If you’re looking for an excellent movie to watch right this very second, might I recommend the 2018 horror movie, Cam? It features a phenomenal performance from Madeline Brewer as Alice, a cam girl on the rise who’s itching to become top-ranked. One morning she wakes up to discover someone else using her account — an exact replica of herself.
After the release of Cam I was mighty eager to claim director Daniel Goldhaber for the horror genre, but at the Toronto International Film Festival this year he threw a curveball. I’d love to see more horror from Goldhaber one day, but it’s even more exciting to see him deliver a wildly different sophomore film that shows off a wide-ranging skillset suggesting he’s capable of tapping into any genre, presenting complex narratives, and tackling productions of any scale and scope. Goldhaber’s second film, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, couldn’t be more different from Cam, and it’s just as impressive.
Inspired by Andreas Malm’s book of the same name, Goldhaber’s film follows a group of young climate-change activists who decide that if the law won’t punish those guilty of contributing to the climate crisis, they will, so they set off to blow up a West Texas oil pipeline.
With How to Blow Up a Pipeline celebrating its world premiere at TIFF 2022, where it found the perfect home over at Neon, Goldhaber and cast members Ariela Barer, Lukas Gage, Forrest Goodluck, Jayme Lawson, Marcus Scribner, and Olive Jane Lorraine all swung by the Collider Supper Suite and Media Studio at Marbl to discuss their experience telling this story.
Special thanks to our TIFF 2022 partners A-list Communications, Belvedere Vodka, Marbl Toronto, COVERGIRL Canada, Tres Amici Wines, Toronto Star, and Blue Moon Belgian White beer.
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