As I mentioned two weeks ago, Hot Docs is coming up soon. I’m actually quite excited now as I’ve finally had a chance to look through the complete schedule and press kit and am starting to see my festival experience take shape. Having given every film listing a once over, I thought between now and…
Duncan Moon is a Hired Gun…and Lordy is He One Hell of a Hired Gun.
Things slowed down in a big ol’ hurry this week, leaving me down lower than half of my usual habit. When considering “why” I’d have to point to night lost to a wicked transit delay, a night at the bar with other movie geeks, an entire night sweating whether I was about to completely destroy…
Today, I Feel Like This…
So for starters, thank-you everybody who stopped by yesterday and took part in the discussion of Americanism in film. If you haven’t yet, do check it out as it’s turned into quite the conversation. Speaking of American, tonight will find me soaking up one of my very favorite things – the great American pastime. Opening…
As a Canadian, there are times when overtly American moments in film rub me the wrong way. Such moments happen through other channels as well (TV, media, and the like), but for the sake of this conversation, I want to focus on film. This is not a new feeling; conversely, it’s a feeling that has…
As mentioned about this time last week, this space will slowly but surely begin to lean itself towards the nonfictional brand of movies as we get closer to the Hot Docs Festival. With that in mind, what better place to start than with the opening night gala? Morgan Spurlock is a director who seems to…
