Ep. 96: Year in Review (Part 1)

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week on</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">TIFF Long Take</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, in the first of two parts, Rob and Geoff look back on stories and themes that shaped the year in film and television by revisiting some of their favourite conversations from 2018.</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Excerpts include:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">-  Filmmaker and producer Mark Duplass on preserving artistry in the “tent-pole era”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">-  Filmmaker Debra Granik on the challenges of making “difficult” films</span></p> <p> <span style="font-weight: 400;">- TIFF’s Thom Powers on why we are living in a “golden age of documentary”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">-</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Faculty of Horror</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">’s Alex West on the changing perception of the horror genre</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">-</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Stacy Spikes, the founder of MoviePass, on the history of his controversial company</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">- IndieWire’s Anne Thompson on Netflix’s move into cinemas</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">- Kayleigh Donaldson on what the Disney–Fox merger means for the film industry and audiences</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">- Writer and showrunner Kit Steinkellner on choosing to launch her first show,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Sorry for Your Loss</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, on Facebook Live.</span></p>