Dec 18, 2018
This week on
TIFF Long
Take, in the first of
two parts, Rob and Geoff look back on stories and themes that
shaped the year in film and television by revisiting some of their
favourite conversations from 2018.
Excerpts include:
- Filmmaker and producer Mark Duplass on
preserving artistry in the “tent-pole era”
- Filmmaker Debra Granik on the
challenges of making “difficult” films
- TIFF’s Thom Powers on why we are living in a “golden age of documentary”
- Faculty of Horror’s Alex West on the changing perception of the
horror genre
- Stacy Spikes, the founder of MoviePass, on the history of his controversial company
- IndieWire’s Anne Thompson on Netflix’s move
into cinemas
- Kayleigh Donaldson on what the Disney–Fox
merger means for the film industry and audiences
- Writer and showrunner Kit Steinkellner on
choosing to launch her first show, Sorry for Your Loss, on Facebook Live.