Oscar-nominated Shorts: The Lowdown
A guide to the 15 nominees in the Animated, Live-Action, and Documentary Shorts categories -- and where to see them.
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Thoughts and Preyers: “Primetime” v “Predators”
The new Robert Pattinson drama has great performances and a queasy moral compass. Plus: New films on demand and a couple of classic recommendations.
Watch List Digest 9/17/26: The TIFF Edition
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TIFF Report IV: Batting Clean-Up
Reviews of "Babies," "Bucking Fastard," "Edward Said: Between Worlds," "Everybody Wants to F*ck Me," "The Face of Horror," "Love of Your Life," "Possible Love," "The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives," "A Talent for Murder," "Union Town"
TIFF Report III: "Elsinore," "Bitter Christmas," "Being Heumann," "Alpha Gang"
A new AlmodĂłvar, a feel-good biopic of a disability-rights legend, a likely Best Actor bell-ringer and, from the Zellner brothers, one of the damnedest things I've ever seen,