Bill Meyer

Bill Meyer frequently writes movie reviews for People’s World, often from film festivals. He is a keyboardist at Bill Meyer Music and a current member of the Detroit Federation of Musicians. He lives in Hamtramck, Michigan.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Bill Meyer

Culture

The Middle East at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival
November 19, 2019 By Bill Meyer
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has supported famed Palestinian director/actor Elia Suleiman from the beginning of his career.
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Culture

Overview of tenth anniversary DOC NYC Film Festival
November 7, 2019 By Bill Meyer
The DOC NYC Film Festival has now become the largest documentary film festival in the U.S. It screens over 300 films, including many U.S. and world premieres, and runs for 10 days, Nov. 6-15.
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Culture

Docu- and mockumentaries at Toronto International Film Festival
October 30, 2019 By Bill Meyer
Just like with the news, it’s getting difficult to draw the line between fact and fiction—truth or lies—in movies.
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Culture

Marie Curie, Patty Hearst, Agnès Varda at Toronto International Film Festival
October 10, 2019 By Bill Meyer
She’s the only woman who won the Nobel Prize in two scientific fields—physics and chemistry. And now she's the subject of the first biopic by Iranian-born director, Marjane Satrapi.
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Culture

Biopics on Helen Reddy and Jean Seberg at TIFF: Part 1
October 4, 2019 By Bill Meyer
The story of this courageous woman has finally reached the big screen where her commitment to peace and justice will now be appreciated by a world audience.
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Culture

‘Martin Eden’ and ‘1982’ at Toronto International Film Festival
October 2, 2019 By Bill Meyer
Another award winner at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is Pietro Marcello’s Martin Eden, based on the 1909 novel by famed American socialist writer Jack London.
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Culture

Fascism and cinema at the Toronto International Film Festival
September 26, 2019 By Bill Meyer
Although the film is well directed and intentioned, I question the choice of focusing on a person who simply refuses to be in a war.
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Culture

Toronto International Film Festival unveils daring comedy satire ‘Jojo Rabbit’
September 25, 2019 By Bill Meyer
The extreme comedic approach is not for everyone, but at its best, the film subtly reveals how innocent youth are indoctrinated into extreme forms of intolerance and hatred.
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