Peter Howell

Peter Howell Night Vision Oct 23, 2026 2.5/4 This most Sundance-y of the Sundance 2026 premieres, finally coming to theatres, is an acting and special effects showcase but a screenwriters’ misfire. Go to Full Review Wicker (2026) 94% - -

Peter Howell Toronto Star Oct 14, 2026 4/4 The motive for Holmes’s apparent candour is the main “why” question of the film, one that will ultimately leave many viewers wondering, in a good way, if their popcorn has been doused with LSD rather than butter. Go to Full Review You Can See Everything (2026) 96% - -

Peter Howell Night Vision Oct 8, 2026 2/4 The acting is fine but the drama feels forced and the dialogue is geekish to a fault, despite being based on real characters and incidents. I wish Sorkin had found a funny way to talk about “meaningful social interactions.” Go to Full Review The Social Reckoning (2026) 54% - -

Peter Howell Toronto Star Oct 3, 2026 At times the film can be unruly and overripe, but Calvo and Ambrossi bring a rich, theatrical sweep to their reclamation of a queer Spanish history long forced into silence. Go to Full Review La Bola Negra (2026) 87% - -

Peter Howell Toronto Star Oct 2, 2026 Through raw testimony from Israeli military personnel, NAZA is heartbreaking but essential viewing, questioning the systems that cause and quantify civilian death in modern warfare. Go to Full Review NAZA (2026) 100% - -

Peter Howell Toronto Star Oct 2, 2026 Cruise has played arrogant bastards before, but this is one of his better turns, right up there with those in Tropic Thunder and Magnolia. Go to Full Review Digger (2026) 53% - -

Peter Howell Toronto Star Sep 24, 2026 2.5/4 Heart of the Beast doesn’t dig deeply into character motivation and the plot by feature screenplay rookie Cameron Alexander is as obvious as a red line drawn across a map. But the story is clever in its own way. Go to Full Review Heart of the Beast (2026) 84% - -

Peter Howell Toronto Star Sep 19, 2026 The whole thing plays more like the pilot to a really interesting TV series rather than a stand-alone film, but Eleazar proves she’s got what it takes to be a genuine Hollywood presence. Go to Full Review Misty Green (2026) 61% - -

Peter Howell Toronto Star Sep 19, 2026 The film has divided festival audiences, but I fell for its strange magic. Go to Full Review Bucking Fastard (2026) 69% - -

Peter Howell Toronto Star Sep 19, 2026 Is there a movie cliché more cloying than prodigal adult and life-redeeming kid? Have no fear, because Jordan Firstman is here and he’s not interested in making your heart go pitty-pat -- not at first, at any rate. Go to Full Review Club Kid (2026) 100% - -

Peter Howell Toronto Star Sep 19, 2026 A naturalistic, quietly transporting gem by Marine Atlan. Go to Full Review La Gradiva (2026) 96% - -

Peter Howell Toronto Star Sep 19, 2026 The film is a hilarious and harrowing reminder that the sky really is the limit when Canadians are put to the test. Go to Full Review The Stunt Driver (2026) 74% - -

Peter Howell Toronto Star Sep 19, 2026 The plot is lean but the acting is true and the epiphanies, albeit small, are completely earned. Leigh has been making films for decades, yet this one feels fresh enough to be his first. Go to Full Review Tender Loving Care (2026) 100% - -

Peter Howell Toronto Star Sep 19, 2026 We can never quite predict where the story is headed, but watching it unfold is consistently thrilling. Go to Full Review Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother (2026) 96% - -

Peter Howell Toronto Star Sep 19, 2026 A coldly funny, increasingly caustic drama of class anxiety and unlikely friendship. Go to Full Review Possible Love (2026) 100% - -

Peter Howell Toronto Star Sep 19, 2026 Julianne Moore makes acting look like a matter of life and death, onstage and off, in Jesse Eisenberg’s terrific new comedy. Go to Full Review The Debut (2026) 91% - -

Peter Howell Toronto Star Sep 19, 2026 It’s top-of-game work from everyone involved, especially Malkovich as the irrepressible Chris, casually voicing the sort of things the rest of us only have nightmares about. Go to Full Review Wild Horse Nine (2026) 93% - -

Peter Howell Toronto Star Aug 25, 2026 The film is a satirical missile aimed at corporate greed and corruption, especially apt targets these days. Go to Full Review Coyote vs. Acme (2026) 96% - -

Peter Howell Night Vision Aug 13, 2026 3/4 [A] logic-free plot, which, as an IMAX ride, is easy (and often enjoyable) to go along with as big and gnashing summer escapism. Go to Full Review The End of Oak Street (2026) 86% - -

Peter Howell Night Vision Aug 7, 2026 3/4 Kudos to Johnson, though, for not going full Hollywood with his first Hollywood cast. He’s still fascinated by lively rebels, and, with Anthony Bourdain, he found the perfect subject. Go to Full Review Tony (2026) 93% - -