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
Hands of God: Paul Verhoeven’s latest is an oddly buoyant film that treats its subject—the only nun on record to have a detailed account of sapphic exploits—with sincerity, even reverence
Group effort: critics Chloe Lizotte and Ela Bittencourt join to discuss highlights from this year's lineup, including The Tsugua Diaries, Haruhara-san’s Recorder, and more
Collective experience: TIFF’s experimental section remains vigorous 2021, with some films firmly rooted in rigorous visuality, and others more intensely personal
