Bill Meyer
LATEST ARTICLES BY Bill Meyer
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Women behind and in front of the camera in TIFF films
December 18, 2018Here are just a few of my favorites from the over 115 films by and about women shown at TIFF this year.
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A critic’s highlights from the Toronto International Film Festival
December 17, 2018Wading through the TIFF's roster of over 350 titles is a daunting task.
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New Documentaries at Toronto International Film Festival
November 15, 2018Reviews of "What You Gonna Do When the World's On Fire?", "What Is Democracy?", "Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferentz," "Anthropocene: The Human Epoch."
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Mikhail Gorbachev and Steve Bannon documentaries at Toronto film festival
November 13, 2018Two controversial political figures get the kid glove treatment in new documentaries.
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‘Fahrenheit 11/9’: Ticket to Michael Moore’s latest film a hot item
September 11, 2018Does it have the power to bring sanity in times of desperation? We'll see, but no one tries harder than Michael Moore.
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“The Young Karl Marx”: A revolutionary specter haunts your local movie theatre
February 21, 2018Hopefully this is a film that will resonate and inspire young activists starving from a lack of viable revolutionary alternatives.
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Finding Middle East humanity in films about terror, war, and fundamentalism
January 5, 2018In each film, the story was often set amidst scenes of chaos, devastation and brutal oppression.
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Revolution and communism on the big screen: Report from Toronto
December 13, 2017There were several movies at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival dealing with progressive politics and history—documentaries, narratives, and even a couple of creative experimental approaches to the subject.
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