New York City’s last pickpocket doesn’t need a smartphone
A film critic provides a preview of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), highlighting upcoming movies and streaming series. The dispatch includes a review of the film 'The Only Living Pickpocket in New York' starring John Turturro.
Why it matters
TIFF is a major cultural event that sets the tone for the film industry's awards season and upcoming streaming releases.
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 adaptation Exit 8 to Park-Chan wook’s dark satire No Other Choice.
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