Reviews

TIFF 2026 Review

'The Face of Horror' Is a Feminist Art-Horror Fairytale Like No Other

By Katie Rife

Based on an iconic Japanese ghost story, the heightened aesthetics and tragic fatalism of Anna Biller’s latest feminist art-horror film are nothing less than sublime.

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Maybe 'Stranger Things' Should’ve Always Been A Saturday Morning Cartoon

By Dais Johnston

The animated series matures into its own story in Season 2.

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'Resident Evil' Is A New Benchmark For The Video Game Movie

By Chrishaun Baker

Zach Cregger's reboot is proof that video game adaptations don't have to choose between being good or being respectful to the source.

TIFF 2026 Review

'The Face of Horror' Is a Feminist Art-Horror Fairytale Like No Other

By Katie Rife

Based on an iconic Japanese ghost story, the heightened aesthetics and tragic fatalism of Anna Biller’s latest feminist art-horror film are nothing less than sublime.

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Maybe 'Stranger Things' Should’ve Always Been A Saturday Morning Cartoon

By Dais Johnston

The animated series matures into its own story in Season 2.

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'Resident Evil' Is A New Benchmark For The Video Game Movie

By Chrishaun Baker

Zach Cregger's reboot is proof that video game adaptations don't have to choose between being good or being respectful to the source.

TIFF 2026 Review

Get Swept Up in the Terrifying Current of 'River,' Horror’s Next Big Thing

By Katie Rife

Premiering in the Midnight Madness section at TIFF, this excellent new slasher is horror filmmaking at its most elemental.

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'Slow Horses' Season 6 Reaches A New Pinnacle For The Show

By Hoai-Tran Bui

The Apple TV spy show reaches new levels of maturity and complexity in its sixth season.

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In 'Reacher' Season 4, Bigger Was Better

By Mo Mozuch

Forgettable villains undermine a reliably winning formula.

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'The Uprising' Wants To Be A Superhero Origin Story. It’s Better As A Revenge Epic.

By Lyvie Scott

Medieval dadcore cinema gains a worthy — if wobbly — new entry.

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'Chronovisor' Is The Year’s Most Absorbing — and Unusual — Mystery

By Katie Rife

The Da Vinci Code meets Tenet in this odd and appealingly literate mystery-thriller hybrid.

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'The Gentlemen' Season 2 Is Splashy And Stylish Business As Usual

By Kayleigh Donaldson

In Guy Ritchie World, nothing is too ridiculous.

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'Fall 2: Deadpoint' Lands With A Splat

By Katie Rife

The term here is “unforced error.”