# A summer at the magazine that time forgot

> Alexandra Pechman's debut drops us into 2011 New York, when Gawker ruled, Twitter was fun, and print still mattered.
- Title: A summer at the magazine that time forgot | Shortify
- Summary: Alexandra Pechman's debut drops us into 2011 New York, when Gawker ruled, Twitter was fun, and print still mattered. Print's last good moment is now…
- Keywords: film, tiff, print media, 2010s, debut feature, summer, magazine, time, forgot, The Hollywood Reporter
- Source: The Hollywood Reporter — https://hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/in-magazine-director-alexandra-pechman-brings-a-bygone-era-of-print-media-and-the-2010s-to-tiff-audiences-1236696519
- Author: Mia Galuppo
- Published: 2026-09-12T15:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: film, tiff, print media, 2010s, debut feature
## 2011 New York, on film
Gawker was a juggernaut, Twitter was ascendant and actually fun, and print media was hanging on by its fingernails but still mattered. That narrow window is the setting.

> print media, while hanging on by its fingernails, mattered
## Pechman's first feature
Alexandra Pechman makes her directorial debut with Magazine, catching that moment in both its awkwardness and its glory.
## Premiering at TIFF
The film bows Sept. 11 in the Toronto International Film Festival's Discovery section, the slot built for first-time directors.
## An intern and a poet
Lily McInerny plays an eager intern and aspiring poet spending a summer at a literary quarterly called Platen.
## Aspirational and pretentious
Platen is equal parts of both, a place organized around cultish literary figures and the ambitions they attract.

> equal parts aspirational and pretentious
## Romances and friendships
She stumbles through ill-fated romances and charming friendships while learning to read the personalities running the place.
## Key takeaway

Print's last good moment is now period-piece material, and the ambition inside those offices is what makes it worth filming.