Toronto Film Festival 2025 Highlights

The Toronto Film Festival 2025 is generating excitement with a lineup featuring notable films and stars, including Daniel Craig, Michaela Coel, Keanu Reeves, and Channing Tatum. After a lackluster festival last year, there is hope for a stronger showing this time around.

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Key Films to Watch

1. The Lost Bus: Directed by Paul Greengrass, this film tells the harrowing story of the 2018 Camp fire in California, featuring Matthew McConaughey as a bus driver trying to save schoolchildren.

2. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery: The third installment in the Knives Out series sees Daniel Craig return, with a new ensemble cast and a mystery set in England.

3. Christy: Starring Sydney Sweeney, this film focuses on the life of boxer Christy Martin and her tumultuous marriage, directed by David Michôd.

4. Good Fortune: Aziz Ansari directs and stars in this comedy about a guardian angel who makes two men swap lives, featuring Keanu Reeves.

5. The Fence: Directed by Claire Denis, this drama explores the aftermath of a fatal accident at a construction site in Africa, starring Matt Dillon.

6. Roofman: A comedy-drama led by Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst, about a robber hiding in a Toys R Us.

7. The Christophers: A black comedy from Steven Soderbergh, featuring Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel, about an artist completing a deceased mentor’s work.

8. The Choral: Ralph Fiennes stars as a choir director in 1916 Yorkshire, navigating challenges during World War I.

9. EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert: Directed by Baz Luhrmann, this film showcases archival footage of Elvis during his Vegas residency.

10. Couture: Angelina Jolie stars in this drama about a US film director in Paris during fashion week, directed by Alice Winocour.

The festival aims to correct the course for the film season, with many films expected to be strong contenders for awards.

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Ok. Then I’d try to take it step by step with information online. As you get more familiar with the topic you might get a better sense of what is important and what isn’t. And have small conversations with collectors, hi-fi stores, record stores if you get the chance.

The first thing I’d do is search the internet for “{record player brand and model} tone arm adjustment” (example Marantz 6150 tone arm adjustment) and see if you find good information.

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It shouldn’t be necessary to clean much as long as the records are stored in their sleeves, don’t touch the record sides, and so forth.

I wouldn’t say that vinyl is fragile, but it definitely pays to take care of the records.

Tone arm adjustment is possible on a lot of record players and will make a big difference. Different pickups has different requirements for the weight on the needle. On my record player this is adjusted by a counterweight on the tone arm. Is there a local hifi-/record-shop where you can talk to someone about this?

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The issue with the record player sounds like it could be an issue with the arm adjustment. I specifically suspect too little weight on the needle. But be careful with adjustments as too much weight on the needle could damage both needle and record.

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