TIFF 2025: Saipan, Eleanor the Great, Christy and the Lost Bus

Fresh off the electric vibes of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, Daniel dives into the cinematic whirlwind of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, spotlighting three premieres that captured the festival's diverse energy. From bold character studies to gripping true stories, these films showcase TIFF's knack for launching unforgettable narratives. We're talking Saipan, the fiery sports drama unpacking the infamous 2002 World Cup showdown between Roy Keane (Éanna Hardwicke) and Mick McCarthy (Steve Coogan). Eleanor the Great, directed by Scarlett Johansson, centers on a 94-year-old woman who, after a loss, shares a fabricated story that spirals into unexpected consequences, touching on grief and connection. Then, Sydney Sweeney steps into the ring as boxing trailblazer Christy Martin in David Michôd's Christy, a biographical gut-punch exploring her rise from small-town dreamer to women's boxing icon, shadowed by abuse and resilience. Rounding out the trio is Paul Greengrass's pulse-pounding The Lost Bus, starring Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera as a rogue driver and devoted teacher racing against the 2018 Camp Fire's deadly blaze to save 22 kids on a school bus. The rest of our TIFF coverage will follow over the coming days, highlighting the good and the bad of the biggest film festival in North America.  If you have any questions or comments, or would like to recommend a movie we cover next please reach out to us on social media. We're on Facebook, X (formerly known as Twitter) and Instagram.