All Reviews articles
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Reviews‘Onwards And Sideways’ review: Rhys Ifans and Laura Linney form a bittersweet bond in John Madden’s poignant Parkinson’s drama
Madden’s latest work premieres in Toronto before opening in the UK on November 16
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Reviews‘Alpha Gang’ review: Chris Pine, Léa Seydoux and Cate Blanchett are stylish alien invaders in diverting, overstretched sci-fi
Dave Bautista, Lily-Rose Depp and Riley Keough also star in the Zellner brothers’ follow-up to ‘Sasquatch Sunset’
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Reviews‘Prima Facie’ review: Cynthia Erivo takes the stand in underwhelming adaptation of acclaimed one-woman play
The film premieres in Toronto before heading to London
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Reviews‘Masc’ review: A raw, unguarded performance from Joshua Griffin powers sensitive London-set study of masculinity
The bold debut feature from Swedish visual artist Bertil Nilsson bows in Toronto Platform
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Reviews‘The Life And Deaths Of Wilson Shedd’ review: Amanda Seyfried and Scoot McNairy lead sober prison drama
Tim Blake Nelson’s latest feature premieres as a Toronto Gala Presentation
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Reviews‘The Debut’ review: A superb Julianne Moore takes centre stage in Jesse Eisenberg’s wry community theatre comedy
Eisenberg’s follow-up to Oscar-winner ‘A Real Pain’ also stars an impressive Paul Giamatti
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Reviews‘Misty Green’ review: A scorching performance from Rosalind Eleazar powers Chris Rock’s thorny Hollywood satire
Rock’s Toronto Gala Prentation also stars Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya and Anna Kendrick
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Reviews‘I Play Rocky’ review: Peter Farrelly turns story behind Sylvester Stallone’s breakout into a sentimental, uninspiring pastiche
Anthony Ippolito plays Stallone alongside a cast that also includes Tracy Letts, Jay Duplass and AnnaSophia Robb
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Reviews‘Babies’ review: Seth Rogen and Anna Kendrick face a big decision in likable LA crowdpleaser
Issa Rae and David Strathairn also star in Lauren Miller Rogen’s Toronto Gala Presentation premiere
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Reviews’Brace Your Heart’ review: Quietly powerful exploration of trauma and community in a remote Swedish mountain village
Amanda Kernell follows Charter and Sámi Blood with nuanced tale of a female Sámi reindeer herder struggling to make her mark
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Reviews‘Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother’ review: Mahershala Ali is outstanding as a Muslim assassin in Bassam Tariq’s audacious follow-up to ‘Mogul Mowgli’
The film premieres as a Toronto Special Presentation before heading to London
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Reviews‘Up Against It’ review: Trudie Styler’s aggressively sentimental tearjerker fails to make the most of stars Antonio Banderas and Eva Birthistle
Toronto Gala Presentation title takes a glossy approach to its thorny material
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Reviews‘The Assassin(s)’ review: Hur Jin-ho turns 1974 assassination attempt on South Korean president into gripping, propulsive thriller
Yoo Hai-jin, Park Hae-il and Lee Min-ho star in the director’s follow-up to ’A Normal Family’
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Reviews‘Everybody Wants To F*ck Me’ review: A committed Taron Egerton boosts London-set sex comedy
Jonathan Schey’s feature debut premieres as a Toronto Special Presentation
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Reviews‘Wild, Wild East’ review: Second World War thriller set in occupied Poland starts strong but can’t sustain its intrigue
Jan Holubek’s Venice Platform premiere is part Western, part noir.
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Reviews‘Faith’ review: Erin Doherty and James McAvoy drive delicate, genre-fluid exploration of grief and the unknown
Paul Andrew Williams’ wrenching follow-up to Dragonfly bows as a Toronto Special Presentation
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Reviews‘A Long Winter’ review: A sheltered young man faces a seismic shift in Andrew Haigh’s masterful 1950s Rocky Mountain drama
Haigh follows All Of Us Strangers and 45 Years with this atmospheric study of a splintering family
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Reviews‘Lovers In The Blue Night’ review: Anapurna Roy’s modest second feature interweaves migrant lives and loves in Mumbai
Roy returns to Venice Horizons after winning the best director prize in 2025 for her debut film Songs Of Forgotten Trees
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Reviews‘A Bit Of Light’ review: Ali Asgari’s profoundly affecting drama finds hope amid despair in contemporary Tehran
The Iranian filmmaker makes his Venice Competition debut with the story of a doctor pushed to breaking point
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Reviews‘Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing’ review: Cinematic, empathetic doc gets in the ring with Japan’s most iconic sport
Erik Shirai’s absorbing film will next play London after berths in Telluride and Venice