New/Next Fest 2026 Review: A Self-Help Author’s Advice May Sink a Beach Bum in Alex Karpovsky’s Buoyant “Riptides”
Already enjoying the good life in Mexico, a house manager's brush with a self-help guru could lead to disaster in this deliciously ironic comedy.
New/Next Fest 2026 Review: Marnie Ellen Hertzler’s Infectiously Optimistic “Eternity One” Suggests the World in Turmoil Has a Lot to Learn From a Teen
The "Crestone" director returns with a unique connection of a teen overcoming her growing pains with greater global panic, yielding an encouraging doc.
Reed Van Dyk on Putting the Pieces Together of a Shattering Event in “Atonement”
The director discusses sensitively chronicling a contentious path towards peace after a soldier wants to take responsibility for destroying a family during war.
Amir Bar-Lev on Seeing the Other Side of the Mountain in “The Last First: Winter K2”
The director discusses looking back at a ruthless race to the top for a wide swath of mountaineers wanting to be the first to summit K2 in winter.
TIFF 2026 Interview: Mariia Volodymyrivna Ponomarova on Finding Out What’s In a Name in “Patronymic”
The director talks about how an omission on her passport led to opening up a whole can of worms regarding national identity in this playful, compelling doc.
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