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The Burning Season’s heart-wrenching take on infidelity examines the perils of best intentions
Canada’s go-to Hollywood villain Kevin Durand goes bananas in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 25: Kevin Durand attends the UK Launch Event of 20th Century Studios' "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" at BFI IMAX Waterloo on April 25, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures UK)
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Five things to watch this weekend: Hundreds of Beavers and several Beverly Hills Cops
Barry Hertz
After Artscape collapse, Luminato finds new home inside TIFF Lightbox
Cameron Bailey (L) CEO of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), and Celia Smith, CEO of Luminato Festival Toronto, are photographed at the TIFF Lightbox on May 6, 2024. Luminato will be relocating its head office from Artscape Youngplace, to the TIFF Lightbox. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is an underwhelming bit of monkey business
(L-R): Noa (played by Owen Teague) , Freya Allan as Nova and Raka (played by Peter Macon) in 20th Century Studios' KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2024 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
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Heartbreaking drama We Grown Now feels ripped from the headlines of any major-city newspaper
This image released by Participant/Sony Pictures Classics shows Jurnee Smollett in a scene from the film "We Grown Now." (Participant/Sony Pictures Classics via AP)
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Japanese drama Evil Does Not Exist is an instant classic as haunting as it is confounding
Evil does not exist film still
Unusual documentary explores tough life and rich mind of homeless man
Screen capture of “A Man Imagined,” a narrative documentary by Brian Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky, who collaborate with Lloyd, a homeless man with a connection to creativity and nature.
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What’s the deal with Seinfeld’s Pop-Tart movie Unfrosted? It’s toast, Jerry, toast!
embargoed until May 3 at 6 a.m. UNFROSTED. (L to R) Christian Slater as Mike Diamond and Jerry Seinfeld (Director) as Bob Cabana in Unfrosted. Cr. John P. Johnson/Netflix © 2024.
In Beethoven’s Nine, Canadian documentarian becomes a storyline after a devastating loss
Beethoven's Nine_Larry Weinstein For feature on doc Beethoven's Nine, and director Larry Weinstein.
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Five things to watch this weekend: John Mulaney is live from L.A. on Netflix, plus Radu Jude takes you for a wild ride in Bucharest
Barry Hertz
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Anne Hathaway seduces and destroys in Prime Video’s semi-steamy The Idea of You
Anne Hathaway as 'Solène' and Nicholas Galitzine as 'Hayes Campbell' star in THE IDEA OF YOU Film Still
How Montreal’s Fred Nguyen Khan kicked down Hollywood’s door on HBO’s The Sympathizer
Montreal actor/stunt man Fred Nguen Khan, star of hot new HBO series The Sympathizer Photo Credit : Max Montgomery
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Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt put up a charming fight, but The Fall Guy pulls its punches and punchlines
L to R: Ryan Gosling is Colt Seavers and Emily Blunt is Judy Moreno in THE FALL GUY, directed by David Leitch
Two Hot Docs board members resign as beleaguered film festival marks opening weekend
The Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema at 506 Bloor St. West in Toronto, is photographed on April 22, 2024. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
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Hot Docs 2024: Behind the super-producing powers of Canada’s documentary titan Ina Fichman
Johanna Schneller
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Gothic Canadian drama The King Tide will wash over you with the power of a great novel
The King Tide movie Still Alix West Lefler, and Clayne Crawford Left
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Steve McQueen’s four-hour-plus doc Occupied City is a monumental symphony of Amsterdam history
The past collides with the present in this excavation of the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam: a journey from World War II to recent years of pandemic and protest and a provocative, life-affirming reflection on memory, time and what's to come. Occupied City film still
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Five things to watch this weekend: Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell come home, plus Juliette Binoche tastes a whole lotta things
Barry Hertz
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Charming documentary The Movie Man is Cinema Paradiso for Ontario cottage country
The Movie man 1901027_HIGHLANDCINEMAS-289 -CREDIT SCOTT RAMSAY The Movie Man focuses on Keith Stata, owner and operator of the Highlands Cinema in the tiny Ontario village of Kinmount
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Zendaya shines in tennis-world love triangle Challengers
C_00654_R Zendaya stars as Tashi and Josh O’Connor as Patrick in director Luca Guadagnino’s CHALLENGERS An Amazon MGM Studios film Photo credit: Niko Tavernise © 2024 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Newfoundland-born director Christian Sparkes had his biggest budget yet for The King Tide, and it shows
Johanna Schneller
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In an action-movie era awash in Deadpool smirks, Boy Kills World punches above its weight
Boy Kills World_STILL Boy Kills World Movie Still
On eve of Hot Docs 2024, president Marie Nelson addresses beleaguered state of the film festival
Hot Docs president Marie Nelson is pictured at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema in Toronto on March 7, 2024 (Laura Proctor/The Globe and Mail)
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Intense drama I Don’t Know Who You Are deserves to make Canadian Mark Clennon a star
I Don't Know Who You Are Movie still review. Benjamin (Mark Clennon), a gay working class musician living in Toronto, spends his weekend trying to find the money to pay for HIV-preventative treatment after being sexually assaulted by a stranger.
Caitlin Cronenberg slashes her way into the family business with dark comedy Humane
Humane movie still Peter Gallagher feature on Caitlin Cronenberg, daughter of David and first-time filmmaker with dystopian thriller Humane
Hot Docs 2024: Born Hungry follows Sash Simpson’s rise from hardship to haute-cuisine
Born Hungry 2_credit Lucia Remedios Chef Sash Simpson
Phish is using the Sphere’s technology to give fans something completely different
Trey Anastasio, guitarist and singer-songwriter of the band Phish, rehearses before the group's four-night engagement at the Sphere on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)
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Abigail’s combination of vampire plus ballerina makes it critic proof
Alisha Weir as Abigail in Abigail, Film still directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett. Film still
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Why adventurous moviegoers need to make time for Bertrand Bonello and Radu Jude this weekend
DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD
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Five things to watch this weekend: X-Men ′97 saves Marvel while Jay Baruchel saves Canada, and maybe the world
Barry Hertz
Six must-watch films at Hot Docs 2024
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Hot Docs 2024: Everything you need to know to attend the festival in Toronto
A documentary about the impact of Indigenous people on western culture is among the films headed to this year's Hot Docs festival in Toronto. Women are shown in the film "Red Fever" in an undated still image handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Hot Docs, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Bizarro comedy Sasquatch Sunset tries to big-foot its way into your heart
Sasquatch Still 3.png Film Still from Sasquatch Sunset
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Irena’s Vow labours to rise above Holocaust clichés
A still image from the film "Irena's Vow" is shown in this handout image provided by Elevation Pictures. The movie, which opens Friday, tells the true story of a nurse who risked her life to rescue a dozen Jewish people during World War II. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Elevation Pictures *MANDATORY CREDIT *
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The Queen of My Dreams tells ambitious multigenerational tale tied together by a Bollywood romance
THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS (world premiered TIFF 2023) Director FAWZIA MIRZA

In the interest of consistency across all critics’ reviews, The Globe has eliminated its star-rating system in film and theatre to align with coverage of music, books, visual arts and dance. Instead, works of excellence will be noted with a Critic’s Pick designation across all coverage.