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A collage of Cher and Nicholas Cage kissing in the film Moonstruck superimposed on top of an outline of the Manhattan skyline and a full moon.

Film / July/August 2021

The Making of Moonstruck

June 28, 2021June 29, 2021 - by Ira Wells

The 1987 rom-com starring Cher and Nicolas Cage seemed doomed to fail. Director Norman Jewison turned it into a modern classic

A collage of characters from Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Film / September 2019

Charles Manson and #MeToo

July 23, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Brian D. Johnson

New films from Quentin Tarantino and Mary Harron reflect on the Manson killings—and show starkly different sides of their industry

A group of lacrosse players sitting on a bench.

Film

How to Make a Movie in the North

July 16, 2019August 22, 2019 - by Samia Madwar

The Grizzlies is about a lacrosse team that transformed one Nunavut community. But it’s also about Inuit leading the way

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When Comic Fans Become Villains

March 15, 2019July 12, 2019 - by Anna Peppard

The Captain Marvel backlash shows that fandom can be cruel. And Stan Lee is partly to blame

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Why the Wrong Movies Win Oscars

February 28, 2019November 14, 2019 - by Melissa J. Gismondi

Audiences are drawn to feel-good films like Green Book because they’re “based on a true story.” But movies that misrepresent and simplify history distort our understanding of the past

Johnny Depp as the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald.

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J.K. Rowling, Hollywood, and the Holocaust

November 14, 2018June 2, 2020 - by Nara Monteiro

In an era where Auschwitz is fading from memory, what do fictional movies about the Nazis owe to fact?

Film

A Future Without Sharks

October 19, 2018April 6, 2021 - by Sasha Chapman

Rob Stewart’s new documentary will make you want to save the ocean’s top predator

Film / September 2018

Movie Night in Tehran

September 7, 2018November 13, 2019 - by Mehdi M. Kashani

What it’s like to love films in a country where they’re banned

pierre Elliott trudeau walking through a crowd

Film / September 2018

Cinema Is Changing. Can TIFF Adapt?

August 29, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Brian D. Johnson

The film festival has always balanced glitz and gravitas. But now it’s in uncharted territory

old woman looking at a young woman in a scene from crazy rich asians

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Crazy Rich Asians is Not About Race

August 15, 2018May 27, 2021 - by Doretta Lau

Everyone is talking about the cast’s diversity. But the film’s social commentary goes far deeper