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TIFF Review: Wake Up Dead Man Is a Satisfying Benoit Blanc Romp, But the Weakest Entry Yet
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Let’s eschew the type of slow-burning, big reveal that Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc excels at in the Knives Out series, and cut to the chase: Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is another satisfying, impossible-to-predict yarn...
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TIFF Review: David Mackenzie’s Fuze is an Air-Tight, Relentless Thriller
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David Mackenzie gets the opening credits out of the way as soon as we sit down to watch his latest film Fuze. A majority of the 98 minutes which follow are akin to a feature-length cold open surging at breakneck...
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TIFF Review: With Hasan in Gaza Confronts Israeli Aggression with Grace and Memory
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The new documentary With Hasan in Gaza––a poignant, meditative portrait of a city now fighting for its life––works as both a travelogue and time machine. In 2001, the filmmaker Kamal Aljafari journeyed to Palestine in the hopes of finding Adder...
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TIFF 2025: Wasteman, Winter of the Crow, Charlie Harper
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See the movies from TIFF starring David Jonsson and Lesley Manville. Skip the third.
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Venice Review: Tony Leung Finds a Flora Connection in Ildikó Enyedi’s Silent Friend
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Hungarian director Ildikó Enyedi is best known for her 2017 Golden Bear-winning film On Body and Soul, where an unlikely pair of characters met in a dream and, as deer, fell in love. This remarkably tender Berlinale winner is, in...
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Toronto 2025 Review: LEVERS, Perhaps the Unknown Will Save the World
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A community gathers to celebrate the unveiling of a public sculpture. The artist is thanked, the significance recognized, the head of the local arts council praised for her efforts in making this moment happen. But it seems a moment of...
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‘MegaDoc’ Review: A Thrilling Portrait of the Making of Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’
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This anthem of aspiration and struggle leaves no doubt about Coppola’s beliefs. The post ‘MegaDoc’ Review: A Thrilling Portrait of the Making of Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Cover-Up’ Review: Laura Poitras’s Sweeping Tribute to the Power of Investigative Journalism
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The film attests to a craft’s enduring importance at a time when resources for it have declined. The post ‘Cover-Up’ Review: Laura Poitras’s Sweeping Tribute to the Power of Investigative Journalism appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Toronto 2025 Review: EGGHEAD REPUBLIC, An Intern in a Gonzo Land
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Considering the current political situation, it's not too much of a stretch to imagine a world where the Cold War never stopped, and where at one point it turned 'hot' enough for a nuclear bomb to fall, in this case...
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TIFF 2025: Hamlet, Rose of Nevada, No Other Choice
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On three films from TIFF, including the latest from Master Park, a trippy fishing drama, and another adaptation of the Bard.
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