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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

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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

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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?

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Man swimming underwater beside shark
Film

A Future Without Sharks

October 19, 2018 - by Sasha Chapman

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

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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

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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

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

Crazy Rich Asians is Not About Race

August 15, 2018August 15, 2018 - by Doretta Lau

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

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Inuit man sitting on snow while hunting
Film

How Indigenous Filmmakers Are Changing Contemporary Cinema

July 18, 2018October 11, 2019 - by Alexander Tesar

For decades, Indigenous people have been calling for better representation on the big screen—and, in the process, making world class movies

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