NYFF Critic’s Choice – “Certified Copy”
The Independent’s senior film critic Kurt Brokaw offers his picks from the 2010 New York Film Festival, which runs September…
Film Festivals
NYFF Critic’s Choice – “Of Gods and Men”
The Independent’s senior film critic Kurt Brokaw offers his picks from the 2010 New York Film Festival, which runs September…
All Signs Point North
The Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) is a documentary-exclusive festival that takes place September 29th through October 3rd in a…
Lessons in Perseverance
With latent teen rocker angst and a career as a print music journalist threatened to the point of extinction, Geoff…
Do Canadian Indies Depend on American Celebrity?
Barney’s Version is a Canadian film with a lot of stars, especially American ones like Paul Giamatti and Dustin Hoffman….
The Show Must Go Green
Miranda Bailey’s recent film-within-a-film documentary, Greenlit, portrays the hopes and eventual challenges of making the production of The River Why…
Fantasia’s Programmer Simon Laperrière Wants You to See More Genre Films
Montréal’s Fantasia International Film Festival may well be the largest film fest you’ve never heard of. If you haven’t been…
Tribeca 2010 Critic’s Choice: “Cairo Time”
Cairo Time (Ruba Nadda. 2009. Canada/Ireland/Egypt. 89 min.) We’ve all logged time in the stranger-in-a-strange-land movie, but rarely with the…
Tribeca 2010 Critic’s Choice: “Visionaries”
Visionaries (Chuck Workman. 2010. USA. 90 min.) If you were tasked with pulling together a comprehensive history of experimental cinema…