Violation is a cottage-country-Canada twist on the rape-revenge genre, which explores consent and the limits of revenge.
Essays
TIFF Review: Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland is romantic to a fault
Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland is her most technically accomplished, accessible, and sadly, conventional and sentimental work to date.
TIFF Review: Francis Lee’s Ammonite is transporting
Ammonite, Francis Lee’s follow-up to God’s Own Country transports us back to 1800s Lyme, where pioneering paleontologist Mary Anning (Kate Winslet) spent her life finding, cleaning, and selling fossils.
Who is TIFF 2020 for anyway?
In this unprecedented time of pandemic, TIFF had a chance to do something special in 2020. From a place of love, we dissect the shortcomings of this year’s digital festival.
We need to talk about sex in On Chesil Beach
In On Chesil Beach (starring Saoirse Ronan), sex causes the breakdown of a relationship because the couple doesn’t have the language to discuss it.
The 20 best films of 2020 (so far)
Before festival season shakes things up, here are the best films of 2020 so far, as chosen by the Seventh Row editorial team.