TIFF 2025: Best, Weirdest & Worst Moments
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1. The Captive Post-Screening Q&A
* Film: The Captive (directed by Alejandro Amenábar) – a biopic about a young Miguel de Cervantes that includes a gay romance.
* Key takeaway: The post-screening Q&A was unusually excited, with the director, cast (Julio Peña Fernández and Alessandro Borghi), and a TIFF programmer all expressing it was the best they’d experienced. The film is described as “sexy.”
2. John Candy: I Like Me Interview
* Film: John Candy: I Like Me (documentary, produced by Ryan Reynolds, directed by Colin Hanks)
* Key takeaway: Ryan reynolds dominated the interview, and it’s noted that the film’s title was disliked by John Candy’s son, Christopher, because his father didn’t actually like himself. The author jokingly suggests the title would be better suited for a film about Ryan Reynolds.
3. EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
* Film: EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (documentary, directed by Baz Luhrmann)
* Key takeaway: Luhrmann is seen as redeeming himself after the divisive reception of his Elvis biopic. The documentary, focusing on Elvis’s Las Vegas residency, is praised as “electric and intimate” and one of the best rock documentaries ever made.
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