Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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The 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival is underway, featuring everything from big premieres to more unique hidden gems.

As TIFF starts to wrap up, Xtra Culture Editor KC Hoard breaks down the three movies from the festival that he can’t stop thinking about: Chloé Zhao’s buzzy Hamnet, to Christopher Nelius’s unconventional documentary Whistle and Richard Linklater’s heartbreaking biopic Blue Moon.

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