Infinite Views from TIFF 2016: The Women of Nate Parker’s ‘Nation’
One of the most highly-anticipated moments of the festival finally arrived. Saturday night, I sat down for a screening of …
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Infinite Views from TIFF 2016: American History?
Day Three of festival screenings and related events and the thematic possibilities continue to expand. My schedule unifies, or maybe …
Infinite Views of TIFF 2016: Amy Adams
I recall doing junket interviews for Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day back in 2008, and not completely understanding the …
Talking ‘Hell or High Water’ With Gil Birmingham
San Antonio, Texas native Gil Birmingham is likely familiar to discerning moviegoers from his appearances as Billy Black, an elder …
Lacking the ‘Nerve’ to Offer Meaningful Reflection
I still remember the discomforting response I had to Catfish, the 2010 documentary from Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost, which …
It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye…
Film twists our reactions to the news of the recently departed. Take, for instance, the report from the weekend of …
Reveling in Revolutionary Contrasts of Taste
City of Gold & Noma: My Perfect Storm Rare indeed that a feature documentary takes, as its focus, the life, …
Return to ‘Big Eden’
Just a week ago, in Dayton CityPaper, I took to the pulpit, preaching in support of an evolving gospel of …
TIFF.40 – Day Five: The Banality of Ambition in ‘The Program’
True life investigations dominate a special corner of the TIFF.40 landscape, with Black Mass (exploring the connections between James Bulger …
TIFF.40 – Day Four: Elle Fanning, in Transition
We like to believe that we are in a more enlightened moment – and handling it rather well – when …
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