Mary Angela Rowe’s review of Raw. Cannibalism is definitely a lady problem in Julia Ducournau’s Raw, but the film isn’t about the horror of female sexuality so much as the twisted results of shoving young women into a pressure cooker of experiences and expectations.
Toronto International Film Festival
Writer-director Selma Vilhunen talks Little Wing
Finnish writer-director Selma Vilhunen discusses her feature debut, Little Wing, dysfunctional families, and working with child actors.
Director Dilip Mehta talks Mostly Sunny, Bollywood, and pornography
Canadian director Diliip Mehta discusses the making of his frank and surprising documentary about porn-star-turned-Bollywood-icon Sunny Leone.
Alexandra Therese-Keining talks Girls Lost and gender performance
Writer-director Alexandra Therese-Keining discusses her sophomore film, Girls Lost, a smart and sensitive exploration of gender, gender performance, identity, femininity, and masculinity.
Una is a psychologically complex screen adaptation of Blackbird
Renowned theatre director Benedict Andrews makes a remarkable feature debut with Una, a screen adaptation of David Harrower’s award-winning play Blackbird. Get our two-part interview with Benedict Andrews. Listen to our podcast on films depicting childhood sexual assault, including Una and Slalom.
Writer-director Ashley McKenzie talks Werewolf
Cape Breton writer-director Ashley McKenzie discusses her feature debut, Werewolf, “lawnmower crackheads”, working with non-actors, and being part of the TIFF family.