
SUNNY DANCER embraces its summer camp setting, but with an endearing population of ruffian teen cancer survivors. filmobsessive.com?p=307099
A group of teens scream and cheer in elation in Sunny Dancer.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 17/09/2026
At TIFF, the rich, lush cinematography of Paolo Strippoli’s THE SPIRAL can't make up for its distinct lack of bite. filmobsessive.com?p=307150
The family poses for a photo in the backyard
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 17/09/2026
NEVER AFTER DARK benefits from a prevailing eerie mood as well as a decent cast, but it can't escape from being a generic ghost story. filmobsessive.com?p=307082
Moeka Hoshi in NEVER AFTER DARK, a Magnolia Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures. Airi, a traveling medium, lights a candle in preparation for her spiritual efforts.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 17/09/2026
PURGATORY captures the true essence of coming-of-age movies---they're best not when they're about the big issues but instead the smallness of life. filmobsessive.com?p=307146
Beatrice and her parents in the school office
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 17/09/2026
Lee Chang-dong's POSSIBLE LOVE is a masterpiece—precisely because of how it takes many forms in its tale of class disparity. filmobsessive.com?p=307067
From left to right: Ho-seok (Sul Kyung-gu), Mi-ok (Jeon Do-yeon), Ye-ji (Cho Yeo-jeong), and Sang-woo (Zo In-sung) stand at a beach shoreline with a forest behind them.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 16/09/2026
Cody Fern's CLOSING NIGHT never fully embraces its melodrama, leaving in its tracks a a muddy effort that feels unfortunately uninspired. filmobsessive.com?p=307076
A still from Closing Night.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 16/09/2026
Theo Rhys’ taxidermy musical, STUFFED, is bursting at the seams with sweeping romance, embalmed for all of time. filmobsessive.com?p=306921
Bernie and Araminta stand in a church
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 16/09/2026
Nicholas Winding-Refn and Ryan Gosling's 70s-inspired collaboration, DRIVE, still works even 15 years later. filmobsessive.com?p=306635
The Driver (Ryan Gosling) grips his hammer in contemplation.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 15/09/2026
At TIFF, TEHRAN, UNDER THE SKIN makes the case for interrogating the growing anxiety of self-acceptance worldwide. filmobsessive.com?p=306884
Close up of the bottom of a woman's face through cloth
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 15/09/2026
Hirokazu Kore-eda's adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto's acclaimed manga, LOOK BACK, is a perfect merging of artistic sensibilities. filmobsessive.com?p=307008
Fujino and Kyomoto, bundled up in winter wear, enjoy a snowy day together.
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Film Obsessive @filmobsessive.com · 15/09/2026
The TIFF world-premiering WHAT LIES BETWEEN US shows the fragility of our society and how quick the pillars can all crumble. filmobsessive.com?p=307009
The three mothers stand in the school hallway
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