Brian Cox & Alan Cumming in Cox’s Directorial Bow
One of our very best actors, Brian Cox, makes a somewhat belated directorial debut with the Toronto world…
Scarlet turns Shakespeare into an animated fantasy epic
Well, I was wrong, and I did manage to make it to one last day at the Toronto…
Hamnet winsToronto Film Festival Oscar Indicative People’s Choice Award
The People’s Choice Award from the just-wrapped 2025 50th Toronto Film Festival has gone to Hamnet, first runner-up is Frankenstein and second runner-up…
Sam Nivola in Bobby Farrelly’s Bland Road Comedy
In introducing his new comedy just ahead of its TIFF world premiere, director Bobby Farrelly noted that Dumb…
George Orwell Documentary ‘2+2=5’ Shows Author’s Relevance To Today
In the last months of his life, writer George Orwell used the final embers of his energy to…
Carmen Maura Stars in Moroccan Domestic Drama
“Calle Malaga” opens with title cards explaining to the audience the history of Tangier’s Spanish population: How, as…
Conflict Photographer Lynsey Addario’s Work Explored In ‘Love+War’
Pulitzer Prize-winning conflict photographer Lynsey Addario has shot some of the most extraordinary images of war in the…
Sam Nivola Stars in a Generic Teen Movie Throwback
In the new comedy “Driver’s Ed,” Sam Nivola (of “White Lotus” incest fame) plays a lovesick high school senior, Jeremy, who…
Alex Winter’s Neo-Noir Satire Comes Up Short
Taking the notion of skeletons in the family closet quite literally, Alex Winter‘s Adulthood sets out to expose…
Movies Are Meeting the Moment but Distributors Are Scared of Palestine
The following article is an excerpt from the new edition of “In Review by David Ehrlich,” a biweekly…
Brian Cox Suffers Kilt Wardrobe Malfunction at Toronto Premiere
Brian Cox, a proud Scotsman, left little to the imagination on Thursday night as he wore a kilt to…
‘The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue’ Review: A Snapshot of 10/7
Undeniably gripping at times, while proving conclusively that any attempt to do an “apolitical” documentary about what happened…