What is ‘The Upside’ to American Remakes?
I remember the sense of teasing curiosity I felt walking into the screening of The Intouchables. By the time it …
Category Archives: Musings
The Sad Clown Returns in ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’
Can You Ever Forgive Me, from writers Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty and director Marielle Heller, occupies a spot in …
Conversation With Writer-Director Elizabeth Chomko (‘What They Had’)
What They Had, the new feature from first-time writer-director Elizabeth Chomko, captures a family in a moment of crisis. Ruth …
Seeking More than Beauty from ‘Beautiful Boy’
As a first-time film festival programmer (for the rebranded Over-the-Rhine International Film Festival), I found myself in the position countless …
‘The Affair’ & ‘The Wife’ Beget ‘Colette’
By the end of the HBO series The Wire, I couldn’t imagine a more perfect merger of an actor and …
TIFF18: My Festival Narrative
This blog is my story and this is the closing chapter on TIFF18. More so than most of the last …
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 …
