Richard Porton

Richard Porton is one of the editors of Cineaste magazine and has written on film for Cinema Scope, In These Times, and Moving Image Source. His anthology On Film Festivals (Wallflower Press) was published in 2009.

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Exposing Corporations’ Shameless ‘Woke’ Rebrands

The documentary “The New Corporation,” premiering at TIFF, examines how corporations cosplay as “socially responsible” when they are anything but.

Richard Porton

A NEW VOICE

The Traumatizing Experience of a ‘90s Native American Girl

Tracey Deer’s debut feature, premiering at TIFF, examines a 12-year-old’s coming-of-age during the 1990 Oka Crisis—a grueling standoff between Mohawk activists and Quebecois.

Richard Porton

ESPIONAGE

A Hacker Targeted the CIA. They Arrested Him for Child Porn.

The new doc “Enemies of the State” examines the case of Matt DeHart, an intelligence analyst who was targeted by the authorities after allegedly gaining access to top-secret files.

Richard Porton

ENTANGLEMENTS

When a Sex Worker’s Sugar Daddy Crashes Shiva

Director Emma Seligman’s “Shiva Baby,” which played the Toronto International Film Festival, sees things turn upside down for a sex worker during the Jewish ceremony for the dead.

Richard Porton

ENTER THE VOID

How a Soviet Experiment Became the Most Controversial Film

The “DAU” project, an immersive Russian film made over ten years with untrained actors, has come under fire for casting neo-Nazis, as well as allegations of rape and child abuse.

Richard Porton

Richard Porton

Exposing Corporations’ Shameless ‘Woke’ Rebrands

The Traumatizing Experience of a ‘90s Native American Girl

A Hacker Targeted the CIA. They Arrested Him for Child Porn.

When a Sex Worker’s Sugar Daddy Crashes Shiva

How a Soviet Experiment Became the Most Controversial Film

A Sexy, Gender-Bending Western That Packs a Punch

Meet Germany’s Meryl Streep, Champion of Women Directors

The Working-Class People of Russia Give Putin the Finger

A Mermaid Love Story Unlike Any You’ve Seen

The 7-Year-Old Trans Girl That’s Captivated Berlin Film Fest