Tom McSorley (born Thomas Holland McSorley) is a

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critic and scholar, based in

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. He is the Executive Director of the

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. He is also a sessional lecturer in Film Studies, at

Carleton University Carleton University is an English-language public university, public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to se ...

; a freelance film and former theatre critic for

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; the editor of ''Rivers of Time: The Films of Philip Hoffman'' (2008); and co-editor of'' Self Portraits: The Cinemas of Canada Since Telefilm'' (2006) and ''Life Without Death: The Cinema of Frank Cole'' (2009). He is the author of numerous articles and book chapters on Canadian and international cinema, and the author of a new critical study on

Atom Egoyan Atom Egoyan (; ; born July 19, 1960) is an Armenian Canadians, Armenian-Canadian filmmaker. One of the most preeminent directors of the Toronto New Wave, he emerged during the 1980s and made his career breakthrough with ''Exotica (film), Exotica ...

’s 1991 feature film,

The Adjuster ''The Adjuster'' is a 1991 Canadian drama film directed by Atom Egoyan, his fourth feature film and the first to achieve international acclaim. The film won five awards, as well as two other nominations upon its initial release. Plot Insurance ...

(2009). In 1997, McSorley created the annual Latin American Film Festival as a key component of the

's ongoing international film programming in Canada's capital. He is also the singer and drummer in the Ottawa-based rock band Presence and his alter ego, Sam Menard, was the drummer for ska rockabilly band The Pelts.

References

"Rivers of Time: The Films of Philip Hoffman" - Canadian Film Institute"Life Without Death: The Cinema of Frank Cole" - Coach House Books"Atom Egoyan's The Adjuster" - University of Toronto Press

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