Film Festivals
Toronto International Film Festival 2012—Part 7
Underground: The Julian Assange Story and Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out
By Joanne Laurier, October 12, 2012
Julian Assange’s early life is fictionalized by Australian director Robert Connolly, while documentarian Marina Zenovich offers the latest installment in the Roman Polanski saga.
Toronto International Film Festival 2012—Part 6
Interviews with five filmmakers about life and art in India, Ivory Coast, Guatemala, Angola and Haiti
By David Walsh, October 9, 2012
A good many honest and intriguing films screened at the recent Toronto film festival. The WSWS interviewed a number of directors about their films and the conditions in their respective countries.
Toronto International Film Festival 2012—Part 5
Detroit’s belated “renaissance”—on film
By Joanne Laurier, October 5, 2012
A number of films about Detroit have suddenly emerged … including now a fiction work about the complicated interactions between the city’s Arab and African American populations.
Toronto International Film Festival 2012—Part 4
Far From Afghanistan: Significant, moving, uneven
By David Walsh, October 2, 2012
Far From Afghanistan is an effort by five US directors to come to terms with the decade-long Afghanistan war and its implications for both the Afghan and American populations.
Toronto International Film Festival 2012--Part 3
Filmmakers respond to important events—but how they respond is also important …
By Joanne Laurier, September 28, 2012
The 2012 Toronto film festival screened numerous serious documentaries and docu-dramas, reflecting the impact of the current social crisis and the increasing resistance of the global working class.
Toronto International Film Festival 2012
An interview with Mahdi Fleifel and Patrick Campbell, director and co-producer of A World Not Ours
By David Walsh, September 26, 2012
The WSWS spoke to Mahdi Fleifel, writer and director of A World Not Ours and Patrick Campbell, co-producer (along with Fleifel) of the film, during the recent Toronto film festival.
Toronto International Film Festival 2012—Part 2
A World Not Ours: Where do the Palestinians go from here?
By David Walsh, September 26, 2012
Mahdi Fleifel’s A World Not Ours, one of the most remarkable films presented at the Toronto festival this year, is both a personal memoir and a tracing out of the Palestinian history and condition.
Toronto International Film Festival 2012—Part 1
The wide range of human passion, action and adventure
By David Walsh, September 22, 2012
The Toronto International Film Festival screened some 372 films this year from 72 countries. This year’s festival and the general state of the film world present a sharper contradiction than ever.
Sydney Film Festival—Part 6: Bernardo Bertolucci’s rise and fall
By Richard Phillips, August 18, 2012
Bernardo Bertolucci has been the focus of much commentary by film critics during his 50-year filmmaking career.
Sydney Film Festival—Part 5: Dead Europe and Mabo, two Australian features
By Gabriela Zabala, August 16, 2012
Australian features Dead Europe and Mabo are weak and unconvincing works.
Sydney Film Festival 2012—Part 4: Two love stories and a couple of class-conscious dramas from Korea and Brazil
By Robert Maras, August 15, 2012
Tabu by Portuguese director Miguel Gomes and Amour, Michael Haneke recent film, are different takes on the subject of love.
Sydney Film Festival—Part 3: Some naturalistic and mostly credible depictions
By Richard Phillips, August 10, 2012
Noteworthy features screened at the festival included Just the Wind, The Angels’ Share and Captive.
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