Movies

Focusing on Dan Chase (Jeff Bridges), a former CIA operative forced out of hiding when an old adversary comes looking for him for revenge, “The Old Man” debuted with a sleek pilot—perhaps one of the best of the decade....

Two of the three films in this dispatch were inspired by true events, while the third reflects the dire situation many women face regarding their bodily autonomy across the globe. Director William Goldenberg’s “Unstoppable” tells the remarkable story of...

<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/09/10/rr_20220523_04315_r_wide-d57f1d977a11a8c0fba80e7894c3b8cba778529d.jpg' alt='Aaron Pierre in Rebel Ridge. '/>In Netflix's new film Rebel Ridge, Aaron Pierre plays Terry, a young Black man who enters a small Southern town to post bail for his cousin. But when the local cops seize...

Before anything else, there was that voice. Rich, regal, majestic, magnificent, and instantly recognizable—it seemed to come from a part of Heaven reserved solely for true greatness. Back in the day, it boomed out of your TV, announcing that...

Someone once said, “Mike Leigh doesn’t make bad movies.” I was repeating it in the days leading to the premiere of his latest at TIFF, and his acceptance of the Ebert Director Award—more on that lovely event soon—but the...

One of my favorite subgenres of films to watch at festivals is speculative sci-fi, particularly those from BIPOC filmmakers. Nothing best gets a viewer into a director’s mind than watching a film where they try to prototype the future...

The premieres continued on Friday and Saturday at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, highlighted by deeply personal projects, including another Stephen King adaptation from the man who may be the master of such things, further evidence that Marielle...

TIFF is such a massive festival that it’s remarkably difficult even with a staff as large as ours (five people here with varying assignments) to even get to half of it. And the truth is that with major films...