On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Dear Evan Hansen (out now in wide release), recap the Toronto International Film Festival, and pay tribute to the late, great Melvin Van Peebles, … Continue reading
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Blue Bayou (now playing in theaters), recap the Telluride Film Festival, and identify some themes coming out of the Toronto International Film Festival. Listen … Continue reading
Reporting from the Toronto International Film Festival. There’s been a shooting at the school. Those might be the worst words a parent can hear. Words too many parents have heard in recent years. Amy Carr (Naomi Watts) hears them while … Continue reading LAKEWOOD
Reporting from the Toronto International Film Festival. I want to be alone. So said Greta Garbo, an icon of the screen and one of the more reclusive celebrities of the 20th century. Its pithiness fit her persona like a glove. … Continue reading ALONERS (혼자 사는 사람들)
Reporting from the Toronto International Film Festival. Childhood did a number on Violet Calder (Olivia Munn). There once was a time when she was happy and confident and in control. Now, not so much. Not that she’s incapacitated: Violet’s worked … Continue reading VIOLET
Reporting from the Toronto International Film Festival. A young girl’s grandmother has died. So she goes to a cottage in the woods with her mother and father to clean out the house. One day, she, Nelly, wanders into the woods … Continue reading PETITE MAMAN
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