In this episode, we discuss highlights of TIFF 2020, from buzzed-about films like Ammonite and Nomadland to lesser known hidden gems.
Chloé Zhao
TIFF Review: Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland is romantic to a fault
Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland is her most technically accomplished, accessible, and sadly, conventional and sentimental work to date.
Interview: Chloé Zhao on The Rider, her feminist film about masculinity
Chloé Zhao discusses The Rider and making a feminist film on masculinity. Read our interview with cinematographer Joshua James Richards on shooting the film. Winner of the top prize at Directors’ Fortnight, Chloé Zhao’s The Rider follows a young cowboy, Brady Blackburn (Brady Jandreau), forced to reconsider his dreams and priorities after a rodeo incident […]
Behind the Lens: Introducing God’s Own Country cinematographer Joshua James Richards
Cinematographer Joshua James Richards talks adapting to a director’s vision and creating a sense of place in God’s Own Country and The Rider. This is an excerpt from our ebook God’s Own Country: A Special Issue, which is available for purchase here.
Review: Songs My Brothers Taught Me
Chloë Zhao’s directorial debut “Songs My Brothers Taught Me” is a quiet, sensitive indigenous coming-of-age story set as high school graduation nears on the Pine Ridge Reserve.