Derrick Murray is a Los Angeles based film critic and Content Producer for ForReel. He has covered numerous film festivals including Sundance, TIFF, SXSW and Venice and was previously selected for the TIFF Media Inclusion Initiative. He can always be found watching movies in a theater with a large popcorn.
Hot off the incredibly well received world premiere at TIFF 26, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother hits theaters nationwide this Friday, September 25th. The new action thriller from Amazon Studios marks the return to the big screen for Mahershala Ali and allows writer/director Bassam Tariq to show
The Stunt Driver is now playing in theaters, fresh off its world premiere at TIFF. We got a chance to not only catch the film at the fest, but also sit down with both Jay Baruchel and writer/director Michael Dowse to talk about their new collaboration. Reteaming after their critical darling Goon,
Atonement turned out to be a hidden gem surprise for me at TIFF 2026. A heartbreaking but hopeful story about a family and a soldier reeling from events that connected them during the Iraq war. Based on an 2012 New Yorker article of the same name, it tells the true story of Lu Lobello, a troubled
For anyone who grew up in the early 2000s and more specifically in the wake of Post 9/11 America, To Catch a Predator was a ubiquitous show that felt like the start of something new in media and journalism. A beacon of sensationalist entertainment approached with reckless abandon but wholly
The works of Martin McDonagh hold a special place in my heart. Since In Bruges, I have been a fan of his work and directorial style. The masterful blend of humor, heart, and violent, foul-mouthed shenanigans has worked on me for decades, and I will always mark my calendar for new McDonagh. So of
Every year at TIFF there's one film in the Midnight Madness section that sets the bar for the rest. This isn't always the winner of the Midnight People's Choice Award, but it's always easy to spot as the next big thing. And it's usually the opening night film; The Substance, Nirvana The Band The
The Apothecary Diaries has the cast finally begin to prepare for the incoming locust plague in Ep. 52 "The Last Volume". Sure, they could've prepared much sooner. However, without the intel gained in this episode, those preparations wouldn't have been nearly as guided as they are here. Now it's
For a film called All Of A Sudden, very little happens suddenly in Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s sensitive portrayal of friendship and care. The director (Drive My Car) has a particularly patient style of filmmaking that is not universally appealing, but it captures humanity in all its messy earnestness.
Sasaki and Peeps gives us plots galore being brewed up, as you might expect from Ep. 15 "Concealment and Infiltration" with that title. Complete with both the faking of a death and an undercover operation to investigate the death game faction. It's all great ingredients for some serious political