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A still from the TIFF film Violation.

Alex Heeney / September 14, 2020

TIFF Review: Violation starts out well but disappoints

Violation is a cottage-country-Canada twist on the rape-revenge genre, which explores consent and the limits of revenge.

Alex Heeney / September 13, 2020

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.

Alex Heeney / September 11, 2020

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.

The TIFF logo on a latop on a background of question marks.

Alex Heeney / September 11, 2020

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.

Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle in On Chesil Beach face each other, one of them coloured in blue, the other coloured in red. They stand against a seaside background.

Alex Heeney / September 6, 2020

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.

A collage of films from 2020.

Seventh Row Editors / September 3, 2020

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.

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