The Secret Agent: 70s-Era Brazilian Thriller with an Absurdist Twist One of the Year’s Best
ReviewJim SlotekThe Secret Agent, TIFF '25, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Wagner Moura, Alice Carvahlo, Maria Fernando Cândido, Brazilian, Drama, Thriller, Political thriller, Portuguese, Cannes
Eternity: Till Death Do Us Part? Not So Fast!
By Chris Knight
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Original-Cin Chat: Zacharias Kunuk on Trolls, The Fog Lady, and True Love in Wrong Husband
ReviewJim SlotekZacharias Kunuk, TIFF '25, Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband), Canadian films, Canadian films at TIFF, Theresia Kappianaq, Haiden Angutimarik, Inuit directors, Drama, Fable, Indigenous storytelling
Original-Cin Q&A: Meadowlarks Director, Star on Unravelling a Fraught Indigenous Story
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekMeadowlarks, TIFF '25, Tasha Hubbard, Michael Greyeyes, Carmen Moore, Alex Rice, Michelle Thrush, Indigenous storytelling, Drama, Canadian, Based on a true story
Original-Cin Q&A: Sentimental Value’s Starry Cast Discusses their Acclaimed Drama
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekSentimental Value, Cannes, TIFF '25, Elle Fanning, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World, Joachim Trier, Drama, Family drama
It Was Just an Accident: A Profound Movie Asking Big Questions About Morality
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekIt Was Just an Accident, TIFF '25, Jafar Panahi, Vahid Mobasseri, Ebrahim Azizi, Marian Afshari, Ali Elyasmher, Majid Panahi, Hadis Pakbaten, Iranian film, Palme d’Or at Cannes
Blue Moon: More Bothered Than Bewitched
ReviewJim SlotekBlue Moon, TIFF '25, Richard Linklater, Robert Kaplow, Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Scott, Drama, Rodgers and Hart
Chat: Linklater, Hawke, Cannavale and Scott on Blue Moon and the Heartbreak of Lorenz Hart
InterviewJim SlotekBlue Moon, TIFF '25, Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Scott, Margaret Qualley, True Story, Rodgers and Hart, Broadway
Ballad of a Small Player: Colin Farrell Is the Ghost in the Casino in this Gambling Thriller
By Chris Knight
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Good Fortune: Stacked Cast Elevates Ambling and Indebted Story
Roofman: When Truth Is Stranger, and Perhaps Less Chipper, Than Fiction
Peak Everything: It’s The End of the World (and the Fest) As We Know It
By Chris Knight
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Eleanor The Great: How We Grieve and the Stories We Tell Propels Gentle Indie Dramedy
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekTIFF '25, Eleanor The Great, Scarlett Johansson, June Squibb, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Will Price, Jessica Hecht, Erin Kellyman, Drama, Comedy
Original-Cin Q&A: Scarlett Johansson on Wrangling Grief (and Actors) in Eleanor the Great
InterviewJim SlotekEleanor the Great, TIFF '25, Scarlett Johansson, June Squibb, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Erin Kellyman, Films about grief, Drama, Comedy, Dramedy
That’s A Wrap! The Highs and Lows of TIFF ’25 (with a P.S. to Organizers)
By Original-Cin Staff
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Review, ViewsJim SlotekBad Apples, No Other Choice, Frankenstein, Glenrothan, Dust Bunny, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, TIFF '25, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, Canceled: The Paula Deen Story, Sirât, Tuner, Easy’s Waltz, Adulthood, The Wizard of the Kremlin, Eternal Return, Hamnet, Gala Presentations, Special Presentations, Midnight Madness, Discovery, Centrepiece, TIFF Docs, Platform
TIFF ’25: What to See at This Year’s Fest, Sept. 13 and Sept. 14
By Original-Cin Staff
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ReviewJim SlotekTIFF '25, Peak Everything, Gala Presentations, Eternal Return, Special Presentations, Degrassi: Whatever It Takes, TIFF Docs, Dead Lover, Midnight Madness, Cenceled: The Paula Deen Story, Ballad of a Small Player, Karmadonna, Dramas, The Ugly, Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery, Canceled: The Paula Deen Story
TIFF ’25: What to See at This Year’s Fest, Sept. 11
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ReviewJim SlotekAdulthood, Gala Presentations, Eternity, Hamnet, I Swear, Centrepiece, John Candy: I Like Me, Junk World, Midnight Madness, Mama, TIFF '25, Obsession, Palimpsest: The Story of a Name, Wayward, Primetime, Whistle, TIFF Docs, The Wizard of the Kremlin, The Last One for the Road, Glenrothan, Fuck My Son!
TIFF ’25: What to See at This Year’s Fest, Sept. 9
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ReviewJim SlotekTIFF '25, Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband), Special Presentations, Nouvelle Vague, Nomad Shadow, Centrepiece, Mile End Kicks, Irkalla: Gilgamesh’s Dream, Flana, TIFF Docs, Good News, A Private Life, & Sons, Lucky Lu, Three Goodbyes, There Are No Words
TIFF ’25: What to See at This Year’s Fest, Sept. 6
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ReviewJim SlotekTIFF '25, Laundry, Discovery, Little Lorraine, Still Single, TIFF Docs, Lovely Day, Dandelion’s Odyssey, Centrepiece, Special Presentations, Sirât, Fuze, Gala Presentations, The Eagle Obsession
Films We Can’t Wait to See at TIFF ‘25
By Original-Cin Staff
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PreviewJim SlotekHamnet, TIFF '25, Frankenstein, No Other Choice, Nuremberg, Roofman, Tuner, Karmadonna, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Critic's Pick, It Was Just an Accident, Sentimental Value, The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue, Ballad of a Small Player, Eleanor the Great, Glenrothan, Left-Handed Girl, Retreat
