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Toronto Film Festival

Blue Heron – first-look review

by Jenna Mahale

Sophy Romvari’s feature debut is a formally adventurous, touching portrait of childhood.
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Toronto Film Festival

Two Pianos – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Arnaud Desplechin is on fine form with this drama in which a pianist finds himself caught between the future and the past.
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Podcast

Venice Film Festival Special 2025

On Truth & Movies this week, we come to you live from the city that gave us Don’t Look Now and The Souvenir, Venice, where we’re here to report on the hits and misses from this year’s Venice Film Festival, including new films by Benny Safdie, Yorgos Lanthimos, Mark Jenkin and Park Chan-wook. 
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Review

The Long Walk review – more televised deathsports in a grim future

by David Jenkins

The director of The Hunger Games pivots towards gnarly allegory in this violent Stephen King adaptation about a hike to the death.

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In Retrospect
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Review

Islands review – if Challengers were a European noir

by Emily Maskell

Jan-Olé Gerster combines Hitchcockian thrills with a seductive European sensibility against an all-inclusive Canary Islands resort in his English language debut.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Toronto Film Festival

The Christophers – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Steven Soderbergh casts Sir Ian McKellen and Michaela Cole in his London-set art world drama.
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Toronto Film Festival

The Fence – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Claire Denis’ fourth film shot in Africa concerns an American foreman attempting to smooth over the death of a worker, starring Matt Dillon and Isaach de Bankolé.
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Toronto Film Festival

Sacrifice – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Roman Gavras’ timely satire, set in the world of the über rich, fails to cut despite its starry cast.
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Toronto Film Festival

Hamlet – first-look review

by Jenna Mahale

Aneil Karia’s Hamlet, starring Riz Ahmed as the doomed prince, is an occasionally beautiful but largely inert exercise.
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Toronto Film Festival

Christy – first-look review

by Mark Asch

David Michôd’s biopic of pioneering boxer Christy Martin is a serviceable showcase for Sydney Sweeney.

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