-
Read MoreRecollections & Awards at TIFF 2026
It is funny how quickly the familiar becomes the unfamiliar in that there was a time I was spending five days a week travelling three hours back and forth to Toronto on public transit but with me getting used to remote way of living where I can conduct a interview via the Internet and afterwards start transcribing without having to move, the ways of past become a shock to system when they have to be...
-
Read MoreTIFF 2026 Review: The Debut – “One of the best films of the year.”
Musical theatre nerds, rejoice! Because The Debut is just as good as you’ve heard through the grapevine. Might it have used a little more Bernadette Peters? Sure, but what couldn’t? This film truthfully isn’t really a musical, but more a movie about a musical which is taking place in a community theatre and they are about to hold auditions for the three-night run of Nosy Neighbors. But regardless of...
-
Read MoreTIFF 2026 Review: Girl Group
You would be forgiven if you didn’t realize that Girl Group was Rebel Wilson’s second turn in the director’s chair. Back in 2024, Wilson came to the Toronto International Film Festival with her directorial debut called The Deb. It was an original musical and a fairly solid film, however, it ended up embroiled in several legal battles that ended up burying its release (you can find it now on digital...
-
Read MoreTIFF 2026 Review: Idda – “Insolia and Vergano are very enigmatic and dynamic leads.”
Director Irene Dionisio dedicated her sophomore film Idda to her best friend, who suddenly passed away. Though she co-wrote the film with Marco Borromei, I hope that her friendship was less problematic than that of Adele (Tecla Insolia) and Sofia (Romana Maggiora Vergano). We meet the pair as Sofia returns to her hometown in Sicily. The two friends embrace, but it’s clear that the two haven’t seen each...
-
Read MoreTIFF 2026 Review: Up Against It – “There was so much potential here.”
The title card of Up Against It may have been strangely indicative of what was to come in Trudie Styler’s complicated misfire. Garish pink early 90’s style font up against the British parliament buildings is such a strange decision, just like many choices in the rest of the film. Up Against it is just tonally uneven, never really knowing whether it should lean into comedy or drama and therefore...
-
Read MoreTIFF 2026 Review: The Liberation – “The film finds the emotional weight necessary to balance its dark premise with a profound sense of grace.”
Clarity. Honesty. Forgiveness. It’s what is promised on the business card handed to Rita Cooper (Carrie Coon) by a new customer at her bank. All she needs to do is head down to the beach after work to watch the sunset and have an open mind. Rita is a woman plagued by her present and her past. A child during the Holocaust, she watched her mother and sisters get ripped away. She survived, as did her...
-
Read MoreTIFF 2026 Review: Smudge the Blades
A rag-tag Indigenous hockey team is helped by a reluctant and unlikely coach. Kicked out of a top league, the Treaty 6 Blades need a new coach, who happens to be the local Zamboni driver, more motivated to bed a particular hockey mom than to put together a winning strategy on the ice. Each of the players comes with their own emotional baggage, along with being victims of rampant racism directed towards...
-
Read MoreTIFF 2026 Review: The Diary of a Chambermaid
A Romanian migrant is a live-in housekeeper at the behest of her employers she prepares for an amateur production of The Diary of a Chambermaid. While working for an upper-class couple in France as a live-in housekeeper, Gianina has constant FaceTime chats with her daughter who longs for them to be reunited in Romania; her offspring is jealous that the boy of her employers gets more personal attention...
Recent News
Recent Trailers
Recent Reviews
Most Recent Articles
Pharma Bro – Watch the trailer for the Martin Shkreli documentary
Martin Shkreli, the 38-year-old financial entrepreneur and pharmaceutical...
Read More
V/H/S/94 – We get our first look at the new anthology horror movie
A Shudder Original Film, V/H/S/94 is the fourth installment in the hit horror...
Read More
God of War: Ragnarok – The video game sequel gets a trailer and lots of character posters
2018’s God of War was a brilliant game. Characters, story, combat,...
Read More
Crabs! – The titular creatures attack in the trailer for new indie creature feature
A horde of murderous crab monsters descend on a sleepy coastal town on Prom...
Read More
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 & Marvel’s Wolverine – Watch the teasers for the new video games
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is the next game in PlayStation’s critically acclaimed...
Read More
TIFF 2021 Review: The Odd-Job Men – “An enjoyable experience”
An immigrant from Morocco spends a week probation working for a home repair...
Read More
Birds of Paradise – Watch the trailer for the new ballet drama movie
Kate Sanders is an ambitious and gifted, if tomboyish, aspiring ballerina from...
Read More
Is Playing Too Many Video Games a Concern?
When is Video Gaming a Problem and When It Isn’t Half of our population is...
Read More
What Can Games Teach Us About the Future?
The future is right around the corner but even if we peek we wouldn’t know...
Read More
Movies That Were Transformed to Slot Titles
It’s no secret that game developers get inspiration from everywhere when it...
Read More
Justine Bateman on Her New Film ‘Violet’ and Living Fearlessly
Justine Bateman wants you to live fearlessly. She wants to free you from that...
Read More
TIFF 2021 Review: Violet – “A claustrophobic and affecting film”
“I’m fine. I don’t feel fine. Everything’s fine. Why...
Read More
Watch the trailer for The Matrix Resurrections
The Matrix: Resurrections is the fourth installment in The Matrix film series....
Read More
The Many Saints of Newark – Watch the new trailer for The Sopranos prequel movie
New Line Cinema’s The Many Saints of Newark is the much-anticipated feature...
Read More
Terminator 2: Judgment Day is getting three different 30th Anniversary Editions
STUDIOCANAL today announced three new special editions of Terminator 2:...
Read More
Jason Sudeikis, Evangeline Lilly, Mike Colter and Shea Whigham go South of Heaven in the trailer for new thriller
This looks like a very tense thriller and Ted Lasso is not happy! After...
Read More
Riz Ahmed tries to save his sons in the Encounter trailer
A decorated Marine goes on a rescue mission to save his two young sons from a...
Read More
Edgar Wright’s Last Night In Soho gets a new trailer
Edgar Wright’s psychological thriller about a young girl, passionate in...
Read MoreLive for Films is one of the Top 10 UK Film Blogs
Follow Us
Support Live For Films
Film Festivals and Conventions
Recent Reviews
Recent Comments
Check out these other sites
Recent Short Films
Recent Posters
