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‘Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo’ Review: Takashi Miike Can’t Elevate an Uneven Entry Into an Unlikely Franchise

TIFF: The Japanese genre legend brings some, but not enough, of his signature style to this yakuza neo-noir.

‘Wild Wild East’ Review: Jan Holoubek’s Nazi-Era Noir Western from Poland Loses Its Nerve

TIFF: The Polish director’s latest sets up a compelling moral morass but settles for easy answers to its thorny questions.

Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred review - A compelling conclusion delivered with a panache that proves Blizzard still got it

Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred has, without question, been one of my most anticipated releases of 2026.

Forza Horizon 6 review - The driving game for everyone still can’t seem to escape its car-collecting legacy

There is this idea that, for a long-running series to remain as consistently popular as Forza Horizon has been, it needs to diminish itself somewhat with each new entry, gradually losing more and more of its edge in a bid to appeal to the widest possible audience. Read more

‘Gauri does aarti’: Shah Rukh Khan reveals family’s Ganesh Chaturthi plans, Dhurandhar review

Valve Steam Frame Review: Competent as a standalone VR, but wireless streaming remains the focus

Valve has been ramping up its hardware releases during 2026, with the Steam Controller launching this past spring, followed by the Steam Machine earlier this summer.

Wild Horse Nine Review: John Malkovich And Sam Rockwell Are A Great Duo In Martin McDonagh's Subversive Modern Western

Martin McDonagh's Wild Horse Nine, with John Malkovich And Sam Rockwell, is a wonderfully written, beautifully performed elegy of a film.

‘The Last Photograph’ Review: Zack Snyder’s Striking Images Can’t Save A Hollow, Calamitous Misfire [TIFF]

“ The Last Photograph ” is, in many ways, an extraordinary departure for Zack Snyder .

‘Ancestors’ Review: Éanna Hardwicke Mesmerizes But David Turpin’s Queer Drama Fades Fast [TIFF]

TORONTO – In a massive year for LGBTQ+ movies from around the globe , “Ancestors” is sadly one of the few misses.

‘Woman Unknown’ Review: 2026’s Golden Lion Winner Is A Tense Post-WWII Thriller About Complicity & Complexity [Venice]

At the outset of “Woman Unknown,” the titular character in question is not just a mystery to others and herself.

‘Prima Facie’ Review: Cynthia Erivo Captivates But Something Is Lost In This Stage-To-Screen Adaptation [TIFF]

TORONTO – Perhaps the best compliment you can give a play adapted into a film is that, on the big screen, it didn’t seem like it originated on the stage.

‘The Life And Deaths Of Wilson Shedd’ Review: Amanda Seyfried & Scoot McNairy Are Extraordinary In Tim Blake Nelson’s Unflinching Prison Drama [TIFF]

Walt Whitman’s famous declaration, “I contain multitudes,” has been quoted so often that it has almost lost its poetry, much less its more unsettling implications.

‘All That She Wants’ Review: Annie Murphy & Cooper Raiff Give The Indie Romantic Comedy A Much-Needed Jolt [TIFF]

TORONTO – There has been much Sturm und Drang over the past few decades over the death of the studio romantic comedy.

‘Misty Green’ Review: Rosalind Eleazar & Daniel Kaluuya Are Magnetic In Chris Rock’s Messy Hollywood Satire [TIFF]

In “ Misty Green ,” an acclaimed, talented, and dynamic actress is done dirty by an industry that, despite some occasional half-hearted gestures about giving her another shot, is mostly content to cast her aside.

‘Future Tense’ Review: Jenna Cato Bass Reimagines Time Travel As A Provocative Colonial Reckoning [TIFF]

If time travel were real, would going back and killing Hitler be its most pertinent use to undo a historical injustice?

Steam Frame review: Another best-in-class VR headset by Valve, though virtual realities clash with economic ones

It's a strange time to be selling a new VR headset, and maybe an even stranger time to be buying one.

Everybody Wants to F*ck Me – first-look review

When Taron Egerton’s nice guy becomes irresistible to every woman he meets overnight, Jonathan Schey’s takedown of performative allyship doesn’t quite escape being a performance of its own. ]]>

The Face of Horror – first-look review

Anna Biller’s long-awaited follow-up to her cult classic The Love Witch adapts the famous Japanese ghost story Yotsuya Kaidan for 14th-century England. ]]>

Queen at Sea review – a harrowing vision of the future

Lance Hammer's long-awaited follow-up to Ballast is a harrowing yet vital tale of dementia, family and the limits of consent. ]]>

Oasis – first-look review

Three teenagers develop unusual methods for exploring their emotions in Jannis Lenz's drama. ]]>

Misty Green – first-look review

Chris Rock’s latest feature leans hard on Rosalind Eleazar’s lead performance as a fading actress to carry a plot that rarely rises to meet her. ]]>

Bad Apples review – twisted black comedy

Saoirse Ronan stars as a burnt-out teacher in this gleefully unhinged satire on a jolted system that’s as funny as it is unsettling. ]]>

Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore? review – a joyous time machine for the faithful

Garth Jennings mines a treasure trove of archive footage in this joyous concert film, proving Pulp’s magic can’t be replicated. ]]>

Steam Frame review

The Steam Frame is a great way to game in virtual reality.

The World's Strongest Witch Volumes 1-2 Light Novel Review

In a world where only she can see the strategy guide, no one will be able to stand up to this witch’s skills, her weapons, her charisma, or her luck!

Emmy TV Review: Host Mariska Hargitay Let Down By Skits, Script & Taylor Swift Cameo Way Below ‘Law & Order: SVU’ Star’s Pay Grade

The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards had a distinct bicoastal approach Monday night, and let’s be honest, something truly got lost along the way, to put it politely.

I Play Rocky Review

I Play Rocky review: Which came first, the Rocky or the Sly?

Back to Buenos Aires – first-look review

Marcho Bechis' tense drama documents a man's return to a country where he endured brutal treatment in order to testify against the perpatrators. ]]>

Mariska Hargitay Leads a Brisk Yet Celebratory Emmys in a Return to Form: TV Review

Last year, the Emmys bet on an unorthodox host in Nate Bargatze and the result was an unmitigated disaster.

‘The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd’ Review: Amanda Seyfried and Scoot McNairy Are Powerful in Tim Blake Nelson’s Twisty Dark-Side Prison Saga

Tim Blake Nelson’s "The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd" is a gripping, wrenching, dark-as-midnight crime drama that taps into a phenomenon many might view as an underground secret (or maybe they just don’t know anything about it): the relationship that develops, more often than

Steam Frame review

And so here it is: Steam Frame; Valve's second in-house VR headset following 2019's Index, featuring a boosted spec sheet, PC-to-headset streaming, and the ability to function standalone.

Valve Steam Frame review: Solid standalone VR that's too little, too late

The Steam Frame is a pretty great standalone VR headset, it's just too bad it costs over $1,000.

A Bit of Light – first-look review

Ali Asgari’s Tehran-set drama squanders an emotional premise by failing to provide a real insight into its central character. ]]>

Steam Frame: The Ars Technica review

In the 2010s, Valve was at the forefront of a virtual reality revolution that looked to some like it would upend the gaming industry.

‘Garry Starr’ Review: Half-Man, Half-Penguin, Full-Frontal

Damien Warren-Smith takes (nearly) everything off to play a flightless bird whose natural habitat might be in your very own lap.

‘I Play Rocky’ Review: Expertly Weaponized Nostalgia Makes For Rousing, Light-Hearted Entertainment [TIFF]

Making-of movies are a curious subgenre, with notable examples including “ Saving Mr.

‘The Face Of Horror’ Review: Anna Biller’s Gorgeous Medieval Pastiche Is All Style, Little Substance

In a compendium of films charting style over substance, Anna Biller ’s first film in ten years would make for an all-encompassing starting point.

‘A Talent for Murder’ Review: Helen Mirren and Alden Ehrenreich Face Off in This Punchy Twist on Patricia Highsmith

TIFF: Anton Corbijn directs the pair in a two-hander with real bite, as adapted by Joanna Murray-Smith from her devilish play "Switzerland."

‘Anchors Aweigh’ Review: One Man’s Alt-Comedy Millennial Meltdown Gets a Hybrid Documentary Gloss in Matt Barats’ Second Feature

Finally, a (very funny) movie that dares to ask: "What if Ross McElwee were an idiot?"

‘Prima Facie’ Review: Cynthia Erivo Stars in Tonally Confused Screen Treatment of Provocative #MeToo Stage Play

TIFF: Erivo plays a formidable barrister who is forced to confront the system she once trusted in this disappointing screen version of the celebrated production.

‘The Last Photograph’ Review: Zack Snyder’s Shallow Two-Hander Is a Dull, Grotesquely Violent Revenge Thriller

TIFF: A superficial departure from his grandiose norm, Snyder’s homage to “The Searchers” purports to have morality on its mind, but mostly just wants to get back to killing.

‘A Talent for Murder’ Review: Helen Mirren Is a Deliciously Bitter Patricia Highsmith in a Sleek Literary Noir That Doesn’t Quite Draw Blood

We’ve grown so used to seeing Helen Mirren imperiously slumming her way through boilerplate grande dame roles in recent years that it’s a genuine thrill to see the actress bare her teeth in “A Talent for Murder” — playing no less compromising a character than Patricia Highsmith,

‘Alpha Gang’ Review: The Zellner Brothers’ Gleefully Gonzo All-Star Sci-Fi Comedy Is A Big Blast Of All Kinds Of Crazy – Toronto Film Festival

Fun comes with a big F.U.

‘The Surgeon’ Review: Michelle Yeoh Cuts Up The Bad Guys In A Pretty Smart Thriller [TIFF]

TORONTO – When Roshan Sethi is behind the camera, your movie is probably going to be pretty good.

‘Evil Genius’ Review: Patricia Arquette and David Harbour Take on a Horrifying True Crime Story

TIFF: Courteney Cox directs a grating, mean-spirited exercise in punching down based on the notorious 2003 case.

‘Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney’ Review: Matthew Rankin’s Psychedelic Tour Through Mid-Century Canadian Conservative Politics

The story of Brian Mulroney’s political ascent doubles as a critique of televisual culture and a snapshot of a less extreme political era.

Israeli Army Chief Orders Legal Review of ‘NAZA’ Documentary

IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said the documentary, in which IDF soldiers outline what they claim are Israel's tactics of deliberately targeting civilians in Gaza, constitutes "an attack on the State of Israel."

‘Love of Your Life’ Review: Margaret Qualley Eats, Grieves and Loves in an Unpersuasive Romantic Travelogue

The actress stars alongside Patrick Schwarzenegger, Aaron Pierre and Gabriel Basso in the Rachel Morrison-directed drama premiering in Toronto.

Steam Frame Review

The Steam Machine is probably one of the first VR headsets that can do everything right out of the box, from standalone gaming to streaming 2D games from your PC.

‘Everybody Wants To F*ck Me’ Review: A Hard-Working Taron Egerton Is Blameless in Muddled Takedown of the Faux-Feminist Male

Jessica Henwick and Charly Clive also star in writer-director Jonathan Schey’s first feature, a comedy that morphs into horror about a womanizer whose pick-up strategy is posing as a softboi.

‘The Surgeon’ Review: Michelle Yeoh Doctors a Gang of Mobsters to Death in a Fun Little Action Movie That Gets by on Its Grossness

Roshan Sethi M.D.'s second feature is a "Taken" riff that trades guns for scalpels to great effect.

‘All That She Wants’ Review: It’s Time to Welcome Annie Murphy to the Rom-Com Queen Club

TIFF: Filmmakers (and real-life spouses) Scarlett Bermingham and Andrew Rhymer direct Murphy and Cooper Raiff in a warm rom-com about generational disconnect, real chemistry, and hard choices. It's adorable.

‘The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd’ Review: Amanda Seyfried Falls for a Convicted Killer in Tim Blake Nelson’s Sad and Sober Death Penalty Drama

TIFF: Scoot McNairy seduces his prison writing teacher in a true-life drama with no easy answers.

‘Love of Your Life’ Review: Margaret Qualley Plays a Woman Adrift in the Kind of Lush and Tender Romantic Drama Hollywood Rarely Makes Anymore

TIFF: Rachel Morrison's second feature stars Margaret Qualley as a Boston nurse who beautifully crashes out after her marriage dies.

‘American Hostage’ Review: Jon Hamm Leads A Timely, Overstuffed Drama About Media, Money & A Changing America

Given how often contemporary television takes a story perfectly suited to a feature and stretches it into eight or ten hours, it’s surprisingly rare to watch a series and think quite so quickly: this really should have been a movie.

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‘Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother’ Review: Mahershala Ali Is A Mesmerizing Force Of Nature In Gripping Action-Thriller [TIFF]

Mahershala Ali has never given a bad performance, but rarely has he been as captivating as he is in “ Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother .” The film itself is a mesmerizing mix of big ideas, tense action, and a genuinely moving emotional throughline about family, making it one o

‘Edward Said: Between Worlds’ Review: A Moving Portrait Of Exile, Identity & The Right To Narrate [TIFF]

The documentary “ Edward Said: Between Worlds ” tells us exactly who Edward Said was before his death in 2003.

Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom Review

Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom review: The residents of Mossy Bottom farm are baaaaack for their first Halloween adventure.

Lanterns Season 1, Episode 5 Review & Recap: "Lights Out"

Lanterns wraps up its 2016 storyline with a real bang, as the situation in Rushville devolves into all-out war. Read our full review of Episode 5.

Zack Snyder’s The Last Photograph Review

Zack Snyder’s attempt at a violent arthouse indie (about his own need to capture images) ends up on emotionless autopilot.

‘Lanterns’ Review: Episode 5 Lights Up Rushville with a Sh*tstorm of Consequences — Spoilers

Hal's recklessness finally catches up to him, John's dubiousness pays hard-won dividends, and one case comes to a definitive, devastating end — leaving three full episodes to address that other investigation.

‘The Last Photograph’ Review: Zack Snyder Tries Indie Filmmaking on for Size, With Painfully Ponderous Results

The DC filmmaker's passion project stars Stuart Martin as an ex-DEA operative who ventures into the mountains of South America to track down the abducted children of his murdered brother and sister-in-law.

‘How We Stand’ Review: Amber Midthunder Stars in a Richly Drawn, Magical-Realist Indigenous Tale

TIFF: Marie Clements' "How We Stand" ambitiously seeks to examine hidden and violent sociopolitical aspects of recent Indigenous history through a deeply personal lens.

‘Stuffed’ Review: Jodie Comer & Harry Melling Give Their All To A Macabre Musical That Comes Apart At The Seams [TIFF]

Live-action musicals written directly for the screen remain a rare breed unless they are sequels or prequels (see “ Mary Poppins Returns ” or “ Wonka ”).

From Far Away Volumes 1-7 Manga Review

Once upon a time, in the distant days of 1991, girls sent to another world didn't land there with cheat abilities.

‘Trash Mountain’ Review: Caleb Hearon’s Screenplay & Zooey Deschanel Shine In A Funny But Familiar Dramedy [TIFF]

TORONTO – You may not recognize Caleb Hearon ‘s name at first, but you’ve likely seen him scrolling through your social media feed or in the YouTube algorithm.

‘Evil Genius’ Review: Courteney Cox’s True-Crime Unpacks The Toxic Love Story At Center Of “Pizza Bomber” Case — Toronto Film Festival

“You can’t make this sh*t up… and most of it, we didn’t,” Courteney Cox’s latest directorial outing prefaces, an appropriate warning for the chaotic nature of the unbelievable true-crime saga at the center of Evil Genius.

Naza – first-look review

Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s damning and stark documentary outlines the horrifying extent of civilian deaths in Palestine through interviews with former IDF operatives. ]]>

Beneath a Steel Sky review (1994)

Special commentary on this classic PC Gamer review provided by: From the archives: The review below appears as originally written, with only minor changes in formatting and screenshots.

‘Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother’ Review: A Blistering Spiritual Actioner Finally Gives Mahershala Ali a Leading Role Worth His While

Since winning two Oscars in three years less than a decade ago, Mahershala Ali has bided his time as one of Hollywood’s great untapped commodities.

‘Magazine’ Review: An Intern Learns Life Lessons At A New York Literary Magazine [TIFF]

TORONTO – At first, Alexandra Pechman’s “Magazine” is a bit of a flop.

‘I Play Rocky’ Review: Sylvester Stallone’s Wild Hollywood Underdog Story Gets a Punchy Crowdpleaser

TIFF: Peter Farrelly continues his reign of making audience-delighting hits for the TIFF crowd, but this one pulls its punches a bit.

‘The Life And Deaths Of Wilson Shedd’ Review: Amanda Seyfried’s Complex Portrayal Enriches Tim Blake Nelson’s Downbeat Prison Picture – Toronto Film Festival

Amanda Seyfried’s sad school teacher is the heart and confused soul of Tim Blake Nelson’s latest directorial outing, The Life And Deaths Of Wilson Shedd.

Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother Review

Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother review: Mahershala Ali joins his would-be Blade director as a devout sword-wielding assassin.

‘The Color Of The Sun’ Review: Xavier Tera’s Beautiful Okinawa Tone Poem Is All Mood, Not Enough Substance [Review]

There’s a phrase that’s often used to describe films that has long vexed me: a tone poem.

‘Being Heumann’ Review: Siân Heder’s Disability-Rights Drama Is Rousing, Spirited & Entertaining [TIFF]

Oscar winner Siân Heder might be one of the greatest allies disabled people have in cinema today.

A Day in the Life of Jo – first-look review

Jacqueline Lentzou's second feature is an ambitious and sensitive yet unusual coming-of-age story. ]]>

Falling House – first-look review

A Tehran family find themselves at odds during a time of personal crisis in Mohsen Gharaei's tense domestic drama. ]]>

‘All That She Wants’ Review: Annie Murphy Is All That in a Fizzy Rom-Com That Works Best When It Isn’t Trying Too Hard

Toplining a feature for the first time, the ‘Schitt’s Creek’ star plays a 30-something who’s ready for motherhood, if not a relationship, in a comedy that also stars Zosia Mamet, Cooper Raiff and Christine Baranski.