Category: Film Festivals
TIFF 2017: Chloe Zhao’s “The Rider”
Years from now, when we look back at 2017’s TIFF, we might recognize it as historic: the moment when one
TIFF 2017: Round-Up
Best-of-the-Fest: Western (Valeska Grisebach, Germany) Faces Places (Agnès Varda, France) Zama (Lucretia Martel, Argentina) The Rider (Chloe Zhao, USA) The
TIFF 2016: “Paterson” and “The Human Surge”
Jim Jarmusch’s Paterson — about a bus driver/poet (Adam Driver) named Paterson who lives in Paterson, New Jersey — is
TIFF 2016: “Toni Erdmann” and “Aquarius”
Cinephile culture tends to be suspicious of bigness. For example: big budgets; or an endlessly extending series franchise; or an
TIFF 2016: A Round-Up
Here’s a run-down of the notable films I caught in Toronto. I’ll be writing about some of these in the
TIFF 2015: Jerzy Skolimowski; Tsai Ming-liang
I’ve long heard good things about Jerzy Skolimowski; particularly esteemed are the four features he made in the 1960s, including
TIFF 2015: Films and their Paratext
Two films at TIFF, both by filmmakers who exhibit their work in museums and galleries, raised for me some interesting
TIFF 2015: The Round-Up
I’m back from TIFF (the Toronto International Film Festival), where I caught about 35 films. Average film quality was high
TIFF 2014, part 3: Short Takes
To conclude my TIFF coverage: some impressions and ideas sparked by ten films … National Gallery (Frederick Wiseman, France/USA). One
TIFF 2014, part 2: Loznitsa, Alonso
Maidan (Sergei Loznitsa). If the interaction of aesthetics and politics is a key theme that runs through the history of