Filmmaker Chris Wilcha has long struggled with the feeling that his most creative days are behind him, stuck as he is in the world of commercial work-for-hire. But a funny thing happened along the way towards middle-aged professional dissatisfaction: the […]

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(The 2023 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) runs September 7-17 and HtN has tons of coverage coming your way! Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of Flipside. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) A creative existence can be […]

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Filmmaker Chris Wilcha looks back on a life of lost passion projects and memories in his newest documentary Flipside. The film is the product of Wilcha returning to the New Jersey record store where he worked as a teenage clerk […]

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Only a few days after announcing the Galas and Special Presentations slate, the Toronto International Film Festival has announced the lineup for their Documentary section. TIFF Docs’ opening night film will be Rachel Ramsay and James Erskine’s Copa 71 which […]

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