Articles by Christine Estima
2 Days in New York
Julie Delpy
PUBLISHED Aug 9, 2012
Julie Delpy is best known as an actress (Before Sunrise, An American Werewolf in Paris), but is one of the gifted few that understands scre...
To Rome With Love
Woody Allen
PUBLISHED Jul 6, 2012
Director Woody Allen has perfected the art of banging out a new film every year. Yet, considering his canon, and that pace, it's hard to im...
In Darkness
Agnieszka Holland
PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2012
Agnieszka Holland has made films about the survival of Jews (Europa, Europa) and the survival of children (The Secret Garden) before, and I...
Shame
Steve McQueen
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2011
Director Steve McQueen and actor Michael Fassbender last teamed up for 2008's Hunger, which shocked audiences with Fassbender's gaunt depic...
Like Crazy
Drake Doremus
PUBLISHED Nov 3, 2011
Director Drake Doremus has always made movies imbued with youth (Douchebag), a quality that permeates Like Crazy with excitement, exuberanc...
Footloose
Craig Brewer
PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2011
Footloose (the 1984 juggernaut that launched the careers of then unknowns Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, Sarah Jessica Parker, Chris Penn, John...
Elles
Malgorzata Szumowska
PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2011
Director Malgorzata Szumowska clearly enjoys playing with the different settings on her camera, because Elles is a veritable cornucopia of...
Habibi
Susan Youssef
PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2011
It's no coincidence that Habibi (a story of love between Arabs in the Israeli-occupied West Bank) was given its TIFF press screening on Sep...