This year at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Gala Presentations included two world premieres: Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir’s 1930s-set…
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Interesting leading men and women dominate this unusual dispatch, one that gathers films that have almost nothing in common on…
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The first couple days of TIFF are often dominated by films that played other fests. This year’s crop included screenings…
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I left the 82nd Biennale of film gratefully exhausted. And to be honest, my gratitude and my exhaustion were of…
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, though that seems unlikely: two guys walk into a twin bereavement support…
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The following is a conversation between Robert Daniels and Odie Henderson conducted over email about Spike Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest,”…
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In 1975, Indian cinema released one of its greatest films, Ramesh Sippy’s “Sholay.” For this young grade-schooler, watching it with…
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It’s only September, but a new holiday classic is already upon us. Much as “The Holdovers” carved out its place…
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Maybe it’s because they have to compete against buzzier awards titles, but documentaries at Telluride Film Festival always feel like…
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The new editor-in-chief of the Toledo Truth Teller is up against it. He is in charge of a Midwestern newspaper…
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