TIFF 2013: Report from the Second Annual Asian Film Summit
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) first presented the Asian Film Summit in 2012 and it was proclaimed a success….
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TIFF 2013: When Movies Bring On and Offscreen Families Together
This may well be a cautionary tale of having good email etiquette. After wrapping Terry Miles’s A Night for Dying…
Documenting a Man who Refused Interpretation
Salinger (Shane Salerno. 2013. USA. 120 min.) “Salinger and I got alone together, and I said, ‘Look, what do you…
Mother-Daughter Take On “Austenland”
What happens when critic and former academic Rebecca Steinitz, who once taught a course on Jane Austen’s novels and their…
‘Tis the Summer of Women Falling Apart in Films
Kurt Brokaw reviews “The Canyons,” “Lovelace,” and “The Patience Stone” all themed around women in various states of acute mental and emotional collapse.
TFI Transmedia Case Study: “Hollow”
The film industry, like the rest of the media world, is trending towards digital, mobile, and online. Change is coming…
All Indie Family
In the land of Hollywood hyphens, the Trost family shares more than titles and a familiar last name. Together, they…
10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2013: Sarah Gertrude Shapiro
A reality TV dating show might be the last place you would think to explore the societal pressures women face,…
10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2013: John Alan Thompson
John Alan Thompson is a man who promulgates the world of the bizarre, the supernatural, and the surreal. Moving from…