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TIFF Review: The Daughters of Abraham Enthrallingly Captures a Reunion Between Estranged Friends
While visiting family in Marrakesh for the summer, Myriam Achour (Mélissa Guers) and …
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TIFF Review: Yeon Sang-ho’s Paradise Lost Is a Familial Thriller of Dark Secrets
When a bus of thirteen children on their way to summer camp is found empty on the sid…
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TIFF Review: The Surgeon Finds Michelle Yeoh Playing a Dangerous Game of Life or Death
The filmmaker credit isn’t simply attributed to Roshan Sethi. No, The Surgeon was wri…
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TIFF Review: Julián Wonderfully Shows How Children’s Fare Can Convey Complexity
In Jessica Love’s picture book Julián Is a Mermaid , young Julián is introduced while…
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TIFF Review: Everybody Wants to F*ck Me Climaxes Too Early
There is no question that Everybody Wants to F*ck Me is an utterly phenomenal title …
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The Oldest Person in the World Review: A Neverending, Personal Quest
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2026 Sundance coverage. The…
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TIFF Review: The Smell of Apples Is a Meticulous Look at the Shame of Apartheid
Propaganda isn’t just about cultivating an image for outsiders looking in. One might …
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TIFF Review: Tender Loving Care Serves a Familiar Vision of Mike Leigh’s Greatness
So comes the apparent final work of Mike Leigh, Tender Loving Care . With two consecu…
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All of a Sudden Trailer: Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Latest Masterpiece Opens This November
There may be no living filmmaker on a better run than Ryusuke Hamaguchi. With Happy H…
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Venice Review: May el-Toukhy’s Woman Unknown Bridges the Post-War Cinema of Petzold and Verhoeven
The war has just ended and the summer has begun. It’s 1945 in Copenhagen, Denmark, an…
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