November 10, 2014 Criticism, Film Festivals

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

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October 27, 2014 Criticism, Film Festivals

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

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October 6, 2014 Criticism, Film Festivals, Women Filmmakers

Some thoughts on a couple of films I caught in Toronto … Two Days, One Night (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne,

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September 15, 2014 Film Festivals, Lists

I returned from Toronto last night, and will put up a couple of posts later in the week on some

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November 18, 2013 Film Festivals

Last month, cinema scholar Caryl Flinn and I spent a few days at the Savannah Film Festival as guests of

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September 20, 2013 Film Festivals, Lists

For me, the star of this year’s TIFF wasn’t a director or performer but instead the brilliant programmer Andréa Picard.

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September 21, 2012 Film Festivals

I caught about 30 films at TIFF, and will be writing a piece on the festival for the next issue

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July 11, 2012 Film Festivals

My first visit to Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna turned to be a total film festival experience, more so than

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September 23, 2011 Film Festivals

Best-of-Fest: This is not a Film (Mojtaba Mirtahmasb & Jafar Panahi, Iran) Three Big Personal Favorites: The Kid with a

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October 5, 2010 Film Festivals, Lists

Best-Of-Fest: Meek’s Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt, USA) Big Favorites: The Four Times (Michelangelo Frammartino, Italy) Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His

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