The fun part about dissecting TIFF's Gala and Special Presentations unveiling are what titles are skipping TIFF, which titles are moving directly from Venice...
In Fabric
British director Peter Strickland is responsible for three formidably distinct genre tinged recuperations of the past decade---and remains frustratingly underrated. Arriving with 2009’s...
Ana Mon Amour
Director: Calin Peter Netzer
Writers: Calin Peter Netzer, Cezar Paul Badescu
Romanian director Calin Peter Netzer won the Golden Bear at the 2013 Berlin...
The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.