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Toronto 2026 Review: THE SMELL OF APPLES, Subtle, Unsettling Coming-of-Age Drama Under Apartheid
John Trengove adapts Mark Behr's novel into a restrained, disquieting coming-of-age drama that filters apartheid-era privilege, racial hierarchy and paternal idealization through a child's limited understanding.
Toronto 2026 Review: WOMAN UNKNOWN, Provocative Drama of Survival and Retribution
May el-Toukhy's film, by virtue of winning the Golden Lion, is an automatic entrant into the Best International Film Oscar race.
Toronto 2026: Wrap -- All Our Coverage (So Far)
Our curtain raiser, our reviews, our poster columns, and an interview.
Toronto 2026 Review: MARIE MADELEINE, An Unforgettable Experience
Géssica Généus directs and stars.
Toronto 2026 Review: THE UNKNOWN, Elevated Body-Swap Thriller Is A Magisterial Masterwork
Léa Seydoux and Niels Schneider lead Oscar-winner Arthur Harari's mind-bending thriller.
Toronto 2026 Review: UNION TOWN, The Power Divide Is Real
With Union Town, master documentarian Barbara Kopple completes a trilogy she began with the Oscar winning documentaries Harlan County, U.S.A. (1976) and American Dream (1990). From the coal mines of Kentucky to the factories of the Midwest, Kopple shifts her focus to New York...
Toronto 2026 Interview: DIARY OF A MAD OLD MAN Director Wayne Wang on Adapting Junichiro Tanizaki, Bringing Chinese and Japanese Stars Together
Director, producer and screenwriter Wayne Wang reflects on desire, ageing and psychological temptation in what may be his final film.
Toronto 2026 Review: THE DEBUT, Community Theater Satire Is a Feature Length SNL Skit
Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti lead Jesse Eisenberg's musical comedy for A24.
Toronto 2026 Review: NOBODY'S VIOLENCE, Profoundly Engaging, Genre-Shattering, Surreal Investigation
Veteran Canadian avant garde filmmaker, Denis Côté once stated that he measures the success of his works by the number of walk-outs. It's doubtful that his wish will be satisfied with his latest. Nobody's Violence (Violence du corps de l'autre)...
Toronto 2026 Review: LA BOLA NEGRA, Netflix's Ambitious War Epic Is Destined To Be an Awards Juggernaut
Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi's Cannes award-winner is a visually splendid historical drama.
Toronto 2026 Review: DIARY OF A MAD OLD MAN Turns Erotic Obsession Into an Anti-Erotic Meditation
Wayne Wang returns to literary adaptation with a disquieting chamber drama in which senescence becomes its own form of erotic suspense.
Toronto 2026 Review: ALL OF A SUDDEN, Gently Drawing the Viewer Into More Difficult Realities
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's latest, All of a Sudden is a revelation. A meditation on the everyday lives of his characters and the weightier ideas orbiting them, the film transcends the experiences and ideas it presents. Considering that the film glides between...
Toronto 2026 Review: HA-CHAN, SHAKE YOUR BOOTY!, Beautiful, Vibrant Portrait of Loss and Romance
Rinko Kikuchi stars in filmmaker Josef Kubota Wladyka's beautiful, vibrant, quirky, weird, imaginative, and genuinely moving portrait of moving on from devastating loss.
