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Cons and Heists of TIFF 2025: ‘Tuner,’ ‘Fuze,’ ‘Carolina Caroline,’ ‘Little Lorraine’

September 13, 2025 by Joe Lipsett Leave a Comment

One of the common narrative tropes that turned up at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival were films centered around con artists and heists. 

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Toronto International Film Festival Tagged With: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Adam Carter Rehmeier, andy hines, auden thorton, Daniel Roher, David McKenzie, dustin hoffman, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Havana Rose Liu, j balvin, Jon Gries, joshua close, Kyle Gallner, Kyra Sedgwick, leo woodall, rhys darby, Sam Worthington, Samara Weaving, Stephen Amell, Stephen McHattie, Steve Lund, Theo James

Review: ‘Relay’ Is A Great Conspiracy Thriller Throwback [TIFF 2024]

September 16, 2024 by Joe Lipsett

Riz Ahmed as Ash, wearing a grey hoodie, tan jacket and black backpack

It’s been a long time since we’ve had a techno-conspiracy thriller, which makes Relay a welcome surprise.

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Filed Under: Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Toronto International Film Festival Tagged With: David Mackenzie, Eisa Davis, Jared Abrahamson, Lily James, Matthew Maher, riz ahmed, Sam Worthington, TIFF 2024, Willa Fitzgerald

‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Delivers The Spectacle [Review]

December 16, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A group of tall blue people in loincloths argue

13 years after delivering the highest grossing film of all time, James Cameron is back with the sequel to Avatar, entitled The Way of Water. Is there still life (and money) to be found on Pandora?

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: avatar, Bailey Bass, Brendan Cowell, Britain Dalton, Edie Falco, Jack Champion, james cameron, Jemaine Clement, Kate Winslet, Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Zoe Saldaña

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I am a freelance film and television journalist based in Toronto, Canada.

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