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.
Film Festivals
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.
What were the best films at TIFF ’20? A critics survey
Critics pick the best films of TIFF ’20 in this survey, from Nomadland to Another Round to Quo Vadis, Aida?.
TIFF Review: True Mothers explores the trauma and shame of motherhood
True Mothers is one of Naomi Kawase’s best films to date, a thoughtful drama about the shame associated with unconventional motherhood.
TIFF Review: The Best is Yet to Come is a freelancer’s wet dream
Jing Wang’s directorial debut, The Best is Yet to Come, is a middle-of-the-road story on the value of journalism has little new to offer.
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.