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Bi Gan's #Resurrection dreams an ambitious Chinese odyssey of surrealist sci-fi slow cinema across time and space 📽️ at @viffest.bsky.social @thecinematheque.bsky.social bit.ly/4sbhquT
VIFF 2025 | Bi Gan Dreams A Cinematic 'Resurrection'
Bi Gan Resurrection 2025 Movie Review
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December 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Bi Gan's #Resurrection dreams an ambitious Chinese odyssey of surrealist sci-fi slow cinema across time and space 📽️ at @viffest.bsky.social @thecinematheque.bsky.social bit.ly/4sbhquT
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Level Up pop-up games room 🎮 inside the Westin Bayshore hotel bit.ly/495P3pj
December 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Level Up pop-up games room 🎮 inside the Westin Bayshore hotel bit.ly/495P3pj
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#SongSungBlue pays tribute to Neil Diamond's music 🎶 in a bittersweet 2000s-era Milwaukee love story bit.ly/4pSNhz1
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Song Sung Blue (dir. Craig Brewer).
Based on Greg Kohs' 2008 documentary of the same name, Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson star as the real-life Milwaukee singing duo, Mike and Claire Sardina, from the.....
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December 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
#SongSungBlue pays tribute to Neil Diamond's music 🎶 in a bittersweet 2000s-era Milwaukee love story bit.ly/4pSNhz1
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Domestic thriller #TheHousemaid twists a complicated marital dispute 🗝️ involving Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried bit.ly/house-maid
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The Housemaid (dir. Paul Feig).
Both Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried give extreme performances in the film adaptation of author Freida McFadden's wildly popular 2022 thriller novel about an unhappy...
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December 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Domestic thriller #TheHousemaid twists a complicated marital dispute 🗝️ involving Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried bit.ly/house-maid
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#AvatarFireAndAsh repeats itself as another blazingly action-packed 🌋 but relentlessly sprawling cinematic experience bit.ly/avatar-fire
REEL | Beneath Pandora – 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' Repeats Itself
Avatar: Fire and Ash Review
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December 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
#AvatarFireAndAsh repeats itself as another blazingly action-packed 🌋 but relentlessly sprawling cinematic experience bit.ly/avatar-fire
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Sneak peek: Potluck's arcade-themed Street Hawker Turbo 🍔 smash burger offshoot in Cambie Village bit.ly/4j8NOu3
December 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Sneak peek: Potluck's arcade-themed Street Hawker Turbo 🍔 smash burger offshoot in Cambie Village bit.ly/4j8NOu3
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An Intimate Evening with @adampally.bsky.social showcases 🎸 an offbeat #HBO comedy special tmblr.co/ZhuNXyibNIM3...
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An Intimate Evening with Adam Pally (dir. Brent Hodge).
HBO's unconventional comedy special captures the talented comedian and actor reflecting on his life in the entermainent industry. Framed as a...
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December 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
An Intimate Evening with @adampally.bsky.social showcases 🎸 an offbeat #HBO comedy special tmblr.co/ZhuNXyibNIM3...
#AvatarFireAndAsh repeats itself as another blazingly action-packed 🌋 but relentlessly sprawling cinematic experience bit.ly/avatar-fire
REEL | Beneath Pandora – 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' Repeats Itself
Avatar: Fire and Ash Review
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December 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
#AvatarFireAndAsh repeats itself as another blazingly action-packed 🌋 but relentlessly sprawling cinematic experience bit.ly/avatar-fire
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'Hal & Harper' bonds over its earnest sibling dramedy series 🎒 about growing up too fast tmblr.co/ZhuNXyia-GGE...
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Hal & Harper (prod. Cooper Raiff).
Lili Reinhart and Raiff star as co-dependent siblings, who had to grow up a bit too fast and now are emotionally stunted as young adults, raised by a troubled but...
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December 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
'Hal & Harper' bonds over its earnest sibling dramedy series 🎒 about growing up too fast tmblr.co/ZhuNXyia-GGE...
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'Being Eddie' recalls portions of #EddieMurphy's remarkable life 📽️ and Hollywood career tmblr.co/ZhuNXyiagfw-...
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Being Eddie (dir. Angus Wall).
Most everything outside of the recent Saturday Night Live hosting footage in Netflix's biographical documentary felt pretty cookie cutter. However, groundbreaking...
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December 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
'Being Eddie' recalls portions of #EddieMurphy's remarkable life 📽️ and Hollywood career tmblr.co/ZhuNXyiagfw-...
Ordering $26,000 worth of sides in honour of Rob Reiner
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Ordering $26,000 worth of sides in honour of Rob Reiner
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'Dust Bunny' hides a family-friendly horror fairytale 🐰 about the dangers of childhood bit.ly/3KUJz8G
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Dust Bunny (dir. Bryan Fuller) x TIFF 2025.
Fuller's family-friendly horror fantasy starring Mads Mikkelsen as a noble hitman tasked with eliminating his child neighbour's titular under-the-bed...
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December 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
'Dust Bunny' hides a family-friendly horror fairytale 🐰 about the dangers of childhood bit.ly/3KUJz8G
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'You Had to Be There' revisits the wild comedic legacy of 1972's Toronto production of #Godspell 🎭 at @tiffnet.bsky.social bit.ly/4aGV8dY
SCREEN | Revisiting 'Godspell' – 'You Had to Be There' x WFF 2025
You Had to Be There Documentary Review
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December 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
'You Had to Be There' revisits the wild comedic legacy of 1972's Toronto production of #Godspell 🎭 at @tiffnet.bsky.social bit.ly/4aGV8dY
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Our top 10 TV shows of 2025 📺 bit.ly/toptv-25
December 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Our top 10 TV shows of 2025 📺 bit.ly/toptv-25
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'Youngblood' crosschecks a competitive underdog hockey drama about growing up 🏒 at @tiffnet.bsky.social @viffest.bsky.social tmblr.co/ZhuNXyiZJHCo...
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Youngblood (dir. Hubert Davis) x WFF 2025.
Toronto-based, Saint Lucian-Canadian actor Ashton James stars as the eponymous junior hockey prospect in a more serious remake of the 1986 sports cult...
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December 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
'Youngblood' crosschecks a competitive underdog hockey drama about growing up 🏒 at @tiffnet.bsky.social @viffest.bsky.social tmblr.co/ZhuNXyiZJHCo...
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10 other films from 2025 📼 you may have missed bit.ly/other25
December 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
10 other films from 2025 📼 you may have missed bit.ly/other25
'You Had to Be There' revisits the wild comedic legacy of 1972's Toronto production of #Godspell 🎭 at @tiffnet.bsky.social bit.ly/4aGV8dY
SCREEN | Revisiting 'Godspell' – 'You Had to Be There' x WFF 2025
You Had to Be There Documentary Review
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December 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
'You Had to Be There' revisits the wild comedic legacy of 1972's Toronto production of #Godspell 🎭 at @tiffnet.bsky.social bit.ly/4aGV8dY
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#Pluribus joins a compelling sci-fi drama exploring the global loss of individuality 🍩 against the terrors of total collectivism bit.ly/pluri-bus
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Pluribus (prod. Vince Gilligan).
From the makers of Breaking Bad comes a compelling sci-fi drama exploring collectivism vs. individualism using a novel global hive mind premise for its narrative...
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December 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
#Pluribus joins a compelling sci-fi drama exploring the global loss of individuality 🍩 against the terrors of total collectivism bit.ly/pluri-bus
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Finally – #KillBill: The Whole Bloody Affair reassembles Quentin Tarantino's 4½-hour revenge opus 🤺 of pure and uncut martial arts ultraviolence bit.ly/kbtwba
GENRE | Finally 'Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair' – Pure Uncut Revenge
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair Review
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December 6, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Finally – #KillBill: The Whole Bloody Affair reassembles Quentin Tarantino's 4½-hour revenge opus 🤺 of pure and uncut martial arts ultraviolence bit.ly/kbtwba
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My top 10 films of 2025 🍿 bit.ly/film-25
December 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My top 10 films of 2025 🍿 bit.ly/film-25
Finally – #KillBill: The Whole Bloody Affair reassembles Quentin Tarantino's 4½-hour revenge opus 🤺 of pure and uncut martial arts ultraviolence bit.ly/kbtwba
GENRE | Finally 'Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair' – Pure Uncut Revenge
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair Review
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December 6, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Finally – #KillBill: The Whole Bloody Affair reassembles Quentin Tarantino's 4½-hour revenge opus 🤺 of pure and uncut martial arts ultraviolence bit.ly/kbtwba
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Delight in the well put-together filmed version 🎶 of the stage musical comedy revival #MerrilyWeRollAlong bit.ly/4pKKmYC
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Merrily We Roll Along (dir. Maria Friedman).
This filmed version of the Stephen Sondheim Broadway musical comedy revival starring Daniel Radcliffe and Jonathan Groff refreshingly employs enough film.....
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December 5, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Delight in the well put-together filmed version 🎶 of the stage musical comedy revival #MerrilyWeRollAlong bit.ly/4pKKmYC
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Table tennis panic attack dramedy #MartySupreme supercharges Timothée Chalamet's chaotic 🏓 but electric lead performance bit.ly/martysupreme
REEL | Timothée Chalamet Challenges 'Marty Supreme'
Marty Supreme Movie Review
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December 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Table tennis panic attack dramedy #MartySupreme supercharges Timothée Chalamet's chaotic 🏓 but electric lead performance bit.ly/martysupreme
My top 10 films of 2025 🍿 bit.ly/film-25
December 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My top 10 films of 2025 🍿 bit.ly/film-25