Editor’s Note: Vanyaland film editor Nick Johnston has left the country, posting up this week in the Great White North to cover the 51st Toronto International Film Festival. As usual, and perhaps now more than ever, we wish we were up there with him! Check out our continuing 2026 coverage, get rolling with our official curtain-raiser, and revisit the complete Vanyaland coverage archives from past TIFF editions. There’s nothing quite like a good, old-fashioned slasher. You know what I mean: A Plain Jane gory horror feature without a whiff of … Continue reading TIFF 2026 Review: ‘River’ wants you to sit in the splash zone