TIFF22 – The Bonds of Community and Family
As I’ve said over the years during my Toronto International Film Festival daily breakdowns, I tend to stumble upon themes …
Category Archives: Musings
TIFF22 – Covering and Curating (Day 1 Teaser)
Virtual festivals certainly allow greater access to far-flung audiences who – for one reason or another – cannot attend in-person. …
Sundance 2021: Days Bleeding into Each Other Already
Full Disclosure: I’m not “covering” Sundance as I normally cover most festivals. Too many roles in something like opposition, blur …
Sundance 2021: My First Time…
My first impression of Sundance is a bit too surreal. I’ve heard all of the stories from critics and filmmakers …
Truth and Reconciliation – (A Critical Reflection on) What We’re Seeing
This is not how I expected to kick off this new year. I’m not writing as a journalist or a …
Talking Back: ‘Da 5 Bloods’
Right from the start, as the film opens with historical clips of American flashpoints, Spike Lee’s new film Da 5 …
How to Build Yourself Anew
New releases for May 8: How to Build a Girl / CRSHD / Clementine It’s time to step into the …
Standing with ‘The Infiltrators’
Films occasionally have the power to sneak up on viewers, to instigate a debate, challenging ethics, morality, and something fundamentally …
Looking ‘To The Stars,’ Searching…
Filmmakers have been gazing up at the sky for almost as long as we’ve had cameras, capturing glimpses at the …
The Empress Has No Clothes: ‘Selah and the Spades’
Prep school dramas, whether in novels or films, are generally the domain of privileged white students (with their token minority …
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