Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2021: Neptune Frost, Mlungu Wam (Good Madam), Lingui The Sacred Bonds
On three African films that premiered at TIFF this year.
Marya E. Gates is a freelance film and culture writer based in Los Angeles and Chicago. She studied Comparative Literature at U.C. Berkeley, and also has an overpriced and underused MFA in Film Production. Other bylines include Moviefone, The Playlist, Crooked Marquee, Nerdist, and Vulture.
Loading...
On three African films that premiered at TIFF this year.
An interview with actress Billie Piper on her directorial debut.
An interview with producer Griffin Dunne about Game 6, a hidden gem from 2006 now on VOD.
A counterpoint on Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain from a hardcore Bourdain fan.
An interview with the great Aubrey Plaza, who has directed an episode of Showtime's Cinema Toast.
A feature on watching films only directed by women and how that has been easier in the streaming era.