TIFF 2009 Critics Roundtable: Part 1 of 5
EYE WEEKLY film writers Adam Nayman and Jason Anderson sat down with visiting critics from across North America — LA Weekly’s Scott Foundas and Cinema Scope’s Mark Peranson, Robert Koehler and Andrew Tracy to get their impressions of the festival.
TIFF 2009 Critics Roundtable: Part 2 of 5
Discussed: two of this year’s most controversial films, Samuel Maoz’s Israeli/Lebanese war drama Lebanon, and Reg Harkema’s Manson Family fantasy Leslie, My Name Is Evil.
TIFF 2009 Critics Roundtable: Part 3 of 5
Discussed: Drew Barrymore’s “charming” and “inoffensive” first feature Whip It; the “corrupting” effect of Twitter on film criticism.
TIFF 2009 Critics Roundtable: Part 4 of 5
The premature praise for Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air; the difficulty of reasoned, reflective film criticism in an instant-update world; Police, Adjective = the best cop movie ever?
TIFF 2009 Critics Roundtable: Part 5 of 5
Discussed: Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon; Atom Egoyan’s “frustrating” career and the unintentional hilarity of Chloe; other major filmmakers who disappointed at this year’s festival.
TIFF 2008 Roundtable: Part 1 of 6
For the last word on TIFF, EYE WEEKLY's Jason Anderson and Adam Nayman host a salon with Variety's Robert Koehler, The Village Voice/L.A. Weekly's Scott Foundas and Cinema Scope's Mark Peranson and Andrew Tracy. Discussed in this first part: TIFF's...
TIFF 2008 Roundtable: Part 2 of 6
Discussed: the effect of celebrity culture and Hollywood studios on TIFF's programming.
TIFF 2008 Roundtable: Part 3 of 6
Discussed: the lack of a critical and popular consensus hit at this year's festival, with the exception of Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire.
TIFF 2008 Roundtable: Part 4 of 6
Discussed: how do you get audiences to look beyond the big galas to seek out less-celebrated titles from other countries?
TIFF 2008 Roundtable: Part 5 of 6
Discussed: the promotion of pseudo-Hollywood Canadian movies (*cough* Passchendale *cough*) over more visionary and personal domestic films.
TIFF 2008 Roundtable: Part 6 of 6
Discussed: the critics select their most memorable and most unbearable TIFF '08 experiences.
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