Torino Film Festival 2025
Torino Film Festival 2025 The 43rd annual Torino Film Festival is winding down, and it’s been a lot of fun, as always. Last year I …
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Torino Film Festival 2024
Torino Film Festival 2024 I missed the opening weekend of the Torino Film Festival this year, but I can’t complain too much since I was …
2024 Turin International Book Fair
2024 Turin International Book Fair It’s that time of year again. We’re gearing up for the 2024 Turin International Book Fair (aka the Salone del …
Torino Film Festival 2023
Torino Film Festival 2023 – Failed State, Soleils Atikamekw, and Oltre La Valle It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since I wrote about …
Trust, by Hernan Diaz, Virtual Reader and Writer Friends IRL
Trust, by Hernan Diaz Made it back from New York City last month with what has to be a new record for me: eight books …
Nobel Winners at Turin International Book Fair
Nobel Winners at Turin International Book Fair Svetlana Aleksievič and Wole Soyinka Among Speakers Svetlana Aleksievič and Wole Soyinka are among a long list of …
Italo Calvino, and Crossing Paths with Anarchists
Italo Calvino, and Crossing Paths with Anarchists Last Saturday afternoon, despite being completely exhausted, and thinking that a walk would make me feel better, I …
A Look Back at the Banff Mountain Film Festival
Banff Mountain Film Festival Santa Monica A Million Years Ago Many years ago, while I was still living in Los Angeles, a friend introduced me …
In Praise of Pacifiction, Alberto Serra’s Languorous Film
In Praise of Pacifiction, Alberto Serra’s Languorous Film The Torino Film Festival One of the many highlights of the year here in Torino, aside from …