With something always tantalizingly out of reach, Christian Petzold’s films carry a certain rigor of academic riddles, albeit koans populated by characters nursing their own quiet tragedies. With vibrant interiority, Paula Beer’s melancholic university music student becomes a makeshift bandage for a rural family in the wake of a freak car crash.
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Sirāt rattles the body to shock the soul
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Rian Johnson’s terrific Knives Out mysteries hit peak form with Wake Up Dead Man
The latest Knives Out finds onetime boxer turned small town priest wrapped up in a thorny and inexplicable murder of a controversial Monsignor. A warm embrace in a world of wolves, this third iteration in the ongoing Benoit Blanc series represents a major emotional leap for the franchise while demonstrating its dexterity to reshape itself to meet the the current mood.
TIFF 2025 Dispatches: Wake Up Dead Man, Nouvelle Vague, No Other Choice, Orwell 2+2 = 5, Blue Heron, Poetic License, Fuze
Instant reactions to movies playing at the Toronto International Film Festival, which is in full swing from September 4-14 with celebrities and films flooding downtown.
TIFF 2025 Dispatches: Tuner, Nuestra Tierra, Sound of Falling
Instant reactions to movies playing at the Toronto International Film Festival, which is in full swing from September 4-14 with celebrities and films flooding downtown.
TIFF 2025 Dispatches: Rental Family, Dead Man’s Wire, The Christophers
Instant reactions to movies playing at the Toronto International Film Festival, which is in full swing from September 4-14 with celebrities and films flooding downtown.
TIFF 2025 Dispatches: The Testament of Ann Lee, Miroirs No.3, The Lost Bus
Instant reactions to movies playing at the Toronto International Film Festival, which is in full swing from September 4-14 with celebrities and films flooding downtown.
TIFF 2025 Dispatches: It Was Just An Accident, The Wizard of the Kremlin, Christy, Franz, and Sirât
Instant reactions to movies playing at the Toronto International Film Festival, which is in full swing from September 4-14 with celebrities and films flooding downtown.



