Charles Officer's Akilla's Escape works best at its most stripped back, but too often the film gets caught up in tired crime tropes. Keep up to date with our …
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Canadian Cinema
Promoting and spotlighting Canadian Cinema is one of the goals of The Seventh Row. Here you'll find reviews of Canadian films and interviews with Canadian directors.
TIFF Interview: Michelle Latimer on Indigenous agency in Inconvenient Indian
Michelle Latimer discusses Inconvenient Indian, her award winning essay film, and reclaiming cultural images of Indigenous people. Keep up to date with our TIFF …
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TIFF Review: The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel is less than necessary
Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan's The New Corporation is a documentary sequel to The Corporation that's not as radical as it thinks it is. Keep up to date with …
TIFF Interview: Sofia Bohdanowicz on grief and magical thinking in Point and Line to Plane
Sofia Bohdanowicz's short Point and Line to Plane is her most personal film to date, a meditation on grief that marks a formal shift for the director. Keep up …
TIFF Review: Violation starts out well but disappoints
Violation is a cottage-country-Canada twist on the rape-revenge film, which explores consent and the limits of revenge. Keep up to date with our TIFF '20 …
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TIFF Interview: Sophy Romvari on Still Processing and personal cinema
Sophy Romvari's deeply personal documentary short, Still Processing, is a triumph of personal cinema. Romvari discusses how to make a film that's both personal …
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