Here is the press release from TIFF: TIFF ‘26 is expanding with today’s announcement of five additional films in this year’s Special Presentations programme. These compelling new works from celebrated filmmakers Rachel Morrison, Benjamín Naishtat, Ben Shirinian, Bassam Tariq, plus David and Nathan Zellner provide a glimpse into this year’s Official Selection. The 51st edition […] More
Here is the press release from TIFF with the announcement that Being Heumann from Siân Heder will open the festival: The 51st edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, presented by Rogers, is announcing three World Premieres in its Gala Presentations programme including Prima Facie from British director Susanna White (Woman Walks Ahead, TIFF ’17); The Assassin(s) from Korean filmmaker Hur […] More
TIFF will host a retrospective series at the Bell Lightbox this summer, in July and August, focused on Christopher Nolan. More
Set in an enigmatic world that evokes both the antebellum South and more contemporary European locales, Clement Virgo’s Steal Away is a fascinating drama bearing resonant themes. It centers a pair of young women – a Congolese refugee and a sheltered scion of a wealthy family – who are drawn together and form a complicated […] More
My how September has changed things. When we were wrapping up August, the start of the fall film festival season was upon us. That was where many a movie would debut, hoping to catapult from the festivals to the Academy Awards. Now, with a good portion of festival season already having been completed, it feels […] More
The Toronto International Film Festival changes for me each year. Some years, I attend with a significant other. Other years, I go alone. There are TIFF years where I just try and see as many movies as possible. There are years where I want to mingle and socialize, promoting the site by hitting all the […] More
The Toronto International Film Festival concludes today, and as such the Audience Awards are being given out. The most prestigious of them all is the People’s Choice Award, which more often than not goes to a future Oscar nominee. The movie this year to take that honor is Hamnet, with the runner ups being Frankenstein […] More
One of the things I’ve noticed of late is that films attempting to mix serious and silly tones are struggling a bit. Now, some movies ace it, of course, but more than not can’t seem to figure out the right balance. Adulthood is just one more example of this, really going to the extremes on […] More
Baz Luhrmann gives us a monumental companion piece to his 2022 masterpiece with EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert. More
During a prior awards season, celebrated Austrian auteur Michael Haneke decried cinema’s penchant for exploiting real life atrocities as fodder for entertainment. Citing Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List as an irresponsible example, he cautioned about using manipulative devices generate suspense and melodrama. Such ethical discussions will surely resurface around the release of another similarly acclaimed film […] More
Ugo Bienvenu draws a compelling animated offering with ARCO, even if the movie follows a fairly pedestrian story. More
Welcome back to the Awards Radar Podcast. In each episode, Editor Joey Magidson (that’s me!) will be joined by some of the staff of Awards Radar to talk about the latest in film, television, and entertainment in general. The show will obviously have an awards season slant to it, but we won’t forget about other […] More
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