On this episode, Shadan talks with Erica about the best movies she saw at this year's Toronto International Film Festival!

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Films that will be discussed in our TIFF Recap:

1. A Private Life (Rebecca Zlotowski)
Release: November 14 (Limited)
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNUkW6ywV-c
2. Arco (Ugo Bienvenu)
Release: November 14 (Select Theaters)
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNUkW6ywV-c
3. Ballad of a Small Player (Edward Berger)
Release: October 29 (Netflix)
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVuAfgSLFI4&t=8s
4. Blue Moon (Richard Linklater)
Release: October 17 in NY & LA theaters; Nationwide October 24
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo7gRHip0lI
5. Charlie Harper (Mac Eldridge, Tom Dean)
6. Dead Man’s Wire (Gus Van Sant)
7. Dinner With Friends (Sasha Leigh Henry)
8. Diya (Achille Ronaimou)
9. Eternity (David Freyne)
Release: Limited November 14, Wide November 26
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irXTps1REHU
10. Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro)
Release: November 7 (Netflix, limited before wide)
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x--N03NO130
11. Hamlet (Aneil Karia)
12. Hamnet (Chloé Zhao)
Release: December 12 (Wide theatrical)
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2xtmPkuksA
13. Hedda (Nia DaCosta)
Release: October 29 (Amazon Prime Video)
14. If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (Mary Bronstein)
Release: October 10
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywFDoT7LBbQ
15. It Was Just an Accident (Jafar Panahi)
Release: October 15
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF04v-ze2Yc
16. Memory of Princess Mumbi (Damien Hauser)
17. No Other Choice (Park Chan-wook)
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U77zLDDdjc
18. Obsession (Curry Barker)
19. Rental Family (HIKARI)
Release: November 21
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0pqP6ClcE8
20. Roofman (Derek Cianfrance)
Release: October 10 (Theatrical)
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXecSGmQDEI
21. Sacrifice (Romain Gavras)
22. Sentimental Value (Joachim Trier)
Release: November 7
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKbcKQN5Yrw
23. The Lost Bus (Paul Greengrass)
Release: October 3 (Apple TV+)
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSDHjkuwaic&t=5s
24. The Secret Agent (Kleber Mendonça Filho)
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nNAVGX8n7w
25. The Smashing Machine (Benny Safdie)
Release: October 3
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRpnP3LZ99g
26. The Son and the Sea (Stroma Cairns)
27. The Testament of Ann Lee (Mona Fastvold)
28. The Wizard of the Kremlin (Olivier Assayas)
29. Train Dreams (Clint Bentley)
Release: November 21 (Netflix)
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyRdazbYKgY
30. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Rian Johnson)
Release: December 12 (Netflix)
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHM1K1JByBI

Other TIFF 2025 Titles Mentioned:

Bad Apples (Jonatan Etzler)
Christy (David Michôd)
Release: November 7
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSHwFDPfeV8
Eleanor The Great (Scarlett Johansson)
Release: September 26
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ6l2ue--KA
John Candy: I Like Me (Colin Hanks)
Release: October 10 (Amazon Prime Video)
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrcQRsrBcCk
Nouvelle Vague (Richard Linklater)
Release: November 14 (Netflix)
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=795BXtBR2u4
The Voice of Hind Rajab (Kaouther Ben Hania)