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History and Memory

Explore the blurry line between history and memory on screen.

Stephen Puddicombe / June 5, 2020

Mirrah Foulkes’s revisionist Judy and Punch

In Judy and Punch, Mirrah Foulkes wrangles with the legacy of a beloved British cultural institution, offering a revisionist, feminist take on the origins of the Punch and Judy puppet show.

Orla Smith / March 12, 2020

Review: Kelly Reichardt’s First Cow and dreamers thwarted by capitalism

Kelly Reichardt’s latest film about the myth of the American West, First Cow, follows two men searching for a better life elsewhere that’s always just slightly out of reach.

Brett Pardy / February 21, 2020

Deceptive Nostalgia: Patricio Guzmán’s Cordillera of Dreams

Documentarian Patricio Guzmán complete his trilogy contrasting the beauty of Chile’s landscapes with the horror of its recent political history by focusing on the deceptively unchanging Andes cordillera.

Just Mercy, To Kill a Mockingbird, Les Miserables 2019, Ladj Ly

Orla Smith / February 1, 2020

Les Misérables and Just Mercy use classic texts to explore systemic racism

Rather than positioning Les Misérables and Just Mercy as retellings, Ladj Ly and Destin Daniel Cretton engage with modern France’s and America’s relationships to classic texts.

Alex Heeney / January 12, 2020

Sam Mendes’s 1917 is breathtaking in every way

A chamber drama tucked inside an exquisitely rendered war epic, Sam Mendes’s 1917 is a breathtaking thriller with perfect pacing.

ImagineNATIVE

Alex Heeney / December 4, 2019

Toronto’s ImagineNATIVE festival celebrates Indigenous films

The 20th ImagineNATIVE Film Festival in Toronto featured great Indigenous films from around the world. Highlights included: Vai, Top End Wedding, and Blood Quantum.

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