Film Festivals
Toronto International Film Festival 2008—Part 2
Social drama
By Joanne Laurier, September 20, 2008
This is the second of a series of articles devoted to the recent Toronto film festival (September 4-13). Part 1 was published September 18. A deeply felt humanism characterized many of the films see...
55th Sydney Film Festival—Part 4
Contemporary dramas from Israel, Australia and South Africa
Jerusalema
By Mile Klindo, September 19, 2008
This is the fourth in a series of articles on the 2008 Sydney Film Festival. Part 1, 2 and 3 appeared on September 16, 17 and 18 respectively.
Toronto International Film Festival 2008—Part 1
Glimpses of life, if not the essential facts of the world
By David Walsh, September 18, 2008
This is the first of a series of articles devoted to the recent Toronto film festival (September 4-13). A great many films are screened at the Toronto film festival, some 312 this year. We saw about f...
55th Sydney Film Festival—Part 3
Noteworthy documentaries—from Australia and Canada
By Richard Philips and Ismet Redzovic, September 18, 2008
This is the third in a series of articles on the 2008 Sydney Film Festival. Part 1 appeared on Tuesday September 16 and Part 2 on Wednesday September 17.
55th Sydney Film Festival—Part 2
Socially meaningful, but limited
Rain of the Children
By Richard Phillips and Ismet Redzovic, September 17, 2008
This is the second in a series of articles on the 2008 Sydney Film Festival. Part 1 was posted on September 16.
55th Sydney Film Festival—Part 1
A few intelligent movies, but lost in an increasingly industry-oriented event
Serious work
By Richard Phillips and Ismet Redzovic, September 16, 2008
This year’s Sydney Film Festival from June 4-22 screened 55 documentaries, 117 feature films, and 45 short films, one of the largest programs mounted by the 55-year-old event. It also inaugurate...
San Francisco International Film Festival 2008
Part 4: Other stories, varying degrees of success
By Joanne Laurier, May 29, 2008
This is the fourth and final in a series of articles on the 2008 San Francisco International Film Festival, held April 24-May 8.
San Francisco International Film Festival 2008
Part 3: Not genuinely “close to life”
By David Walsh, May 16, 2008
This is the third in a series of articles on the 2008 San Francisco International Film Festival, held April 24-May 8.
San Francisco International Film Festival 2008
Part 2: Dramas about poverty and war
By Joanne Laurier, May 14, 2008
This is the second in a series of articles on the 2008 San Francisco International Film Festival, held April 24-May 8.
San Francisco International Film Festival 2008
Part 1: Some interesting films from newer directors
By David Walsh, May 10, 2008
This is the first of a series of articles on the 2008 San Francisco International Film Festival, held April 24-May 8.
The 58th Berlinale—Part 1
Some alarm signals in contemporary film
By Stefan Steinberg, February 26, 2008
The following is the first in a series of articles on the 58th Berlinale, the film festival held February 7-17, 2008, in Berlin, Germany. Additional reports will appear in the coming days.
Vancouver International Film Festival 2007—Part 3
Some of the old problems, too
By David Walsh, November 28, 2007
This is the third and last in a series of articles on the recent Vancouver International Film Festival (September 27-October 12)
