Reel Reviews | Hedda
Tessa Thompson delivers one of the most emotionally charged performances of her career in Hedda, Nia DaCosta’s lush reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play.
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Reel Reviews | Lucky Lu (TIFF ’25)
What would you sacrifice to keep a dream alive? In Lloyd Lee Choi’s gripping debut Lucky Lu, a food delivery driver’s world unravels over 48 hours after his bike is stolen, threatening not just his livelihood but the family future he has fought to build.
Reel Reviews | Copper (TIFF ’25)
A mine worker’s quiet life in rural Mexico takes an unexpected turn when he stumbles upon a dead body in Nicolás Pereda’s Copper.
Reel Reviews | Ky Nam Inn (TIFF ’25)
In Leon Le’s Ky Nam Inn, a young translator and a widowed cook find solace in post-war Saigon. Subtle, poetic, and quietly haunting, the film trades melodrama for glances, silences, and unspoken longing.
Reel Reviews | Still Single (TIFF ’25)
Still Single peels back the pristine surface of Chef Masaki Saito’s two-star Michelin world, revealing contradictions as sharp as his knife work.
Reel Reviews | The Fox King (TIFF ’25)
Fraternal twins bound by an unspoken language face abandonment, bullying, and the arrival of a mysterious teacher in Ming Jin Woo’s The Fox King.
Reel Reviews | Renoir (TIFF ’25)
Chie Hayakawa’s Renoir revisits Tokyo in 1987 through the eyes of 11-year-old Fuki, a sensitive child caught between her father’s terminal illness and the turbulence of growing up.
FilmGordon Radio | TIFF Recap
by Tim Gordon In the latest episode of Keeping It Reel with FilmGordon, we dive headfirst into the cinematic whirlwind of the Toronto International Film [read more]