ReviewsTIFF ’18 Review: A Friend for Hire Becomes a Connection to Cherish in John Butler’s “Papi Chulo”An L.A. weatherman hires a day laborer to avoid the hard emotional work of recovering from heartbreak in this clever comedy from the directo...byStephen SaitoOct 6, 2018
InterviewsInterview: Caitlin Gerard, Emma Tammi and Teresa Sutherland on Following the Call of “The Wind”The actress, screenwriter and director talk about teaming up to find the horrors of being left along in the wild, wild West.byStephen SaitoOct 1, 2018
InterviewsTIFF ’18 Interview: Edoardo de Angelis and Pina Turco on Living on the Edge with “The Vice of Hope”The director and star of this devastating drama set in the Italian underworld talk about the demanding process required to bring authenticit...byStephen SaitoOct 1, 2018
InterviewsTIFF ’18 Interview: Liu Jie on Bringing Up “Baby”On a woman (Yang Mi) striving to protect a child at all costs and a director who would stop at nothing to portray the situation as authentic...byStephen SaitoSep 28, 2018
InterviewsInterview: Paddy Breathnach & Roddy Doyle on Tackling the Homeless Crisis with Compassion in “Rosie”The famed Irish artists talk about their first collaboration on letting light into a mother's desperate search to find a place for her famil...byStephen SaitoSep 24, 2018
InterviewsTIFF ’18 Interview: Klaus Haro on the Art of “One Last Deal”The director of "The Fencer" talks about his compelling study of an expert art dealer (Heikki Nousiainen) who can't see the beauty within hi...byStephen SaitoSep 23, 2018
InterviewsTIFF ’18 Interview: Alan Hicks on Getting Into a Groove with “Quincy”The co-director of this rousing doc talks about keeping up with Quincy Jones, the legendary musician who just won't quit changing the world.byStephen SaitoSep 21, 2018
InterviewsTIFF ’18 Interview: Michael Noer on Reimagining the Western with “Before the Frost”The director talks about fleshing out a devastating period drama in which a farmer (Jesper Christensen) will stop at nothing to protect his ...byStephen SaitoSep 20, 2018
ReviewsTIFF ’18 Review: Michael Winterbottom Offers an Invitation to Adventure with “The Wedding Guest”Dev Patel plays an international man of mystery in this lean, mean thriller enlivened by its South Asian setting.byStephen SaitoSep 20, 2018
InterviewsTIFF ’18 Interview: Imogen Thomas and Mary Waites on Chasing “The Emu Runner”The filmmakers talk about how it took a village to raise a child - or at least this compelling Aussie drama about a young indigenous girl (R...byStephen SaitoSep 19, 2018