[Filmfestivalresearch] Size matters

[Michael Gubbins]

As a former editor of S


On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 7:53 PM, Greg DeCuir <gdecuir at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> It depends where you look. Not all of it is superficial. Maybe Screen
> Daily can be at times, ditto for Variety - but Variety is the classic model
> for superficial entertainment journalism. It's more about trade news and
> insider speak than anything else. Indiewire is a different story. They have
> a lot of great content and great writers, and many affiliated with the
> academic world are peppered throughout the various pages. Then you can take
> a publication like MUBI Notebook as another example. They publish a lot of
> hardcore theory-cognizant film criticism, also mixed with academic writers,
> and their festival coverage is excellent if a bit in a poetic and crusading
> journalistic style. Film Comment publishes a lot of great online festival
> coverage from many of the usual suspects, as does Cineaste.Ditto for
> Artforum, but they tend to play the snooty/sarcastic role a bit too
> heavily. There is a new online journal called The Dissolve that has a lot
> of detailed
>  and smart writing, with some in-depth festival coverage. The only
> academically-inclined resource I will mention is NECSUS, which has a
> dedicated festival review section edited by our very own Skadi Loist and
> Marijke de Valck. Of course there are more. For example, Senses of Cinema
> flirts with both sides of the boundary, and they have great festival
> coverage. And forget about mentioning the various blogs run by both
> professional journalists and academics alike.
>
>
> It's a golden age. Whatever (and whoever) you want is out there for the
> finding.
>
> Best,
>
> Greg de Cuir, Jr
>
>
>
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>  From: Dina Iordanova <dina.iordanova at st-andrews.ac.uk>
> To: "filmfestivalresearch at listcultures.org" <
> filmfestivalresearch at listcultures.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 4:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Filmfestivalresearch] Size matters
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>
> Great to see these references -- thanks Ger and Skadi.
>
> But I admit -- reading all this stuff, the Screen Daily, Variety,
> Indiewire etc. -- which is undoubtedly essential for us to follow, also
> leaves me routinely underwhelmed. These guys are always saying valid
> things and their observations are valid. But it is just leaving me wanting
> for some more depth. It is all extremely superficial -- perhaps the format
> does not allow for anything else?
>
> The Archival Film Festivals book which we recently released has a great
> interview with Tom Luddy -- check it out. I think it says more about
> Telluride's special position on the calendar than many other texts I have
> seen.
>
> Jeff, are you subscribing to this list? You must have been at Telluride
> just recently. Maybe you will say something for the benefit of all of us?
>
> Dina
>
> Prof. Dina Iordanova FRSA
> Chair in Film Studies
> Director, Centre for Film Studies
> Publisher, St. Andrews Film Studies
> University of St. Andrews, Scotland
>
> --
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>
> On 20/09/2013 15:21, "Skadi Loist" <skadi at filmfestivalresearch.org> wrote:
>
> >And here was another one chipping in on the Telluride positioning...
> >
> >How the Telluride Film Festival Cheats the System
> >by Eric Kohn
> >
> http://www.indiewire.com/article/how-the-telluride-film-festival-cheats-th
> >e-
> >system
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >Skadi Loist
> >Co-Founder / Admin
> >Film Festival Research Network (FFRN)
> >www.filmfestivalresearch.org
> >skadi at filmfestivalresearch.org
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> >
> >-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> >Von: Filmfestivalresearch
> >[mailto:filmfestivalresearch-bounces at listcultures.org] Im Auftrag von ger
> >zielinski, ph.d.
> >Gesendet: Freitag, 20. September 2013 15:52
> >An: filmfestivalresearch at listcultures.org
> >Betreff: Re: [Filmfestivalresearch] Size matters
> >
> >
> >Very interesting, Dina. This one caught my eye earlier "Can Telluride
> >Continue to Steal Venice and Toronto¹s Thunder?" by Peter Debruge.
> >
> http://variety.com/2013/film/news/telluride-film-festival-wrap-2013-oscars
> >-1
> >200596759/
> >
> >All kinds of issues and claims going on.
> >
> >cheers, ger
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Dina Iordanova <
> >dina.iordanova at st-andrews.ac.uk> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Dear all,
> >>
> >> Over the past days Screen Daily run an interesting exchange which I
> >> think would be of interest to people subscribing to this list.
> >>
> >> See Wendy Mitchell's article Toronto, Just Too Big
> >> http://www.screendaily.com/comment/toronto-just-too-big/5060444.articl
> >> e
> >>
> >> And artistic director Cameron Bailey response:
> >> http://www.screendaily.com/5060507.article
> >>
> >> Dina
> >>
> >>
> >> Prof. Dina Iordanova FRSA
> >> Chair in Film Studies
> >> Director, Centre for Film Studies
> >> Publisher, St. Andrews Film Studies
> >> University of St. Andrews, Scotland
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