#TIFF According To: Black Bear’s Michael Heimler

#TIFF According To: Black Bear’s Michael Heimler

Black Bear partner Michael Heimler, the indie outfit’s head of production and operations, has a busy fall festival circuit, having executive-produced Netflix awards play Nyad, Sony’s Dumb Money, and sales title Sing Sing. Ahead of those premieres, Heimler shared with THR what he seeks out (sports bars for the Jets season opener) and what he…

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#‘The Teacher’ Review: A Debut Feature’s Eye-Opening Dramatization of Life in Occupied Palestine

#‘The Teacher’ Review: A Debut Feature’s Eye-Opening Dramatization of Life in Occupied Palestine

At the core of The Teacher, an intimate exploration of life in occupied Palestine, is a question posed by a bereaved teenager to the title character, who has suffered his own family-shattering losses. “After all you’ve been through,” the boy named Adam says, “you still believe there’ll be justice?” Writer-director Farah Nabulsi, at the helm…

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