‘Ink’ Review: Danny Boyle’s Disappointing Indictment of Tabloid Journalism Barely Scratches the Surface [TIFF 26]

Beyond the use of AI slop, Danny Boyle’s ‘Ink’ does little to interrogate the figures at the heart of his indictment of tabloid journalism.

Festival Review, TIFF, Movie ReviewMaxance VincentSeptember 19, 2026Ink, Danny Boyle, Movie Review, Drama, TIFFComment

'Tender Loving Care' Review: A Deft Denouement For A Legend [TIFF 2026]

Mike Leigh, one of our modern greats, leaves us with a incredibly personal and aptly tender farewell film in ‘Tender Loving Care’.

TIFF, Festival ReviewArjun PersaudSeptember 16, 2026TIFF 2026, Mike Leigh, Kate O'Flynn, Tender Loving Care, British, Drama, Final FilmComment

‘Bunker’ Review: Florian Zeller Makes Yet Another Horrendous Melodrama [TIFF 2026]

Despite impassioned performances by Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, Florian Zeller has proven incapable of making thought-provoking films as his flop streak continues with ‘Bunker’.

Festival Review, TIFF, Drama, Movie ReviewMaxance VincentSeptember 15, 2026Bunker, Reviews, TIFF, Drama, Florian ZellerComment

'I Play Rocky' Review: A Blithe Biopic, Retelling a Great Underdog Story [TIFF 2026]

Director Peter Farrelly decides to tell the underdog story behind the underdog story in a heartwarming, albeit low-stakes award contender, ‘I Play Rocky’.

'Paradise Lost' Review: Dealing With Loss in the World of A.I. [TIFF 2026]

Someone, someday, and honestly maybe they already have, will tell a good story and execute a good film surrounding this premise. Unfortunately, ‘Paradise Lost’ is not that film.

'Love Of Your Life' Review: A Quaint Character Study [TIFF 2026]

Director Rachel Morrison’s sophomore outing, ‘Love Of Your Life’ retains the emotional sensibilities of her knockout debut, albeit in a somewhat dull story.

Drama, Festival Review, TIFFArjun PersaudSeptember 14, 2026Love of your life, Margaret Qualley, margaret qualley, rachel morrison, tiff 2026, TIFF 26, DramaComment

'The Julia Set' Review: A Sweet But Cliché Taste of Academia [TIFF 2026]

Despite pushing a sweet message and starring the unquestionably talented Chase Infiniti, ‘The Julia Set’ falls flat, overladen with common academic clichés and cartoonish characterizations.

‘Being Heumann’ Review: Sian Heder Tackles Watershed Moment in Disability Rights’ History with Mixed Results [TIFF 2026]

Impassioned performances from Ruth Madeley and Mark Ruffalo save Sian Heder’s ‘Being Heumann’ from being a misfire, but the film’s flaws stick out like a sore thumb.

Drama, Festival Review, TIFFMaxance VincentSeptember 13, 2026Being Heumann, the predator premiere tiff, TIFF 26, Judy Heumann, Sian Hader, Mark RuffaloComment

'Everybody Wants to F*ck Me' Review: A Searing Portrait of the Performative Male [TIFF 2026]

‘Everybody Wants to F*ck Me’ is a satirical look into manipulation in the dating world, which will surely strike a chord of truth with many viewers that are currently swiping on apps and suffering through first dates.

‘River’ Review - Joshua Giuliano’s Relentless Debut Effort Is A Masterclass In Slasher Tension [TIFF 2026]

The slasher genre welcomes a new force with ‘River’, a unique project that refuses to take its foot off the gas pedal.

Festival Review, Horror, TIFFJoseph SimonSeptember 12, 2026River, Jane Levy, Max Mattern, Joshua Giuliano, TIFF, TIFF 26Comment

‘Everest: The Other Side’ Review: A Vertigo-Inducing IMAX Experience [TIFF 2026]

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s ‘Everest: The Other Side’ will make your palms sweat and your heart race by simply showing an extreme sport you’ve likely never seen realized this way.

Festival Review, Documentary, TIFFMaxance VincentSeptember 12, 2026Everest: The Other Side, Documentary, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, TIFFComment

‘Fjord’ Review: The Family Tie Is Unraveled in Cristian Mungiu’s Remarkable Social Drama [TIFF 2026]

Cristian Mungiu’s ‘Fjord’ delivers a beautiful yet deeply isolating and singular narrative about a family in crisis, making for one of this year’s best.

Drama, Festival Review, TIFFJoseph SimonSeptember 11, 2026Fjord, TIFF 26, TIFF 2026Comment

'Clarissa' Review: A Meticulously Stylized Mrs. Dalloway Adaptation [TIFF 2026]

‘Clarissa’, the latest film from Arie and Chuko Esiri, which swaps Virginia Woolf’s 1920’s London for both a contemporary and 1980’s/90’s Nigeria in a brilliant reimagining of the classic.

Drama, Festival Review, TIFFArjun PersaudSeptember 11, 2026Clarissa, Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri, Mrs Dalloway, Sophie Okonedo, Ayo EdebiriComment

‘Someone’s Daughter’ Review: An Underwhelming Survival Thriller [Fantasia 2026]

Despite an alluring visual language and decent performances from both Pascale Bussières and François Arnaud, filmmaker Wiebke von Carolsfeld’s ‘Someone’s Daughter’ seems afraid to explore the central topic at the heart of the movie.

‘Nightborn’ Review: A Clumsy and Irritating Folk Horror Film [Fantasia 2026]

While Seidi Haarla gives filmmaker Hannah Bergholm’s ‘Nightborn’ a real dramatic heft, this Cheval Noir-award winning picture quickly bludgeons the audience with the same old tropes, ideas and irritating shrieks that ultimately signify nothing.

Festival Review, Movie Review, HorrorMaxance VincentAugust 2, 2026Nightborn, Hanna Bergholm, Horror, Movie Review, Fantasia 2026Comment

‘I Love Paris’ Review: The Next Great Mockumentary is Here [Fantasia 2026]

Thanks to its committed performances and an impeccably controlled aesthetic palette, director Nicky Murphy gives us a mockumentary for the ages in ‘I Love Paris’, which can even put What We Do In the Shadows to shame.

Comedy, Festival Review, Movie ReviewMaxance VincentJuly 29, 2026I Love Paris, Nicky Murphy, Comedy, Fantasia 2026, Movie ReviewComment

‘Corpus’ Review: Corrin Evans’ Debut is a Strikingly Indecipherable Object [Fantasia 2026]

While not without its flaws, filmmaker Corrin Evans strikes the screen with the aesthetically invigorating and thematically rich ‘Corpus’, one of the major highlights of this year’s Fantasia Cheval Noir section.

Movie Review, Festival Review, HorrorMaxance VincentJuly 29, 2026Corpus, Fantasia 2026, Movie Reviews, Horror, Corrin EvansComment

‘You Are the Film’ Review: Makoto Ueda’s Meta-Comedy is a Hoot [Fantasia 2026]

While brief, Makoto Ueda crafts a highly playful meta-comedy with ‘You Are the Film’ and awakens our innate love of cinema as a unifying art form.

Festival Review, Comedy, Movie ReviewMaxance VincentJuly 27, 2026You Are the Film, Makoto Ueda, Comedy, Fantasia 2026Comment

‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ Review: Schoenbrun Deconstructs Slasher Cinema In This Brilliantly Subversive Satire [Fantasia 2026]

Jane Schoenbrun tackles a lot in ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ that it almost feels like it’s going to collapse in on itself, until it doesn’t and opens up in ways you never expected from the outset.

‘It Was Just an Accident’ Review: Jafar Panahi’s Most Essential Act of Resistance

Jafar Panahi crafts his most daring film yet with the Palme d’Or-winning ‘It Was Just an Accident.’ With an admittedly simple premise, the Iranian filmmaker defies authority with simple gestures that speak louder than a thousand words.

Movie Review, Festival Review, DramaMaxance VincentOctober 25, 2025It was Just an Accident, jafar panahi, iranian film, iranComment