Features

Of Gods and Men

By Molly Haskell

October 12, 2021

Saddle sore: Jane Campion’s latest is lacking in the richly personal, idiosyncratic feminism of her great early films

Are You Talking to Me?

By Adam Nayman

October 12, 2021

I’m looking through you: The common denominator in Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car and Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy is an acceptance of transience in all things

Work-Life Balance

By Madeline Whittle

October 4, 2021

Family vacation: In Mia Hansen-Løve’s latest, Bergman Island, the Swedish master’s influence offers less inspiration than a strategy for moving through life as an artist

Heavens!

By Genevieve Yue

October 4, 2021

Hands of God: Paul Verhoeven’s latest is an oddly buoyant film that treats it’s subject—the only nun on record to have a detailed account of sapphic exploits—with sincerity, even reverence

TIFF 2021: Shape-shifting

By José Teodoro

September 28, 2021

In the garden: some of the most heartening discoveries at TIFF make for an encouraging prognosis for cinema’s future

Toronto 2021: Wavelengths

By Ela Bittencourt

September 20, 2021

Collective experience: TIFF’s experimental section remains vigorous 2021, with some films firmly rooted in rigorous visuality, and others more intensely personal

Venice 2021: Feedback Loop

By Giovanni Marchini Camia

September 13, 2021

Speed kills: there was much to recommend from the under-the-radar sections this year, including Shen Kong, El gran movimiento, and more

Court Vision

By Caden Mark Gardner

September 13, 2021

Gotta be the shoes: while the first Space Jam was a slick product designed to sell merchandise, the sequel starring LeBron James is somehow even less compelling

Head in the Clouds

By Corina Copp

September 7, 2021

In free fall: Kazik Radwanski’s Anne at 13000 ft lays bare the elusive plight of a woman on the verge

Skipping Stones

By Jeff Reichert

August 30, 2021

At sea: Matías Piñeiro’s Isabella is a puzzle-like meditation on entering middle-age, admitting defeat, and beginning anew