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Film Festival Today @filmfestivaltoday.bsky.social · 3d

@chrisreedfilm.bsky.social reviews @albertbirney.bsky.social's latest, OBEX, out of the @newnextfilmfest.bsky.social #filmsky filmfestivaltoday.com/film-reviews...

New/Next Review: “OBEX” | Film Festival Today

OBEX (Albert Birney, 2025) 4 out of 5 stars The films of director Albert Birney—be they of the live action variety (Strawberry Mansion) or animated (Tux and Fanny)—are always loving tributes to the me...

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Film Festival Today @filmfestivaltoday.bsky.social · 5d

Adam Vaughn reviews Ben Leonberg's GOOD BOY filmfestivaltoday.com/film-reviews... #filmsky

Heartfelt Spirit Elevates “Good Boy” | Film Festival Today

Good Boy (Ben Leonberg, 2025) 3 out of 5 stars October launches with a unique horror film centered around one of the most original and adorable lead characters of the genre: a dog! Good Boy (not to be...

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Film Festival Today @filmfestivaltoday.bsky.social · 5d

@chrisreedfilm.bsky.social presents his 5 picks for this year's @newnextfilmfest.bsky.social filmfestivaltoday.com/fft-festival... #NewNext #filmsky

5 Films to See at New/Next 2025 | Film Festival Today

The New/Next Film Fest is back for its third iteration, running October 2-5, with more than 30 features and over 40 shorts. Present by Baltimore Public Media, the fest debuted in August 2023 and has a...

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Film Festival Today @filmfestivaltoday.bsky.social · 5d

George W. Campbell reviews the new Marc Maron documentary, ARE WE GOOD? filmfestivaltoday.com/film-reviews... #filmsky

Marc Maron Moves Forward in “Are We Good?” | Film Festival Today

Are We Good? (Steven Feinartz, 2025) 3½ out of 5 stars In the world of modern comedy, few folks have carved out a niche like Marc Maron. Over the last three decades, he’s built a reputation for being ...

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Film Festival Today @filmfestivaltoday.bsky.social · 6d

Adam Vaughn reviews TIME TRAVEL IS DANGEROUS filmfestivaltoday.com/film-reviews... #filmsky

“Time Travel Is Dangerous” and Also Nonsense | Film Festival Today

Time Travel Is Dangerous (Chris Reading, 2024) 2½ out of 5 stars United Kingdom-based director Chris Reading takes us on a wild ride of a comedy about time travel that is both simplistic and, inevitab...

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Film Festival Today @filmfestivaltoday.bsky.social · 10d

Matt Patti reviews THE MAN IN THE WHITE VAN filmfestivaltoday.com/film-reviews... #filmsky

“The Man in the White Van” Misses Exit | Film Festival Today

The Man in the White Van (Warren Skeels, 2023) 2 out of 5 stars What is it with white vans? Not the shoe of social-media fame, but the actual vehicles? Why is it that they are often associated with be...

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Film Festival Today @filmfestivaltoday.bsky.social · 12d

@chrisreedfilm.bsky.social reviews @davidkittredge.bsky.social's BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL out of Los Angeles' Beyond Fest. filmfestivaltoday.com/film-reviews...

“Boorman and the Devil” Compels You | Film Festival Today

Boorman and the Devil (David Kittredge, 2025) 4 out of 5 stars Of this I am certain: one need not be a fan of a movie to enjoy its making-of tale. Especially when that documentary is more than a compe...

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Film Festival Today @filmfestivaltoday.bsky.social · 14d

George W. Campbell reviews ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE filmfestivaltoday.com/film-reviews... #filmsky

Strong Performances Can’t Save “All the Devils Are Here” | Film Festival Today

All the Devils Are Here (Barnaby Roper, 2025) 2½ out of 5 stars If you live in a world of thieves and murderers, most of the people you meet are pretty unsavory. So imagine being trapped in a safe hou...

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Film Festival Today @filmfestivaltoday.bsky.social · 19d

Adam Vaughn reviews HIM filmfestivaltoday.com/film-reviews... #filmsky

“Him” Offers Freakish Social Insights | Film Festival Today

Him (Justin Tipping, 2025) 4 out of 5 stars With the backing of producer Jordan Peele, director Justin Tipping (Kicks) crafts a twisted and impactful look at the price of being a football superstar. H...

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Film Festival Today @filmfestivaltoday.bsky.social · 19d

@chrisreedfilm.bsky.social reviews DOIN' IT filmfestivaltoday.com/film-reviews... #filmsky

“Doin’ It” Doesn’t Do It | Film Festival Today

Doin’ It (Sara Zandieh, 2024) 2 out of 5 stars There are, upon occasion, good teen sex comedies. It probably helps to be a teenager when you watch the film targeted at your generation—we all have thos...

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Film Festival Today @filmfestivaltoday.bsky.social · 22d

@chrisreedfilm.bsky.social reviews Rebecca Zlotowski's A PRIVATE LIFE, starring the great Jodie Foster, out of #TIFF50 filmfestivaltoday.com/film-reviews... #filmsky @tiffnet.bsky.social

TIFF Review: “A Private Life” | Film Festival Today

A Private Life (Rebecca Zlotowski, 2025) 3 out of 5 stars There is one primary reason to see A Private Life, from director Rebecca Zlotowski (Just the Two of Us), and that is Jodie Foster (Nyad), whos...

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Film Festival Today @filmfestivaltoday.bsky.social · 22d

@chrisreedfilm.bsky.social reviews A PALE VIEW OF HILLS out of #TIFF50 filmfestivaltoday.com/film-reviews... @tiffnet.bsky.social #filmsky

TIFF Review: “A Pale View of Hills” | Film Festival Today

A Pale View of Hills (Kei Ishikawa, 2025) 3 out of 5 stars Born in 1954 in Nagasaki, Japan, Nobel-prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro emigrated to England in 1960. His subsequent bicultural upbringing...

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Film Festival Today @filmfestivaltoday.bsky.social · 23d

@chrisreedfilm.bsky.social interviews director/co-writer Clement Virgo and co-writer Tamara Berger about their latest film, STEAL AWAY, at @tiffnet.bsky.social #TIFF50 filmfestivaltoday.com/interviews/t... #filmsky

TIFF Interview: “Steal Away” Co-Writer Tamara Berger and Director Clement Virgo | Film Festival Today

Toronto-based director Clement Virgo just premiered his latest feature, Steal Away, which he co-wrote with wife Tamara Berger, at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (where I reviewed it). Th...

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Film Festival Today @filmfestivaltoday.bsky.social · 24d

Patrick Howard reviews RABBIT TRAP filmfestivaltoday.com/film-reviews...

Dull Atmosphere Clouds “Rabbit Trap” | Film Festival Today

Rabbit Trap (Bryn Chainey, 2025) 2½ out of 5 stars Director Bryn Chainey, making his feature-film debut, leads us into a cryptic and often abstract journey with Rabbit Trap. Dev Patel (The Wedding Gue...

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Film Festival Today @filmfestivaltoday.bsky.social · 26d

@chrisreedfilm.bsky.social reviews ELEANOR THE GREAT out of #TIFF50
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TIFF Review: “Eleanor the Great” | Film Festival Today

Eleanor the Great (Scarlett Johansson, 2025) 2½ out of 5 stars Eleanor the Great, actress Scarlett Johansson’s feature-directorial debut, begins with a heartwarming (and heartbreaking) image of best f...

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Film Festival Today @filmfestivaltoday.bsky.social · 27d

@chrisreedfilm.bsky.social reviews the #TIFF50 film THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT filmfestivaltoday.com/film-reviews... #filmsky @tiffnet.bsky.social

TIFF Review: “The Man in My Basement” | Film Festival Today

The Man in My Basement (Nadia Latif, 2025) 2 out of 5 stars As a fan of Walter Mosley’s writing, I had high hopes for director Nadia Latif’s feature debut, The Man in My Basement, based on his 2004 ep...

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Film Festival Today @filmfestivaltoday.bsky.social · 27d

@chrisreedfilm.bsky.social reviews SIRÂT out of #TIFF50 filmfestivaltoday.com/film-reviews... @tiffnet.bsky.social #filmsky

TIFF Review: “Sirât” | Film Festival Today

Sirât (Oliver Laxe, 2025) 2 out of 5 stars There is something that happens in the second act of Sirât that is brutal and shocking, completely transforming what had been an engaging metaphysical journe...

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Film Festival Today @filmfestivaltoday.bsky.social · 27d

@chrisreedfilm.bsky.social reviews Agnieszka Holland's FRANZ out of #TIFF50 filmfestivaltoday.com/film-reviews... @tiffnet.bsky.social #filmsky

TIFF Review: “Franz” | Film Festival Today

Franz (Agnieszka Holland, 2025) 4 out of 5 stars The writer Franz Kafka (1883-1924), though he died far too young (of tuberculosis), left behind a literary legacy that has lasted into our present. Wor...

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Film Festival Today @filmfestivaltoday.bsky.social · 29d

@chrisreedfilm.bsky.social reviews another #TIFF50 film, Clement Virgo's STEAL AWAY filmfestivaltoday.com/film-reviews... #filmsky @tiffnet.bsky.social

TIFF Review: “Steal Away” | Film Festival Today

Steal Away (Clement Virgo, 2025) 4 out of 5 stars Set in a land that exists outside of a specific era and place, yet suggestive of many different locations and moments (including the here and now), di...

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Film Festival Today @filmfestivaltoday.bsky.social · Sep 8

@chrisreedfilm.bsky.social reviews Jan Komasa's GOOD BOY out of #TIFF50 filmfestivaltoday.com/film-reviews... #filmsky @tiffnet.bsky.social

TIFF Review: “Good Boy” | Film Festival Today

Good Boy (Jan Komasa, 2025) 3½ out of 5 stars Tommy is a problem child (young adult, really, at 19). A hard-drinking and drug-taking bully—violent and oversexed, to boot—he provides no service to the ...

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Film Festival Today @filmfestivaltoday.bsky.social · Sep 8

@chrisreedfilm.bsky.social reviews WAKE UP DEAD MAN out of #TIFF50 filmfestivaltoday.com/film-reviews... @tiff_net #filmsky

TIFF Review: “Wake Up Dead Man” | Film Festival Today

Wake Up Dead Man (Rian Johnson, 2025) 3½ out of 5 stars With the 2019 film Knives Out, writer/director Rian Johnson (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) added the whodunit to his repertoire, continuing with the...

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Film Festival Today @filmfestivaltoday.bsky.social · Sep 7

@chrisreedfilm.bsky.social reviews SENTIMENTAL VALUE out of #TIFF50 filmfestivaltoday.com/film-reviews... #filmsky @tiffnet.bsky.social

TIFF Review: “Sentimental Value” | Film Festival Today

Sentimental Value (Joachim Trier, 2025) 4½ out of 5 stars Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier (The Worst Person in the World) won the Grand Prix (or second-place award) at this year’s Cannes Film Festiv...

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Film Festival Today @filmfestivaltoday.bsky.social · Sep 3

@chrisreedfilm.bsky.social reviews SPLITSVILLE, out this Friday, September. 5, in DC from @neon-rated.bsky.social filmfestivaltoday.com/film-reviews...

“Splitsville” Is Best When Funny | Film Festival Today

Splitsville (Michael Angelo Covino, 2025) 3 out of 5 stars Good friends Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin have co-written, and star, in Covino’s sophomore directorial effort, Splitsville (their fi...

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Film Festival Today @filmfestivaltoday.bsky.social · Sep 2

George W. Campbell reviews THE CUT filmfestivaltoday.com/film-reviews... #filmsky

“The Cut” Isn’t a Total K.O. | Film Festival Today

The Cut (Sean Ellis, 2024) 3 out of 5 stars Over the long history of boxing films, there has always been one consistent trait: men willing to put themselves through hell for a shot at greatness. Direc...

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Film Festival Today @filmfestivaltoday.bsky.social · Sep 2

@chrisreedfilm.bsky.social offers 10 picks of what to see at this year's @tiffnet.bsky.social filmfestivaltoday.com/fft-festival... #filmsky #tiff50 #tiff2025

10 Picks for TIFF 2025 | Film Festival Today

The 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) runs September 4-14 and marks this annual event’s 50thanniversary. I will be on the ground for part of the time, as I have been for some years no...

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