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Jason Gorber is a Canadian film critic and interviewer based in Toronto.

Gorber holds a Master of Arts degree in Philosophy with a focus on film theory and criticism. He is the film columnist for CBC Radio One's Metro Morning programme, where he has a weekly review segment on Friday mornings. He is a member of the Toronto Film Critics Association, the Online Film Critics Society, and the Critics Choice Association, and has been a jury member for festivals including the Reykjavík International Film Festival, the Munich International Film Festival, the RiverRun International Film Festival, TIFF Canada's Top Ten, Reel Asian, the Calgary Underground Film Festival, and the Windsor International Film Festival, among others. He has covered festivals including Sundance, the Berlinale, and Hot Docs, and has interviewed filmmakers including Werner Herzog and Asif Kapadia.

He is the editor-in-chief and chief critic at That Shelf and a regular contributor for several outlets, including POV Magazine, RogerEbert.com, Collider, The A.V. Club, Paste Magazine, and CBC Radio's q program. He was previously a featured reviewer for the CTV News Channel and has written for the Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, the National Post, Esquire.com, ScreenAnarchy (formerly Twitch Film), IndieWire, Slashfilm, and many other print and online outlets. As of December 2024, he has forty-five reviews listed on Metacritic (where he has assigned scores of 100/100 to two films, respectively The French Dispatch and Anora).

In early 2013, he wrote a piece in the Toronto Star describing his preferred seating locations at many of Toronto's major cinemas. Gorber contends that finding a proper seat is "nearly as important as the film itself" for viewers interested in a full cinematic experience, describing the search as "part art, part science" for a committed few. He has also written reviews of specialty cinemas, including a profile of the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas.

Gorber has been described by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a Star Wars aficionado. After Disney's announcement in late 2012 of plans to create Star Wars Episode VII (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), he tweeted, "I will be 43 years old in 2015, and yet I will still be lining up. This is what I do. So, who's with me in line?"

References

  1. ^ "Jason Gorber". Toronto Film Critics Association. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  2. "Jason Gorber". Online Film Critics Society. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  3. "Member Profile: Jason Gorber". Critics Choice Association. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  4. "41st Munich International Film Festival And Its Jury". Filmfest München. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  5. "Windsor International Film Festival Awards the 2022 WIFF Prize in Canadian Film to Riceboy Sleeps, directed by Anthony Shim". Windsor International Film Festival. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Jason Gorber". That Shelf. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  7. Gorber, Jason (11 November 2020). "When Worlds Collide: Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer on Fireball". POV Magazine. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  8. Gorber, Jason (26 September 2019). "The POV Interview: Asif Kapadia". POV Magazine. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  9. "Jason Gorber". POV Magazine. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  10. "Jason Gorber". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  11. "Jason Gorber: Critic". Collider. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  12. "Articles by Jason Gorber". A.V. Club. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  13. "Articles by Jason Gorber". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  14. "Jason Gorber: Featured Critic". twitchfilm. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  15. ^ Gorber, Jason (11 January 2013). "The 10 best seats at Toronto movie theatres". Toronto Star. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  16. Gorber, Jason (16 October 2015). "Crimson Peak: A dark, enthralling tale of Victorian era romance". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  17. Gorber, Jason (8 July 2015). "What This Director Learned From Documenting Indonesia's Death Squads". Esquire. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  18. Gorber, Jason (18 August 2014). "AnarchyVision: Jason Gorber Talks TMNT, THE GIVER, EXPENDABLES 3 And More!". ScreenAnarchy. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  19. "Jason Gorber". IndieWire. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  20. "Jason Gorber". Slashfilm. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  21. "Jason Gorber". Metacritic. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  22. Gorber, Jason (22 March 2013). "How Alamo makes a moviegoing experience to remember". Toronto Star. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  23. "Disney buys Star Wars and announces new trilogy". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2024..
  24. Peter Howell, "Disney empire rules the Star Wars galaxy; Creator George Lucas sells sci-fi franchise for $4B; new film trilogy coming," Toronto Star, 31 October 2012, A1. See also Ben Rayner, "Real Anakin Skywalker at $500 Star Wars preview --- Verdict on Episode 2: tight, funny, fun, Yoda's awesome, more for adults," Toronto Star, 13 May 2002, A03.

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