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A woman in a car looks, panicked, behind her shoulder. The car's windscreen is covered in green paint.

Orla Smith / September 15, 2020

TIFF Review: The shallow politics of Michel Franco’s New Order

Michel Franco’s latest provocation, New Order, is a grossly tone deaf bloodbath. Find out why we hated it…

Still from 76 Days for a review of the film.

Brett Pardy / September 15, 2020

TIFF Review: 76 Days provides a new lens on the pandemic

76 Days is an urgent documentary about coronavirus pandemic that humanizes the people behind the PPE.

A still from the film Sweat.

Orla Smith / September 14, 2020

TIFF Review: Sweat is one of the first great films about an influencer

Magnus von Horn’s Sweat avoids the cliche of portraying an Instagram influencer as shallow and instead extends empathy to her and her fans.

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.

Director Sophy Romvari in front of a still from her film Still Processing. This is an interview from TIFF.

Justine Smith / September 12, 2020

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. Read about how Romvari made the film…

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