"A challenging and unconventional work, but one that knows exactly what it sets out to achieve" “We all put our great futures behind us and settle” Over a

"Few filmmakers can make cinema feel so alive, so strange and so open to the possibilities of existence" Carlos Reygadas is back, and Heil Jupiter! feels

"Ghost Song proves that Akın grew up and became a master of his craft while preserving his core strength: authentic emotion and passion." It's been 22

"A dark, challenging existential drama filtered through the lens of a ghost story" The past has a tendency to linger. It can follow us like a specter,

"A very moving exploration of the lingering challenges that come when trying to process an unexpected and uncomfortable separation" It is often difficult

"A deliriously funny and deeply moving comedy" Growing up, we’re often told the importance of following our dreams. This is also usually the point where

"An immersive experience that gives us access to the fractured mind of a captivating character who is searching for a sense of belonging in a world where

"A film that inspires us to look beneath the surface and reflect on our own place in the world" Mike Leigh is the reason I love cinema. As hyperbolic as

"A rich, fulfilling story of self-actualisation." Are you truly an artist if you haven’t had at least one major existential crisis in your life? There’s

"A poetic ode to family and the often challenging elements that bind us together" A good film can often have quite a bit in common with a good novel: an

"A taut, straightforward drama with genuine emotions and a clear curiosity" How do you find your way forward when everything you have been told is sacred

"Bold in both form and intention" At what point does a piece of art become the property of the public, at least as far as interpretation and meaning are

"An explosive and exhilarating satire that feels completely and uniquely Canadian" Playing at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival in its

"Engaging, heartfelt, and rousing" “Our whole lives we behaved as if we played by the rules and did what we were told, we’d be included in the American

"There are interesting ideas buried within the film, but Haroun never brings them together into a story that is as compelling as its premise suggests"

"Impressively cohesive in both story and structure" It has often been said that teaching is the one profession that makes all others possible. Most of us

"Remains wholly unsatisfying because its main character is so aggravating, underwritten, and underdeveloped" In some ways, the 1990s and early 2000s may

"One of the best films of the year" Playing in this year’s Toronto International Film Festival’s Special Presentations section is the latest film from

"Hamaguchi captures how invigorating and wondrous it can be to encounter another person with whom conversation is limitless" Playing at this year’s

"Alonso finds a remarkable amount of beauty and humanity in the everyday lives of his characters" Playing in this year’s Toronto International Film

"Genuinely moving and deeply memorable" For many Ukrainians, Germany has long been a place of work, study and migration, but after 2022 it became

"Before the War may not always find the right rhythm for all of its ideas, but when it looks directly at the masculine world Guido inhabits, it has a

"A film about the painful space between one world and another, when the old world is still alive but can no longer continue in the same way" For

"The film is at its strongest when, like a good researcher, it approaches one question only to uncover another" In a small conversation with Friedrich, a

"Transfixing, mesmerizing, infuriating, and frightening, sometimes all at the same time" Megalomaniacal. Problematic. Insane. The Stalinist Truman Show. A

"A must-see for anyone interested in the fraught overlap between art and AI" The truth is what you make it. Certainly in this age of AI and deepfakes and

"Diaz effectively demonstrates how colonialism continues to shape Philippine society in the present" 2016 Golden Lion winner and auteur Lav Diaz returns