Columns / Media

Highlights from the 2026 Toronto Festival.

Assikel; Flame Folclòre.

Effi o Blaenau; Ish.

Mexico In Transformation; Transcription; Song for a Hard-Hit People; The Roof Beneath Their Feet.

Words by Graeme Green.

A mythical history of the female body turns scholarly material into a thrilling narrative – but makes a few too many leaps of faith. By Orla Polten.

De lado a lado; BCUC.

The Blue Trail; Wild Foxes.

Days of Love and Rage; Pharma Monopoly; The Villain’s Dance; Wilderness of Mirrors.

Words by Subi Shah.

A new study of transgender experiences finds both diversity and common ground. By Jennie Kermode.

Tilaye’s Saxophone With The Dahlak Band; Nuevos Ríos.

The Stranger; The Secret Agent.

Why Christian should be Leftists; Landscape with Landscape; Big Kiss, Bye-Bye; Notes From a Lost Country.

Words by Conrad Landin.

Keir Starmer and a key adviser smash the British left in a tale of sordid deceit. But does it give them too much credit? By Dexter Govan.

The Kasambwe Brothers; Manizeh.

No Other Choice; My Father’s Shadow.

The Future of Travel; Joyful Revolution; Benbecula; The Taste of Lightning.

Words by Conrad Landin.