Category: Women Filmmakers
TIFF 2018: Astra Taylor’s “What is Democracy?”
Astra Taylor’s documentary What is Democracy?, which opens on January 16 at the IFC Center in New York City, promises
Time’s Up for the Male Canon
I have a piece at Film Quarterly, in the online column, Quorum. Here is an excerpt: What will it take
TIFF 2017: “Waru”
One of the best films at TIFF was made by eight directors, all Māori women. Waru, from New Zealand, consists
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 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
Gina Telaroli and Kurt Walker
One of the “possible futures” of cinema (to use Gina Telaroli’s phrase) can be glimpsed on this Tumblr page, on
TIFF 2014, part 1: Dardennes, Hausner
Some thoughts on a couple of films I caught in Toronto … Two Days, One Night (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne,