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40 at 40: Shyam Selvadurai looks back at the queer novel that launched his career


NOW Magazine
40 at 40: Shyam Selvadurai looks back at the queer novel that launched his career
Nominated for a Canadian Screen Award this month for Funny Boy, the author discusses changes in Sri Lanka and identity politics’ second wave
By Glenn Sumi
Original photos by Rick McGinnis
In September 1994, NOW put a young, unknown gay Sri-Lankan-Canadian novelist on the cover for his debut novel, Funny Boy. This month, Shyam Selvadurai – besides having several more acclaimed novels under his belt, including Cinnamon Gardens and The Hungry Ghosts – is nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for his adaptation of his first novel in Deepa Mehta’s film. (The film is currently streaming on CBC Gem.) ....

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After the First Virtual Sundance, Four Writers Compare Notes


After the First Virtual Sundance, Four Writers Compare Notes
What worked online? What didn’t? And which films stood out? When you’re watching from home, feel-good movies don’t always have the same effect.
Oscar the Grouch and his pal Caroll Spinney in the Sundance documentary, “Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street.”Credit.Luke Geissbühler
Feb. 5, 2021
At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, there were the usual premieres and Q. and A. sessions, breakouts and crowd-pleasers but no actual crowd. Because of the pandemic, the Park City, Utah, event was pared back and conducted largely online. None of the attendees could, say, meet by chance and talk movies, and it was hard to get a sense of the festival overall. To rectify that, we asked the co-chief film critic A.O. Scott, the critic Devika Girish, and the reporters Kyle Buchanan and Nicole Sperling to compare notes. Here are excerpts from their conversation: ....

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