Let Her Eat Cake: The Subversive Power of Women Feasting
Women are told to tame their desires, stifle their appetites, and not take up space. But, as women directors have shown, there’s power in indulgence
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The Making of Moonstruck
The 1987 rom-com starring Cher and Nicolas Cage seemed doomed to fail. Director Norman Jewison turned it into a modern classic
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Charles Manson and #MeToo
New films from Quentin Tarantino and Mary Harron reflect on the Manson killings—and show starkly different sides of their industry
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How to Make a Movie in the North
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
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
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
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J.K. Rowling, Hollywood, and the Holocaust
In an era where Auschwitz is fading from memory, what do fictional movies about the Nazis owe to fact?
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A Future Without Sharks
Rob Stewart’s new documentary will make you want to save the ocean’s top predator
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Movie Night in Tehran
What it’s like to love films in a country where they’re banned
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Cinema Is Changing. Can TIFF Adapt?
The film festival has always balanced glitz and gravitas. But now it’s in uncharted territory
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