Strong Son was my favourite film at TIFF '26 and , arguably, the best Canadian feature I saw at the festival. It pains me that Ian Bawa's remarkable debut wasn't part of the Critics Choice conversation. I have never seen parental enmeshment depicted with such...
In Purge, the Toronto filmmaker turns depression, artistic ambition and the exhausting pursuit of validation into body horror. But the film's most unsettling question isn’t how to destroy the darkness inside us. It's what happens when we actually succeed. Andrew...
Stop! That! Train! kicks off a summer of fun blockbusters, and this movie is a hilarious delight. The film arrives like a blast from a different cinematic age. In 2026, comedies are hard to pull off, and cultural sensibilities are more divided than they have ever...
There is something refreshingly uncomplicated about Master of the Universe. While it feels like every summer blockbuster is desperate to be dark, gritty or more self-important than the last, this film isn’t any of that. With a 30-plus-year lore and loyal fanbase, it...
When a film tackles real-world trauma, the stakes for sensitivity and truth are impossibly high. However, director Robert Sarkies rises to that challenge with a film that is startling in its restraint and deeply emotional in what it chooses to illuminate rather than...
After more than two decades of dominating both television and the big screen, SpongeBob SquarePants returns in The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, a joyful, silly undersea romp that proves our porous pal is still capable of delivering belly laughs and pure...
There is a silence that hangs over La Palma, an island whose 2021 volcanic eruption left behind not just destruction, but a strange and trembling beauty. The lava fields stretch like black oceans over what were once homes, cafés, and schoolyards. When writer-director...
There are films that entertain, and then there are films that shake something deep within you. Fitch Jean’s It Comes In Waves belongs to the latter. Akai, a 17-year-old Rwandan refugee navigating the challenges of resettling in Canada after surviving the Tutsi...
Trevor Morris has made a career out of sculpting emotion. His music, from the thunderous landscapes of Vikings to the aching intimacy of The Tudors, has always reached beyond melody to something deeply resonant. In his latest project and debut as a filmmaker,...