GoKawiilTIFF 2025 opens with Turturro's analog pickpocket comedy 'The Only Living Pickpocket in New York'
The Toronto International Film Festival kicked off its annual lineup, featuring new work from Takashi Miike, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Werner Herzog, and a four-hour Elon Musk documentary. Among the festival's early standouts is 'The Only Living Pickpocket in New York,' starring John Turturro as an aging, technophobic thief navigating a city that has moved on to smartphones. The film hits theaters October 30th.
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TIFF traditionally sets the tone for the fall film and streaming season, with major platforms like Netflix, Peacock, and Amazon using the festival to preview upcoming releases including several Halloween-themed series. Early buzz around films like Turturro's pickpocket drama can shape distributor strategy and awards positioning months before wider release.
- TIFF 2025 features new films from Miike, Hamaguchi, and Herzog alongside a lengthy Elon Musk documentary
- John Turturro stars as an old-school pickpocket resistant to smartphone-era crime in a film opening October 30th
- Streamers are previewing Halloween-adjacent series including Netflix's Below, Peacock's Crystal Lake, and Amazon's Carrie
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Published there as: “New York City’s last pickpocket doesn’t need a smartphone”
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