Set in 1964 and 1965, “The Featherweight” is a stylistically daring movie about an aging real-life boxer, Willie Pep (James…
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Larry Karaszewski remembers it like it was yesterday. He and his writing partner, Scott Alexander, were having lunch in the…
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A year ago, I wrote about the real challenges the Toronto International Film Festival has faced in trying to reclaim its spot…
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The revelation that purple-suited witch Agatha Harkness was the secret antagonist of “WandaVision” was a pleasantly surprising twist for the…
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The notion of a Batman show without the Batman is nothing new—we’re decades now into a bevy of largely unsuccessful…
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There’s something twisty in the air. There were a number of films at TIFF this year that were designed to…
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In my final dispatch from this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, I watched three films about families in crisis. In…
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Honestly, I wish I could carve out time for more documentaries at TIFF. With over 200 films, it’s a massive…
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At first glance, it would seem that Muriel (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and her soon-to-be brother-in-law Julius (Jacob Elordi) might be harboring…
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Don’t go into “How to Die Alone” expecting a laugh a minute. There are jokes, to be sure, and star…
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