This week in movies! On DIE MY LOVE 👶 "I could feel my arteries sizzling" - Johanna Schneller "oscillates between lyrical observation and psychological suspense" - @peterhowellfilm.bsky.social "It's exhausting." - @lizbraun.bsky.social torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

"FNC feels like the festival that allows for films to have a little room to breathe and to be appreciated on a different level." @intheseats.bsky.social reports from jury duty at Montreal's @nouveaucinema.bsky.social torontofilmcritics.com/features/ref...

This week in movies! On NOUVELLE VAGUE 🎥 "unique and unforgettable" - @intheseats.bsky.social "one of the best films of the year" - Marc Glassman "a panting, heaving, flop-sweat-drenched and years-late ‘in memoriam’ tribute" - @hertzbarry.bsky.social torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

This week in movies! Our critics revolt against the Boss, Bugonia inspires headscratches and laughter, and Blue Moon draws raves for some of the best performances this year. torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

☕️Double double! ☕️ Beginning in our December vote, we are splitting the Outstanding Performance in a Canadian Film award into two awards honouring lead and supporting performances. Because Canada.

How does @viffest.bsky.social define itself in opposition to Toronto? By playing a mix of festival favourites and world premieres in an atmosphere of chill cinephilia, writes @filmfest.bsky.social torontofilmcritics.com/features/rep...

This week in movies! On FRANKENSTEIN 🧌 "del Toro has given us everything we could want in a Frankenstein movie" - @peterhowellfilm.bsky.social "it’s one of his best films" - Jim Slotek "an exquisite corpse" - @hertzbarry.bsky.social torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

Peter Mettler’s retrospective at TIFF Cinematheque continues until October 26. His latest, While The Green Grass Grows, is showing for only the second time. I wrote a few words for @screenanarchy.bsky.social : screenanarchy.com/2025/10/hey-...

This week in movies! On A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE 🧨 "more terrifying than any horror movie" - Johanna Schneller "expertly calibrates the tension" - @peterhowellfilm.bsky.social "Rebecca Ferguson anchors the first act" - @patmullen.bsky.social torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

This week in movies! On THE SMASHING MACHINE 💪 "Johnson does sell his character" - Jim Slotek "extraordinary performances by Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt" - Marc Glassman "stumbles through a series of life events" - @jacksonweaver.bsky.social torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

Battle? More like One Rave Review After Another! Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film leads this week's review round-up. torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

This week in movies! Member reviews include THE HISTORY OF SOUND, HIM, and A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY, plus lots of #TIFF50 postmortems. 🍿 torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

We held our annual pre-TIFF kick-off this year at Tha Phae Tavern, sponsored by TouchwoodPR. Check out some photos of our members and friends from the film scene at the event! torontofilmcritics.com/features/pho...

Hamnet leads our best of the fest poll from @tiffnet.bsky.social as voted by TFCA members. #TIFF50 torontofilmcritics.com/features/mem...

Alexander Mooney reports on Wavelengths, a space that allows filmmakers and cinephiles alike to take risks at @tiffnet.bsky.social #tiff50 torontofilmcritics.com/features/tif...

RIP Graham Greene: the Oscar nominated and Canadian Screen Award winning actor who appeared in films like Dances with Wolves, Seeds, and Maverick has passed away at age 73. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

What films have the buzz heading into @tiffnet.bsky.social? 🐝 @peterhowellfilm.bsky.social polled 53 cinephiles, including several TFCA members, about their top film to see at #TIFF50. www.thestar.com/entertainmen...

TIFF at 50: From wild celebrity moments to films that put Toronto on the map, Brian D. Johnson looks back at milestones in @tiffnet.bsky.social history for Zoomer #TIFF50 everythingzoomer.com/arts-enterta...

This week's round-up is all about #TIFF50! Brian D. Johnson & @peterhowellfilm.bsky.social look back on 50 years of the fest @patmullen.bsky.social @filmfest.bsky.social @smallmind.bsky.social @bgos923.bsky.social & Rachel Ho pick 50 doc highlights torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

This week in movies! On HONEY DON'T ⛔️ "Qualley is deadpan and unflappable" - @lizbraun.bsky.social "Qualley puts on a stellar performance" - Rachel Ho "the cinematic equivalent of a trashy novella" - @intheseats.bsky.social torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

"There was no way we’d do it anywhere else. New York’s a character. It was never discussed, even in somewhere like Toronto." Spike Lee & Denzel Washington tell @hertzbarry.bsky.social about reuniting in NYC for HIGHEST 2 LOWEST www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/ar...

Members @filmfest.bsky.social @smallmind.bsky.social @rachelwest.bsky.social & @patmullen.bsky.social look back at 50 years of TIFF with other local writers. #TIFF50

This week in movies! On RUSSIANS AT WAR 🪖 "a stark and stunning piece of cinema" - @intheseats.bsky.social "an explicitly anti-war, anti-Moscow film" - @hertzbarry.bsky.social "burrows deep into the psychology of war" - @patmullen.bsky.social torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

Tomorrow night at the Paradise Theatre! With Chase Joynt and Amos Mac in person!

This week in movies! On FREAKIER FRIDAY 😱😱 "A solid follow-up" - @joelipsett.bsky.social "so sanitized you could eat off the dialogue" - Thom Ernst "does not reinvent the wheel" - @jacksonweaver.bsky.social torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

This week in movies! On The Naked Gun! 🚨 "giddy as charged" - @chrisknightfilm.bsky.social "would make Leslie Nielsen proud" - Rachel Ho "You’ll find yourself grinning at the screen" - @annebrodie.bsky.social torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

This week in movies! "safe, even by Marvel standards" - Rachel Ho "it’s refreshing to experience" - @peterhowellfilm.bsky.social "the action...is more like the glue that connects scenes of bickering" - Jim Slotek torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

Movies! On Eddington 😷 "a microcosm of society at a specific time and place" - Karen Gordon "reminds us that we’re all still dealing with this crap in more ways than one" - @intheseats.bsky.social "Approach with caution" - @peterhowellfilm.bsky.social torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

This week in movies! On Superman 🤷 "too busy, and too full of characters" - @chrisknightfilm.bsky.social "the storyline is often just silly" - Karen Gordon "The real star of the show is Krypto." - @peterhowellfilm.bsky.social torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

Is a 2009 film one of the must-see movies of summer 2025? Here's @peterhowellfilm.bsky.social on why DOGTOOTH is a top pick for a season full of repeats. www.thestar.com/entertainmen...

This week in movies! On 40 ACRES 🇨🇦 "an exhilarating work" - @smallmind.bsky.social "one of the best films around" - @annebrodie.bsky.social "a vivid and wildly entertaining action film" - Thom Ernst torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

This week in movies! On M3GAN 2.0 🤖 "loaded with callbacks" - Thom Ernst "worse than two straight hours of cheap memes" - @andrewjparker.bsky.social "Jenny Davis...brings the energy level up" - @intheseats.bsky.social torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

Members @smallmind.bsky.social, @rachelwest.bsky.social, @patmullen.bsky.social and other local writers pick the best films of 2025 so far! 📽️

"Love is easy, but what's hard about it is it's easy." Marriska Fernandes finds a match in #Materialists director Celine Song www.cbc.ca/arts/in-the-...

This week in movies! On ELIO 👽 "a joyous, tragic, miracle of creativity" - @jacksonweaver.bsky.social "a coming-of-age tale that flips the E.T. narrative" - @peterhowellfilm.bsky.social "speaks to adults as well" - Karen Gordon torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

Toronto: His Father's Son, a lovely generational story about an Iranian-Canadian family, opens Friday at the Scotiabank Theatre. I'll be moderating Q & A's at a couple screenings this weekend with the really talented cast and crew. Come out! youtu.be/9iItuhOQfbM?...

This week in movies! On MATERIALISTS 💒 "intimate, elegant, assured; there are silences, and not a word is wasted" - Johanna Schneller "Song leans heavily on the script" - @bgos923.bsky.social "fun and satisfying" - Karen Gordon torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

On THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME 🚂 "a frustrating, crushing disappointment" - @hertzbarry.bsky.social "Cera delivers the nutty yuks we used to expect of Anderson" - @peterhowellfilm.bsky.social "beautifully designed in a modernist fashion" - Marc Glassman torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

In this week's round-up, our members review new releases including TWO WOMEN, BRING HER BACK, and BEAUTIFUL EVENING, BEAUTIFUL DAY, plus take a look at the Canadian Screen Awards, Blue Mountain Film Festival, and the NFB's new strategic plan torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

On the Return of Jafar and Predictable Overhype: @filmfest.bsky.social reports on #Cannes2025 where true standouts included Sentimental Value, Sirât, and Dangerous Animals torontofilmcritics.com/features/can...

As Cannes gets ready to award the Palme d'Or, @peterhowellfilm.bsky.social picks the best films of this year's festival, from award-calibre Jennifer Lawrence to the 19-minutes-of-clapping worthy SENTIMENTAL VALUE #Cannes2025 www.thestar.com/entertainmen...

This week in movies! On #TheFinalReckoning "doesn’t quite match the summer-popcorn insanity of the last one" - @chrisknightfilm.bsky.social "an interminable slog" - @lizbraun.bsky.social "clunky and confusing" - @jacksonweaver.bsky.social torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

Movies! On HURRY UP TOMORROW 💩 "does not feel the burden or responsibility of entertaining an audience" - @jacksonweaver.bsky.social "a wealthy man’s unhinged diary entry interpreted into images by a sentient bag of cocaine" - @andrewjparker.bsky.social torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

This week in movies! On SHARP CORNER 🚗 "absorbing, uncomfortable" - Kim Hughes "puts us in a peculiar state of mind" - @annebrodie.bsky.social "as rewarding as it is chilling" - @andrewjparker.bsky.social torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

After several rounds of black smoke during our spring conclave, we have white smoke! Please join us in welcoming @bgos923.bsky.social and Winnie Wang as members! torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

This week in movies, our members review: -Bonjour Tristesse 📖 -Another Simple Favor 🍸 -Thunderbolts* ⚡️ -Hot Docs' home stretch 🌭 And more! torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

This week in movies! On THE SHROUDS 🧠 "as intimate as anything in the director’s body of work" - Brian D. Johnson "despite its goofier elements, The Shrouds moves you" - José Teodoro "a grand syllabus of Cronenberg Studies" - @hertzbarry.bsky.social torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

This week in movies! On THE WEDDING BANQUET 💒 "crowd pleasing entertainment done right" - @andrewjparker.bsky.social "never finds its comedic footing" - Karen Gordon "hits all the right notes" - Gilbert Seah torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

Are you holding space for Canadian film today? 🇨🇦#CanFilmDay www.cbc.ca/arts/holding...

RIP Ted Kotcheff, director of classics such as The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz and Weekend at Bernie's www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/ar...