TIFF 2026: The latest movie reviews from Toronto – The Verge The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts. 2026-09-16T18:41:41+00:00 https://www.theverge.com/rss/stream/994834 https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/verge-rss-large_80b47e.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1 Andrew Webster <![CDATA[The streamers are fighting over Halloween]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=996314 2026-09-16T14:41:41-04:00 2026-09-16T23:00:00-04:00 A still from the film Crystal Lake.

The Toronto International Film Festival is a place to go to see the future of film, but this year it also provided a glimpse at what is coming very soon in the realm of streaming. Four different streamers - Peacock, Netflix, Amazon, and AMC - all premiered early looks at upcoming horror-adjacent series that are dropping very soon. And by doing it at TIFF, they showed just how important the month of October has become in the realm of streaming.

Perhaps the most high-profile is Carrie, which is coming to Prime Video. An adaptation of the classic Stephen King novel, which has already been turned into no fewer than three feature films, this ver …

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]]> Andrew Webster <![CDATA[Vintage Violence is an absurdist crime thriller for phone addicts]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=995472 2026-09-15T11:57:13-04:00 2026-09-15T12:00:00-04:00 A still image from the film Vintage Violence.

There are a lot of movies that have tried to seamlessly integrate modern tech - text messages, livestreams, etc. - into their storytelling. Some of the most novel attempts have been in the genre space, like the Twitch-style horror flick Deadstream. But the most chaotic to date might just be Vintage Violence, an absurd crime thriller with lots of blood, jokes, and screentime.

I was able to catch Vintage Violence, the latest from director Eugene Kotlyarenko, on my fifth day at the Toronto International Film Festival. Kotlyarenko has previously explored our hyper-connected culture in 2020's Spree, a movie in which Stranger Things' Joe Keery pl …

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]]> Andrew Webster <![CDATA[The four-hour-long Elon Musk documentary might be preaching to the choir]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=994596 2026-09-15T15:16:36-04:00 2026-09-14T09:50:00-04:00 A still image from the documentary Musk.

It makes sense that Musk is a long film. The latest from Alex Gibney, who has previously directed documentaries about Theranos and Steve Jobs, is an impressively thorough retelling of the story of Elon Musk, from his early days as a dot-com millionaire to "taking a wood chipper" to vital US government departments. In order to understand Musk's rise to power, you need to know the whole story. Musk tells it compellingly and convincingly, but doesn't offer much in the way of revelations if you're aware of Musk's catastrophic influence on the world. For everyone else, a demanding runtime just shy of four hours might prove too much of a barrier t …

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]]> Andrew Webster <![CDATA[Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother will make you forget all about Marvel’s Blade disaster]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=994393 2026-09-13T07:07:30-04:00 2026-09-13T09:00:00-04:00 A still from the film Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother.

Marvel's mishandling of its Blade reboot will likely go down as one of the studio's biggest mistakes. There was a great actor in place to play the vampire hunter (Mahershala Ali), and a promising director set to take over the reins (Bassam Tariq). In retrospect, though, the disappointing demise of Blade might not be such a bad thing, because Tariq and Ali have collaborated on something much more interesting than a superhero reboot: the powerful hitman thriller Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother.

That was one of five movies I was able to cram into a very hectic third day at the Toronto International Film Festival (you can see my previous re …

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]]> Andrew Webster <![CDATA[Laika’s stop-motion fantasy Wildwood looks so smooth]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=994314 2026-09-12T09:10:57-04:00 2026-09-12T09:00:00-04:00 A still photo from the animated film Wildwood.

Due to a scheduling mishap, I was only able to check out two movies on my second day at the Toronto International Film Festival - but I did manage to get an early look at and some fascinating details on one of my most anticipated films this year.

Even if you don't know the name Laika, you probably know the studio's work; it's the animation house behind stop-motion hits like ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, and Kubo and the Two Strings. Over the years Laika's films have steadily gotten more impressive on both a technical and artistic level. Which brings us to the incredible-looking Wildwood, hitting theaters next month. If you're unfamiliar, here' …

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]]> Andrew Webster <![CDATA[New York City’s last pickpocket doesn’t need a smartphone]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=993875 2026-09-11T09:54:52-04:00 2026-09-11T10:15:00-04:00 A still from the film The Only Living Pickpocket in New York.

Hello once again from Toronto, where for a week every year I watch far too many movies and tell you all about them. The festival, better known as TIFF, is always a great preview of the months ahead in film, with a nice mix of mainstream fare, awards contenders, indie surprises, and genre flicks destined to be cult classics. The streamers also love to make their presence felt here, previewing some of their most anticipated projects. Last year, for instance, Netflix showed off both Guillermo del Toro's long-awaited Frankenstein as well as the third Knives Out movie, and I was also able to watch everything from the terrifying video game adaptat …

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