Readings

This month TIFF celebrates the work of the ever rigorous and challenging French director, whose Beau Travail was a fixture on just about every "Best of" list of the 2000s. Here follows a cheat sheet to the one director everybody ought to know.

Lawrence Hill, author of the bestselling Book of Negroes and the memoir Black Berry, Sweet Juice, admits he's long been obsessed with blood, and the myriad questions and themes it gives rise to. With this year's Massey Lecture, Hill explores the subject that's shadowed so much of his life.

The Canadian government will soon offer financial incentives for those who snitch on underground business owners. But as Sudhir Venkatesh’s new book makes clear, under-the-table organizations and workers can be the lifeblood of their communities.