Friendship is messy. Sasha Leigh Henry’s Dinner With Friends peels back the layers of love, betrayal, and resilience as eight longtime friends reunite for a series of dinner parties that reveal both the beauty and the fractures of adulthood.
Faith, fate, and prophecy collide in Oca, a poetic debut from Karla Badillo that turns a nun’s pilgrimage into a game of chance and survival.
Clement Virgo’s Steal Away is a layered coming-of-age drama that blends desire, culture, and survival.
Motor City is a gritty, stylish revenge thriller where the score often speaks louder than the characters, turning minimal dialogue into a driving force for tension and atmosphere.
Jodie Foster delivers a magnetic French-language performance in Rebecca Zlotowski’s A Private Life, a darkly intimate tale of disconnection, grief, and blurred realities.
Ralph Fiennes leads Nicholas Hytner’s The Choral, a poignant WWI-era drama that explores music as both refuge and resistance.
TIFF turns 50 and the stars are aligning as they are ready to set the tone for awards season.
From her Oscar-nominated turn as Tina Turner in What’s Love Got to Do with It to cultural touchstones like Waiting to Exhale, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, and Black Panther, Bassett has embodied resilience and brilliance for more than three decades.