Our Hero, Balthazar

Eager to impress his activist crush, a wealthy New York teenager follows an online connection to Texas, where he’s convinced he can stop an act of extreme violence. With Jaeden Martell, Asa Butterfield, Chris Bauer, Jennifer Ehle, Avan Jogia. “Oscillating between brutal humor and unsettling insight, ‘Our Hero, Balthazar is an audacious and often astonishing … Read more

Mārama

From director Taratoa Stappard, and starring Ariāna Osborne and Toby Stephens comes the year’s most visually stunning Gothic Horror. Far from home and haunted by visions, a Māori woman uncovers gruesome secrets inside an English manor. A bold, unsettling gothic tale of identity, memory, and colonial reckoning.  With Umi Myers, Erroll Shand, Jordan Moone. 1859, … Read more

Mile End Kicks

I LIKE MOVIES director Chandler Levack’s latest feature MILE END KICKS is a bright, romantic comedy starring Barbie Ferreira (HBO’s ‘Euphoria’) as Grace, a young music critic who moves to Montreal to figure out life and love. With Devon Bostick, Jay Baruchel, and Isaiah Lehtinen. “Not everyone will relate to being a critic navigating the … Read more

Mother Mary

In David Lowery’s (THE GREEN KNIGHT, A GHOST STORY) endlessly stylish psycho-drama thriller MOTHER MARY, long-buried wounds rise to the surface when iconic pop star Mother Mary (Anne Hathaway) reunites with her estranged best friend and former costume designer Sam Anselm (Michaela Coel) on the eve of her comeback performance. Featuring original songs from Jack … Read more

Beat Street

Join us on Sunday, May 31 at the Rio Theatre for a screening of the iconic 1984 hip hop classic BEAT STREET. BEAT STREET helped introduce hip hop culture to the world at a time when it was still a local movement centered in the Bronx, showcasing the four core elements DJing, MCing, breakdancing, and … Read more

Sick Puppy (Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A)

Hosted by Vancouver Horror Show. Charlie loves her husband John, even though he is a serial killer. She’s been trying to get him to quit for years. When he finally does quit to protect her, she’s thrilled, but the police soon show up and threaten to upend their new suburban life. Soon Charlie must do … Read more

Ratatouille

Remy (Patton Oswalt), a resident of Paris, appreciates good food and has quite a sophisticated palate. He would love to become a chef so he can create and enjoy culinary masterpieces to his heart’s delight. The only problem is, Remy is a rat. When he winds up in the sewer beneath one of Paris’ finest … Read more

The Last Anniversary

THE LAST ANNIVERSARY will make its theatrical debut in Toronto May 22, and then open across Canada May 29, from indie distributor Tiny Cabin Pictures. Following its world-premiere at the 2025 Macabro Film Festival in Mexico, and  U.S. premiere at the 2026 Julien Dubuque International Film Festival Written, directed and edited by Brett Butler and … Read more

The Christophers

Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh (TRAFFIC, ERIN BROCKOVICH) capably directs this black comedy featuring Ian McKellan and Micaela Cole in a sly, two-hander character study. Desperate for an inheritance, two siblings conspire to forge their father’s unfinished paintings so they become valuable after his death. With Jessica Gunning, James Corden. “Had ‘The Christophers’ just been a … Read more

A Tribe Called Love (Director in Attendance for Q&A)

Set in a Somali neighbourhood in Toronto, the film follows teenagers Farah and Halima as they fall in love despite warnings to stay apart because they’re from different tribes. When Farah’s family relocates to Vancouver, the relationship ends abruptly — until they reconnect in their twenties in Toronto. But the same cultural barriers that once … Read more