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Kirsten Johnson discusses Dick Johnson is Dead, her surreal documentary about her father's dementia, and how it made her think differently about life and death. …
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Merawi Gerima's directorial debut Residue, which ARRAY Now released on Netflix last Friday, is an impassioned ode to a rapidly gentrifying Washington …
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Shadow in the Cloud is a strange Frankenstein of director Roseanne Liang’s feminist perspective and the ludicrous sensibilities of screenwriter Max Landis, who …
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Orla Smith's review of Jasmila Žbanic's Quo Vadis, Aida?, a harrowing drama about the 1995 Bosnian genocide, and one of the best films of TIFF 2020. Keep up to …
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Michel Franco's latest provocation, New Order, is a grossly tone deaf bloodbath. Keep up to date with our TIFF '20 coverage.Michel Franco’s latest provocation, …
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Magnus von Horn's Sweat avoids the cliche of portraying an Instagram influencer as shallow and instead extends empathy to her and her fans. Read Orla's …
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