The Toronto International Film Festival is back for its milestone fiftieth year, with ample spectacle lined up to celebrate the festival’s legacy of championing public accessibility to see world cinema’s finest. FilmSpeak has compiled a list of titles everyone should be excited to see, ranging in pre-fest popularity and program types.

Blumhouse’s latest horror sensation THE WOMAN IN THE YARD will be available on Blu ray and DVD on May 27, 2025. Own the supernatural tale of fear and the unknown with never-before-seen extras including a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film.

Blumhouse and Universal brings you the at-home release, of ‘The WolfMan’ which contains over 30 minutes of behind-the-scenes content, including a peek at the terrifying transformation, breakdowns of the gnarly action & scares scenes throughout the film, and much more! 

In honour of its ten-year anniversary, Interstellar gets an IMAX re-release. While its reputation has not dimmed since 2014, the world has undergone a myriad of changes, for better or worse. With all that change, does it influence how one looks back on this sci-fi epic?

Leaves fall, rain begins to freeze, and the Toronto International Film Festival rolls around once more. We’re here to give you a peek behind the curtain before the festival kicks things off this Thursday, so that you can know what to expect from this year’s slate.

In many ways, the last explosive moments of Spike Spiegal’s shoot out in ’Cowboy Bebop’ defines how life cannot exist without chaos. We examine how the show and Spike’s character reflects the weight of life we all often carry.

‘Affliction’ tells the story of a mentally unstable local police officer, Wade Whitehouse played by Nick Nolte, who while in the midst of a divorce. Reexamining this lost work, we can study the effects of trauma, and how it is never easily overcome.

‘The Counselor’, which was so written by Cormac McCarthy as a screenplay, explores a terrain through the arrogance of a person who thinks that they can fix all the damage that led them down a dark path. But much like other McCarthy works, there was no undoing the mistakes that sowed the seeds of their own demise.

To celebrate the at home digital release of ‘IF’, and courtesy of our friends at Paramount Canada, FilmSpeak is giving the chance to win an ‘IF’ PRIZE PACK, including a digital code of the film! Click now for contest details. Contest closes June 23rd 2024.