TIFF18: My Festival Narrative
This blog is my story and this is the closing chapter on TIFF18. More so than most of the last …
Category Archives: Musings
TIFF18: On Display
Themes find their way into the festival screening schedule I curate every year. Sometimes it happens consciously. I recognize an …
TIFF18: Most Beautiful
Yesterday I had the opportunity to chat with writer-director Sven Taddicken whose German/French co-production was gearing up for its festival …
TIFF18: If These Screens Could Talk…
Oh, the stories to tell. We talk diversity – and have been, off and on, for a couple of decades …
TIFF18: Curating an Experience
Three days worth of screenings and I’ve been struck, as I sometimes find myself here, by the intriguing allure of …
TIFF18: Opening Statement
Ten years of attendance and I have to say that the Toronto International Film Festival (the 2018 edition) certainly feels …
TIFF17 – The Beginning and My Last Days
The Saturday afternoon when the Charlottesville situation was exploding on television and social media, I retreated to my back porch, …
TIFF17 – Day Seven: Gone But Not Forgotten
Stars so far away and so bright, we only glimpse after-images of them, when in fact they have been gone …
TIFF17 – Day Six: Seasonal Change
The tides of the festival started to recede a day earlier this year. I started more attention to the shift …
TIFF17 – Days Four & Five: The Currents Running Through The Festival
You plan and the movie gods laugh. That should be the motto of film festivals everywhere (or, at least, for …
