
‘Hamnet’ Is the Most Shattering Movie of 2025
Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal and Chloé Zhao turn the Bard's defining tragedy into a heartbreaking portrait of love, loss, and the healing power of art

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Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal and Chloé Zhao turn the Bard's defining tragedy into a heartbreaking portrait of love, loss, and the healing power of art

The actor who redefined James Bond goes for broke in Luca Guadagnino's beautiful, filthy, extraordinary take on William S. Burroughs' novel

A fire at a Bucharest nightclub kicks off an investigation into deep systematic rot in this nonfiction procedural-cum-masterpiece

Story of a drummer navigating life after deafness immerses you in a noiseless world — but it’s the star that makes it speak volumes loudly and clearly

From a David Byrne concert movie directed by Spike Lee to an animated Irish fairy tale — the highlights of a very singular TIFF experience

It was an odd TIFF, experiencing “the festival of festivals” from your couch instead of the Canadian city’s cineplexes — but the movies made up for it