This week on TIFF Long Take, Rob and Geoff chat with some of the smartest people in the business to find out what film and television projects we should be looking forward to in the coming year.
First, Vanity Fair’s K. Austin Collins calls in to talk about some of this year’s Hollywood films, including James Gray’s 'Ad Astra', Steven Soderbergh's 'High Flying Birds', and Quentin Tarantino's 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'.
Then TIFF International Programmer Jane Schoettle drops by to discuss upcoming international films such as Robert Connolly’s 'The Dry', Sebastian Schipper’s 'Roads', and the anthology film 'Vai' from producers Kerry Warkia and Kiel McNaughton (Waru).
TIFF and Hot Docs programmer Dorota Lech also calls in to talk about documentary film in 2019, touching on Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang’s 'One Child Nation', Tim Travers Hawkins’ Chelsea Manning doc, and Brett Story’s 'The Hottest August'.
And finally, Rolling Stone’s chief TV critic, Alan Sepinwall, joins us to talk about the return of 'Deadwood', as well as other new series like HBO’s 'Watchmen', FX’s 'What We Do in the Shadows', and Netflix’s 'Russian Doll'.
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Ep. 21: How to Get a Script Made in 2017
Ep. 20: Star Wars: Is There Room For Risk in the Empire?
Ep. 19: How The New York Times Ranked a Century of Cinema
Ep. 18: Why Edgar Wright Chose Originality Over IP
Ep. 17: What Happened to Summer Blockbusters?
Ep. 16: What Hollywood Could Learn from Telugu Cinema
Ep. 15: Has Prestige TV Become Boring?
Ep. 14: The Ingredients to Good Food On-Screen
Ep. 13: What the Cannes Lineup Says About the Future of Film
Ep. 12: Debunking the Myth that 'Black Films Don't Travel'
Ep. 11: 96% of Hollywood Writers Have Voted to Strike. Now What?
Ep. 10: Remembering Jonathan Demme
Ep. 9: How ESPN Grew Into an Oscar Winning Film Studio
Ep. 8: Breaking Down Hollywood Sexism by the Numbers
Ep. 7: What "The Jon Stewart of Egypt" tells us about Satire in the Age of Trump
Ep. 6: Animated Films Must Evolve to Stay Relevant
Ep. 5: How IMDB Demystified the Film Industry
Ep. 4: Why Get Out Is the Future of Genre Film
Ep. 3: Why is Martin Scorsese Too Risky for a Major Studio?
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