How far would you go to achieve your dreams, and how much of yourself would you be willing to sacrifice along the way? Based on an unbelievable true story, California Schemin' follows two young Scottish friends who attempt to break into the hip-hop industry by...
Being Heumann was the best film I saw at TIFF this year. Directed by CODA filmmaker Siân Heder, the film tells the true story of disability rights activist Judy Heumann (Ruth Madeley) and the movement that fought to make accessibility a right rather than an...
One of my top three films at TIFF '26. Having children is often treated as the natural next chapter of adulthood. Babies asks a surprisingly simple question: what if you just don't want that chapter? Anna Kendrick and Seth Rogen star as Annie and Aaron, a happily...
There’s something strange happening in the town of Whittock. After two episodes of YAGA though, I’m still waiting to find out exactly what. Based on Kat Sandler’s play and inspired by the legend of Baba Yaga, the series follows private investigator Rapp (Noah Reid),...
How do you modernize a story as iconic as Carrie? Mike Flanagan's answer is surprisingly simple: the bullies now have smartphones. TIFF screened the first two episodes of Flanagan's new Carrie series, starring Summer H. Howell as Carrie White, and so far I think it's...
The Last Photograph shows a quieter, more personal side of Zack Snyder, even if it ultimately didn't connect with me as much as I hoped. Stuart Martin stars as Ethan Black, a former DEA agent consumed by grief and determined to track down the people responsible for...
At some point, the party has to end. Club Kid asks what happens when you’re the last person to realize it. Writer-director Jordan Firstman stars as Peter, a New York club promoter who has somehow made it well into adulthood without actually growing up. Drugs, partying...
After a decade away from directing, Na Hong-jin returns with Hope, an ambitious blend of horror, mystery, science fiction and action that constantly keeps you guessing. It isn't perfect, and its mythology can be difficult to follow at times, but I had a great time...
Jane Schoenbrun continues to establish themselves as one of horror's most original filmmakers with Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. While the title evokes the classic camp slashers of the 1980s, this isn't simply another masked-killer movie. Instead, it's a...