"At my second day at TIFF 2025, the longest line I saw wasn't for a movie: it was for the Criterion Closet. The space is housed in a van so that it could make it up to Toronto, and honestly, it felt a little wrong to see the outside of it after watching everyone from Michael Cera to Hideo Kojima spend time in its cramped interior digging through Blu-Rays."
"The line was long enough that I didn't even bother trying to get inside, which is probably a good thing since I'd just be overwhelmed anyways. Besides, standing in that line would cut into my movie time, which is already a precious resource given there are so many things to check out."
"If there was a theme for the features I saw on day 2 it would be people on the margins being pushed to extremes. That was the vibe of both Nadia Latif's The Man in My Basement, as well as No Other Choice, the latest from Oldboy and Decision to Leave director Park Chan-wook. They both explore the concept in very different ways, and naturally very different results."
A long line formed for the Criterion Closet van at TIFF 2025, with attendees like Michael Cera and Hideo Kojima digging through Blu-Rays in its cramped interior. Many festivalgoers skipped the closet to preserve limited film-viewing time. The festival screenings on day two centered on people on the margins being pushed to extremes. Nadia Latif's The Man in My Basement and Park Chan-wook's No Other Choice both explore marginalization but take markedly different approaches and outcomes. No Other Choice comes from Park Chan-wook, director of Oldboy and Decision to Leave. Additional features screened included Hamlet and Space Cadet.
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