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Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Spader's unconventional romance chronicles a coming-of-age tale by way of a BDSM fantasy.

Joaquin Phoenix's performance as a vulnerable, off-beat loner caught between two women sustains the film's melodrama.

Fritz Lang's nasty thriller will plunge you into a morass of disreputability, deception, and greed.

With his latest thriller, Fincher further develops his practice of digitally molding the real world in his own image.

In Downtime's final TIFF dispatch, our humble correspondent reviews films about the GameStop short squeeze and John le Carré.

In Downtime's second TIFF dispatch, our humble correspondent reviews a Palme d'Or-winning legal thriller and a tearjerking family drama.

In Downtime's first TIFF dispatch, our humble correspondent reviews new crowd-pleasers from Alexander Payne and Richard Linklater.

Steamrolled by Star Wars, the director's grim follow-up to The Exorcist remains an intense highlight of '70s American moviemaking.

Her fascination with the relationship between interior spaces and existential plight finds purchase in this vacation drama.

The Reckless Moment stars Joan Bennett as a lonely heroine whose suburban American dream curdles into a nightmare.

Lee Chang-dong's Burning captures the conspiracy-laden paranoia and free-floating resentments that defined the last decade.

With his YouTube channel, Dr. Kirk Honda provides psychological commentary on Love Is Blind participants that emphasizes self-reflection.

The cult erotic thriller not only provokes and unsettles, but also follows a genre truism: everyone is horny and no one can be trusted.

The 1989 cult favorite works as a shorter, and possibly stranger, alternative to A24's splashy "Beau Is Afraid"

The great midcentury director's final film follows a female wrestling duo trying to eke out a victory on the road.

In an age obsessed with representation, this unassuming mid-aughts comedy dared to portray Asian Americans as "people who exist."

The story of a codependent father-and-daughter relationship pays tribute to the work of Yasujirō Ozu’ and Denis' own mother.

In a decade defined by social and political alienation, John Sayles' lo-fi sci-fi adventure embraced spontaneous spiritual connections.

Clint Eastwood's 1995 romantic drama energizes the domestic space with the liberating possibility of life's freedoms.

John Frankenheimer's head-trip points to a future filled with grifters falsely promising a better life.

Kathryn Bigelow's 1995 cyberpunk thriller perfectly captures its moment while looking towards a more fraught future.

This German supernatural horror film employs an outré sound design to convey the experience of hypnosis.