Category: Film Festivals

Two From TIFF

On two of the best from Toronto 2022

Casa Susanna

Queer history, community, and the archive

Ecosystems: From Sable Island to Documentary Platforms

On experimental documentary and a visit to Hot Docs, Toronto

Subjunctive Cinema

For Film Quarterly Quorum: on the cinema of futurity at IDFA (International Film Festival Amsterdam).

Indigenous Cinema and the Limits of Auteurism

For Criterion: Why auteurism may not be the best way to appreciate Indigenous cinema.

TIFF 2019: “One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk”

At a time in film culture when auteurism continues to be dominant, and work by Indigenous filmmakers continues to be

TIFF 2019: “The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open”

I’ve seen no better new film this year than the Canadian drama The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open,

TIFF 2019: The Round-Up

Best-of-Fest: Collective (Alexander Nanau, Romania) Portrait of a Lady on Fire (CĂ©line Sciamma, France) One Day in the Life of

FLEFF 2019

I have recently returned from Ithaca, New York, where I spent a few rewarding days at the Finger Lakes Environmental

TIFF 2018: The Afrobubblegum of Wanuri Kahiu’s “Rafiki”

The Kenyan director Wanuri Kahiu broke into film culture in 2010 with a wonderful science-fiction short titled Pumzi. The 21-minute