Editor’s Note: Vanyaland film editor Nick Johnston is back in Canada this week covering the 50th Toronto International Film Festival. And as usual, we wish we were up there with him! Check out our continuing 2025 coverage, get rolling with our official curtain-raiser, and revisit the complete Vanyaland coverage archives from past TIFF editions. Near the end of The Testament of Ann Lee’s opening titles, before we even get a glimpse of the Mother of the Shakers, filmmaker Mona Fastvold presents us with a bibliography of four … Continue reading TIFF50 Review: ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ won’t shake things up too much