Reviews
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‘The Debut’ Review: Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti Hog the Spotlight
TIFF 2026: Writer/director Jesse Eisenberg returns with an unbelievable ode to community theater — but not the good kind of unbelievable
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‘Youth’ Review: Sharon Horgan Makes Menopause Raunchy in Excellent HBO Comedy
The “Bad Sisters” creator is back with a fresh take on the humorous hellscape of being a working divorced single mother
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‘Love of Your Life’ Review: Margaret Qualley Navigates From Rhapsody to Grief
TIFF 2026: The “Maid” and “The Substance” star plays a woman who runs away from her life in Rachel Morrison’s drama
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‘Best of the Best’ Review: If You Loved ‘Step Up 2: The Streets,’ This Is the Next Best Thing
Lena Khan’s Bollywood dance-off college comedy would be a huge crowdpleaser, if Netflix let you watch it with a crowd
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‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’ Review: Netflix’s Most Grueling Season Yet
Charlie Hunnam, Rebecca Hall, Vicky Krieps and Sarah Paulson help fuel Ryan Murphy’s bloody, campy spin on the Borden murders
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‘The Traitors: New Blood’ Review: Peacock’s Emmy Darling Gets More Real Than Ever With NBC Civilian Spinoff
The “everyday American” contestants’ lack of showbiz artifice adds a fresh layer of intrigue
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‘Rescue’ Review: Harrowing Documentary Captures a Family Separation Amid Europe’s Migrant Crisis
TIFF 2026: Filmmaker Sine Plambech chronicles a family torn apart at sea while simultaneously exposing the human cost of a humanitarian emergency
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‘Pre-Existing Condition’ Off Broadway Review: Lupita Nyong’o Goes Big to Play an All-Too Common Victim
The Oscar-winning actress doesn’t hold back in Marin Ireland’s new play about a battered woman
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‘Resident Evil’ Review: Zach Cregger’s Heart-Stopping Video Game Movie Is His Best Yet
The director of “Weapons” has made the first great “Resident Evil” adaptation, and all it took was 24 years, 8 live-action movies, 4 animated films and a failed TV series
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‘Neagley’ Review: Promising ‘Reacher’ Spinoff Trades Over-the-Top Fun for Deeper Character Drama
The Prime Video series’ deep dive into the titular detective’s psyche makes for a thrilling binge watch with potential
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‘Babies’ Review: Seth Rogen and Anna Kendrick Lead a Touching, Thoughtful Meditation on Family
TIFF 2026: Lauren Miller Rogen’s hilarious dramedy co-stars Kate Berlant, Dan Stevens, Issa Rae and Zach Cherry as a web of entangled couples
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‘Darlene Love: I Know Where I’ve Been’ Review: Classic Singer Gets a Movie Where She’s Not in the Background
Toronto Film Festival: Barry Avrich’s documentary shines a light on Love in a way that couldn’t be done in “20 Feet From Stardom”
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‘The Last Photograph’ Review: Zack Snyder’s Agonizing, Ugly Slog Is His Worst Film Yet
TIFF 2026: The “Batman v. Superman” filmmaker puts his spin on “Apocalypse Now” to disastrous results
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‘The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd’ Review: Amanda Seyfried and Scoot McNairy Are Wrenching in Bold Drama
Toronto Film Festival: Tim Blake Nelson’s crime drama, inspired by a real incident, doesn’t let characters or viewers off the hook
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‘Onwards and Sideways’ Review: Laura Linney and Rhys Ifans Are Devastatingly Great in Parkinson’s Disease Tearjerker
TIFF 2026: Director John Madden’s latest is an affecting look at Parkinson’s disease through the eyes of two people living with it at the same time
