“If it’s in life, it should be in the movies”: An Interview with John Sayles & Maggie Renzi
Published in Spring Magazine
Spring Magazine’s Carlie Macfie and Sarah Shahid spoke with legendary independent filmmaker and author John Sayles and producer Maggie Renzi on their recent visit to Toronto for Declarations of Independence: The Cinema of John Sayles, a retrospective of their films currently screening at TIFF Lightbox.
What Bugonia gets wrong about the human species
Published in Spring Magazine
Bugonia stretches that aspect of internet culture into our contemporary moment, where the conspiracies are wilder, the economy is worse, and Donald Trump has openly declared war on truth.
Palestinian cinema, resistance, and community at TPFF
Toronto Palestine Film Festival (TPFF) programmer Dania Majid talks about Palestinian “national” cinema, resistance, and community. Published in Spring Magazine.
The newly urban woman in Mrinal Sen's cinema
A look into female representation in Padatik (1973) and Ek Din Pratidin (1980)
