Film Festivals
Toronto International Film Festival 2011—Part 5
The defense of Iranian filmmakers, and their artistic decline
By David Walsh and Joanne Laurier, October 26, 2011
The recent Toronto film festival screened several films from Iran—including This is Not a Film, about the house arrest of filmmaker Jafar Panahi, co-directed by Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, and Good Bye from Mohammad Rasoulof.
Toronto International Film Festival 2011—Part 4
The permanent, painful search for truth
By Joanne Laurier, October 15, 2011
A number of films at the recent Toronto film festival offered serious presentations of life and artistic problems themselves.
“Emotional truth and social truth are what I’m interested in”
An interview with Bryan Wizemann, director of Think of Me
By David Walsh, October 12, 2011
David Walsh spoke to Bryan Wizemann, the director of Think of Me, during last month’s Toronto international film festival.
Toronto International Film Festival 2011—Part 3
The drama of everyday life
By David Walsh, October 12, 2011
Certain filmmakers are beginning to reckon with social questions as factors in human psychology and behavior. Others continue to take the line of least resistance.
Toronto International Film Festival 2011—Part 2
Crimes and upheavals past and present
By Joanne Laurier, October 5, 2011
The best films from France in recent years have concerned themselves with the country’s colonial past and related issues today.
Toronto International Film Festival 2011—Part 1
The world at large and closer to home
By David Walsh, September 30, 2011
The recent 36th Toronto International Film Festival screened some 335 features and shorts from 65 countries.
Sydney Film Festival 2011—Part 6: Douglas Sirk’s elegant imitations of life
By Richard Phillips, August 4, 2011
Sirk’s best work reveals an exceptional artist and one whose visually-rich and socially-incisive observations still have a timeless quality.
Sydney Film Festival 2011—Part 5: A classic novel intelligently reworked, a light comedy and some less impressive efforts
By Richard Phillips, August 1, 2011
A new version of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and three other features looking for a niche somewhere between commercial and independent cinema.
Sydney Film Festival 2011—Part 4: A conversation with Shelly Kraicer about Chinese independent cinema
By Richard Phillips, July 30, 2011
Beijing resident and film festival programmer Shelly Kraicer discusses developments in the Chinese independent cinema.
Sydney Film Festival 2011—Part 3: Global warming, village life, and other documentaries
By Richard Phillips, July 28, 2011
A diverse range of subjects were examined in the more than thirty documentaries screened at this year’s festival.
Sydney Film Festival 2011—Part 2: An eclectic selection with a few valuable moments
By Richard Phillips, July 26, 2011
Festival competition movies varied widely in their range of cinematic styles and artistic sensitivity.
Sydney Film Festival 2011—Part 1: Social complexity versus the trivial
By Richard Phillips, July 22, 2011
This is the first in a series of articles on the 2011 Sydney film festival.
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