Brandon Kaufman is a Toronto based filmmaker, writer and critic who's work has appeared in The Guardian, Screen Slate and The Toronto Star. Brandon sat down with us to discuss the 'Find My Friends' app, spontaneity, his monthly film series 'Party Favour', double features, 'The Brutalist', curation, TIFF, 'The Van Gogh Experience', Mubi tote bags, A24 stans, production company merch, backpacks, garbage bags, Online Ceramics, filmmakers as idols, striving for satisfaction, financial necessities in film, Quentin Tarantino, being a critic and an artist, art as a product of criticism, 'The Substance', anti-intellectualism, legacy media, 'The Pitchfork Sunday Review', Richard Brody, 'Ringcels', two party systems, reactionary art, vulgar auteurism, Paul W. S. Anderson, security in fandom, M Night Shyamalan, film twitter, tricking yourself into liking things, people who say "Its not that deep", the Toronto art scene, DIY galleries, working with limited resources and more!