Watch List Digest 9/17/26: The TIFF Edition

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The Digest has been quiet for a bit because I've been away at the Toronto Film Festival, pigging out on upcoming fall movies and other delights. Below I've gathered all my festival reports into one post for easy consumption. But for TL/DR purposes, my Top Ten TIFF 2026 list would be:

"All of a Sudden"

"Possible Love"

"Elsinore"

"Wild Horse Nine"

"Bitter Christmas"

"I Play Rocky"

"Alpha Gang"

"Union Town"

"Babies"

"Edward Said: Between Worlds"

For further details, read on.

TIFF Report I: “All of a Sudden,”“Minotaur,” “Wild Horse Nine”

A new Hamaguchi masterpiece, a brooding Russian drama and a peak performance from one of our great acting eccentrics.

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TIFF Report II: “I Play Rocky,”“Ink,” “Up Against It,” “The Long Winter”

An underdog story about an underdog story is an unexpected highlight at the Toronto Film Festival

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TIFF Report III: “Elsinore,” “Bitter Christmas,” “Being Heumann,” “Alpha Gang”

A new Almodóvar, a feel-good biopic of a disability-rights legend, a likely Best Actor bell-ringer and, from the Zellner brothers, one of the damnedest things I’ve ever seen,

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TIFF Report IV: Batting Clean-Up

Reviews of “Babies,” “Bucking Fastard,” “Edward Said: Between Worlds,” “Everybody Wants to F*ck Me,” “The Face of Horror,” “Love of Your Life,” “Possible Love,” “The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives,” “A Talent for Murder,” “Union Town”

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