Cinephilia and Technology Dan Sallitt May 2021 What Will Become of Cinema? Postcards for the Future When I first fell in love with the cinema at age 17, I was primarily interested in classic Hollywood films, and my main sources of access were independent television networks that filled the gaps in their sched...
Too Big to Fail: The 34th Toronto International Film Festival Dan Sallitt December 2009 Festival Reports Firmly established as the pre-eminent film event in North America, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) seems less compromised than comfortable. Rumours of a few years ago that TIFF was cutting back o...
The Responsibilities of Power: The 32nd Toronto International Film Festival Dan Sallitt November 2007 Festival Reports 6-15 September 2007 Each year, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) seems a little grander, more populated, more aware of its world-class status. Good planning and the Herculean effort of an ar...
Towards World Domination: The 30th Toronto International Film Festival Dan Sallitt February 2006 Festival Reports September 8–17, 2005 Returning to the Toronto Film Festival after missing last year’s event, I noticed that the enterprise had moved a few more notches toward world domination. North American filmgoers c...
My Own Private Toronto: The 2003 Toronto Film Festival Dan Sallitt December 2003 Festival Reports The gap between the public face of the Toronto Film Festival and the experience of festival-goers continues to widen. Improbably enough, mild-mannered Toronto has come to signify movie stars and red carpets...