CONCLAVE
USA, UK | 2024 | 120m | English, Italian
Oscar nominees Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci lead a brilliant ensemble cast in All Quiet on the Western Front director Edward Berger’s stunning adaption of Robert Harris’ high-stakes drama, in which Cardinals gather at the Vatican to elect a new Pope.
Review By: Darren Zakus
MEGALOPOLIS
USA | 2024 | 138m | English
Pivoting between political drama, philosophical science fiction, and star-crossed romance, legendary writer-director Francis Ford Coppola’s passion project stars Adam Driver as a visionary architect whose utopian ambitions clash with the more earth-bound demands of a modern city.
Review By: Darren Zakus
SATURDAY NIGHT
USA | 2024 | 109m | English
Director Jason Reitman captures the frenzied lead-up to the very first episode of Saturday Night Live as a motley bunch of then-unknown and untrained young comedians prepare to step into a revolutionary spotlight that will change history and make them all stars.
Review By: Darren Zakus
THE ORDER
USA, Canada | 2024 | 114m | English
Featuring startling performances from Jude Law and Tye Sheridan, this riveting historical thriller from director Justin Kurzel (Nitram) follows the FBI’s investigation into a domestic terrorist group determined to impose their racist ideology onto mainstream society.
Review By: Kurt Morrison
DANIELLA FOREVER
Spain, Belgium | 2024 | 113m | English
In the latest from Nacho Vigalondo (Colossal, TIFF ’16), Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians) soulfully portrays a bereaved man who enrolls in a clinical trial for a drug that allows him to reunite with his lost lover (Beatrice Grannò) through lucid dreams.
Review By: Kurt Morrison
ELTON JOHN: NEVER TOO LATE
United States of America | 2024 | 102m | English
With candid interviews and newly revealed archival footage, co-directors R.J. Cutler and David Furnish, Sir Elton John's husband, paint a riveting and highly intimate portrait of a musical icon and trailblazer.
Review By: Darren Zakus
HOLD YOUR BREATH
USA | 2024 | 94m | English
In dust bowl Oklahoma of the 1930s, a mother (Paulson) nears the breaking point as she tries to protect her daughters from deadly windstorms and the impact of her own harrowing past. When the older girl tells the legend of the Grey Man to the younger one, the story slips under the skin of the whole family.
Review By: Darren Zakus
ON SWIFT HORSES
USA | 2024 | 117m | English
Set in the 1950s, this gorgeous adaptation of Shannon Pufahl’s 2019 novel follows a seemingly sensible newlywed (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and her wayward brother-in-law (Priscilla’s Jacob Elordi) as they undertake parallel journeys of risk, romance, and self-discovery.
Review By: Kurt Morrison
THE BRUTALIST
United Kingdom | 2024 | 215m | English, Hungarian, Yiddish, Hebrew, Italian
Brady Corbet delivers another bold vision with this American epic starring Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, and Joe Alwyn, about a Hungarian architect who flees from Europe after the war, giving up more and more of himself in the hopes of rebuilding his life and career.
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THE END
Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, UK, Sweden | 2024 | 148m | English
Joshua Oppenheimer, known for his groundbreaking documentary The Act of Killing (TIFF ’12), makes his fiction debut with this sombre musical about a family in denial at the end of the world, starring Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, George MacKay, and Moses Ingram.
Review By: Darren Zakus
THE PIANO LESSON
USA | 2024 | 125m | English
Malcolm Washington makes his feature directorial debut with this adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize–winning August Wilson play, featuring an incredible cast that includes Danielle Deadwyler, John David Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson in a story about a family haunted by the legacy of an heirloom.
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BRING THEM DOWN
Ireland, United Kingdom, Belgium | 2024 | 105m | English, Irish
Featuring brilliant performances from Christopher Abbott and Oscar nominee Barry Keoghan, Christopher Andrews’ feature directorial debut chronicles a feud between neighbouring families in rural Ireland, drawing us to a world of desolate beauty and desperate men.
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EMILIA PEREZ
France, USA, Mexico | 2024 | 132m | Spanish
Featuring fearless performances from Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, and the amazing Karla Sofía Gascón, the latest from director Jacques Audiard (Rust and Bone, TIFF ’12; The Sisters Brothers, TIFF ’18) audaciously merges pop opera, narco thriller, and gender affirmation drama.
Review By: Darren Zakus
PRESENCE
USA | 2024 | 85m | English
Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh shakes the horror genre to life by adopting the point of view of a housebound spirit, granting us singular access to a family passing through troubled times — and casting an unforgettably eerie atmosphere.
Review By: Kurt Morrison
SUPERBOYS OF MALEGAON
India | 2024 | 127m | Hindi
Helmed by Reema Kagti (Talaash: The Answer Lies Within) in her latest collaboration with producer Zoya Akhtar (Gully Boy), this uplifting story chronicles the life of Nasir Shaikh, whose no-budget, community-sourced movies turned his hometown into an unlikely dream factory.
Review By: Darren Zakus
THE WILD ROBOT
USA | 2024 | 101m | English
Featuring the voices of Pedro Pascal, Catherine O’Hara, Lupita Nyong’o, Stephanie Hsu, and Bill Nighy, this DreamWorks Animation sci-fi adventure follows a robot designed to assist humans who finds herself stranded on an island populated exclusively by beasts.
Review By: Darren Zakus
WILL & HARPER
USA | 2024 | 114m | English
This heartfelt documentary from director Josh Greenbaum (Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar) follows Saturday Night Live alumni and close friends Will Ferrell and Harper Steele as they traverse the US by car following Steele’s announcement of her transition.
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