Day: September 12, 2025

#TIFF50 Review: You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution… (Special Presentations)

By John Corrado In his documentary You Had to Be There – full subtitle How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community That Changed the World (In a Canadian Kind of Way) – filmmaker Nick Davis explores a legendary 1972 Toronto production of the Stephen Schwartz musical… Read More #TIFF50 Review: You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution… (Special Presentations)

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#TIFF50 Review: Ballad of a Small Player (Special Presentations)

By John Corrado Ballad of a Small Player is the latest film from German director Edward Berger, who broke out in a big way and became an Oscar heavyweight with his past two films Conclave and All Quiet on the Western Front. Berger’s latest, a Macau-set gambling film, can’t live up to his previous two.… Read More #TIFF50 Review: Ballad of a Small Player (Special Presentations)

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New This Week (09/12/2025): The Long Walk, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of September 12th, 2025. Theatrical Releases: The Long Walk (Wide Release): Stephen King’s 1979 story finally comes to the big screen in this adaptation from Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence. The story follows a group of teen boys in a totalitarian America competing in a walking competition… Read More New This Week (09/12/2025): The Long Walk, & More!

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