Film Festivals
An interview with Azharr Rudin, director of This Longing
By David Walsh, October 27, 2008
The WSWS commented on This Longing, directed by Malaysian filmmaker Azharr Rudin, in the first part of the series on the Vancouver film festival. The movie takes place in Johor Baharu, in southern Mal...
Vancouver International Film Festival 2008—Part 5
Six films: problems of perspective, passivity
By David Walsh, October 27, 2008
Every film that fails or disappoints does so in its own way. Pointing to the flaws of a work is not a pleasurable task.
Vancouver International Film Festival 2008—Part 4
Repentance, betrayal and the less dramatic
By Joanne Laurier, October 23, 2008
This is the fourth in a series of articles on the recent Vancouver International Film Festival (September 25-October 10).
Vancouver International Film Festival 2008—Part 3
The oppressed and excluded
By David Walsh, October 20, 2008
This is the third in a series of articles on the recent Vancouver International Film Festival (September 25-October 10).
Vancouver International Film Festival 2008—Part 2
Art, artists, the difficulties of the 20th century
By Joanne Laurier, October 16, 2008
This is the second in a series of articles on the recent Vancouver International Film Festival (September 25-October 10).
Vancouver International Film Festival 2008—Part 1
Life in its incontrovertible reality
By David Walsh, October 13, 2008
This is the first in a series of articles on the recent Vancouver International Film Festival (September 25-October 10).
Interview with Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, directors of Lorna’s Silence
By David Walsh, September 29, 2008
The WSWS interviewed Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne at the recent Toronto film festival.
Toronto International Film Festival 2008—Part 5
The Dardenne brothers: but what about the “extenuating circumstances”?
By David Walsh, September 29, 2008
This is the fifth and final part of a series devoted to the recent Toronto film festival (September 4-13).
Toronto International Film Festival 2008—Part 4
Some urgency about the state of the world
By Joanne Laurier, September 26, 2008
This is the fourth of a series of articles devoted to the recent Toronto film festival (September 4-13).
An interview with Chus Gutiérrez, director of Return to Hansala
By David Walsh, September 24, 2008
The WSWS interviewed Chus Gutiérrez at the recent Toronto film festival. (See “Toronto International Film Festival 2008--Part 3: Mike Leigh’s Happy-Go-Lucky, Terence Davies’ Of Time...
Toronto International Film Festival 2008—Part 3
Mike Leigh’s Happy-Go-Lucky, Terence Davies’ Of Time and the City: What the filmmakers now see
By David Walsh, September 24, 2008
This is the third of a series of articles devoted to the recent Toronto film festival (September 4-13). To create a visually appealing and insightful film is difficult. There are many technical probl...
55th Sydney Film Festival—Part 6
Deborah Kerr: an actor with genuine subtlety and integrity
Hollywood calls
By Richard Phillips, September 23, 2008
This is the last in a series of articles on the 2008 Sydney Film Festival. Part 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 appeared on September 16, 17, 18, 19 and 22 respectively.
