Lily James stars as Whitney Wolfe in a dramatization of the turbulent early days of Tinder. The film retraces Wolfe’s role in turning a struggling app into a global phenomenon, while exposing the misogyny and toxic culture that marked her journey through Silicon Valley. Starring Lily James.
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‘Swiped’ TIFF Review: Whitney Wolfe’s Rise in Tech’s Toxic Playground
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‘The Currents’ TIFF Review: Haunted by Water, Adrift in Herself
Isabel Aimé González Sola anchors Milagros Mumenthaler’s enigmatic drama about a designer who loses her bearings after a sudden rupture in Switzerland.
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‘Maledictions’ Review: Daniel Burman’s Political Chessboard (Netflix)
In northern Argentina, the governor’s right-hand man kidnaps his daughter during a crucial vote on a lithium exploitation bill. The race against time exposes the true nature of power. Starring Leonardo Sbaraglia, Gustavo Bassani, Alejandra Flechner and Monna Antonopoulos. Streaming on Netflix from September 12.
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‘Pin de fartie’ Venice Review: A Playful, Poignant Meditation on Finitude
Mixing humor, melancholy, and political resonance, Alejo Moguillansky’s film becomes both a reflection on endings—of relationships, of art, of a country—and a luminous celebration of cinema, theater, and music.
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‘Grand Ciel’ Venice Review: Labor Struggles in the Shadow of Progress
On a massive construction site for a luxury mega-development, a night-shift worker becomes caught between loyalty to his fellow laborers and pressure from his bosses. As disappearances, accidents, and strange noises unsettle the site, this French drama blurs social realism with eerie allegory, exposing the human cost of dreams built on exploitation.
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«En el camino» Venice Review: Tenderness in the Shadow of Violence
A young drifter and a taciturn trucker form an uneasy bond on Mexico’s highways, caught between desire, loneliness, and the looming threat of violence. David Pablo’s film is a dusty, melancholic road movie that finds fleeting tenderness in a brutal world.
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‘Vanilla’ Venice Review: Mayra Hermosillo’s tender ode to unusual families
Mixing humor, intimacy, and the weight of economic struggle, this Mexican film turns everyday moments into a coming-of-age tale full of color and humanity.
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“Un cabo suelto” Venice Review: Daniel Hendler’s comedy of escape and reinvention
This offbeat comedy follows a runaway Argentine policeman adrift in Uruguay. A tale of loose ends, new beginnings, and the cultural quirks of life on both sides of the Río de la Plata.
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‘Hiedra’ Venice Review: A lyrical portrait of mothers, sons, and missing ties
Ecuadorian filmmaker Ana Cristina Barragán crafts a delicate, dreamlike story of two strangers who might be family—or might only need to believe they are.
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‘Songs of Forgotten Trees’ Venice Review: Two Women Seeking Connection in Mumbai
In bustling Mumbai, two very different women share an apartment yet live separate lives. Gradually, their solitude gives way to an unexpected bond built on connection and mutual support. In Orizzonti.