A Talent for Murder: Mirren’s madness takes on Ehrenreich’s ego
Very quickly, this becomes a battle for his soul.
Category: TIFF
Tenzing: This delightful thriller finds more at the mountaintop
Atop the vast mountains of the Himalayas is a story that’s more than about conquest and man’s ability to triumph.
TIFF ’26: More than the Movies
At TIFF, the magic happens after the credits roll.
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!: Dancing through life never felt so alive
There’s something truly special about this film that keeps things silly, even at its most serious.
The Stunt Driver: Baruchel’s biopic never drives off the road
Baruchel never allows his daredevil to feel anything but grounded.
TIFF ’26: Sunburn
Sunburn feels like Toronto. More importantly, it feels like somebody loves Toronto.
TIFF ’26: Seventeen
In a cinematic landscape where sex workers, particularly queer and Indigenous workers, are so frequently represented through trauma, a simple act of recognition feels remarkably meaningful.
TIFF’26: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun | SOUMSOUM, THE NIGHT OF THE STARS
“I wanted to escape from this eternal dialectic between the colonized people and those who have colonized us.”
TIFF ’26: The Difficult Bride
The Difficult Bride understands the exhilaration of saying no. I am less convinced it understands the responsibility of choosing what comes next.
TIFF ’26: Whatcha Want
Shum understands that independence can be frightening and uncertain, while security can be seductive. But what good is having everything if none of it belongs to the person you actually want to be?
TIFF ’26: How We Stand
How We Stand has the cast, the ideas and cinematic ambition of a great film- or perhaps even a limited series. What begins as an intriguing family mystery ultimately becomes overwhelmed by everything it wants to say.
TIFF ’26: Carrie
If anyone was going to convince me that we needed another adaptation of Carrie, it was Mike Flanagan.
TIFF ’26: Below
Canada has plenty of mythology, landscapes and communities capable of inspiring great genre storytelling. Below understands that we don’t need to look anywhere else.