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Category: festivals

Coverage of TIFF, Hot Docs, NXNE, and Toronto After Dark

festivals, hot docs, reactions

SLEEPLESS IN NEW YORK plays Hot Docs 2014

A beautiful documentary about a feeling everybody has felt, and likely will feel again before it’s all said and done.

Posted on April 27, 2014April 29, 2014
festivals, hot docs, reactions

SELF(LESS) PORTRAIT plays Hot Docs 2014

It’s not just what people share about their lives, but how they share it.

Posted on April 26, 2014April 29, 2014
festivals, hot docs, reactions

JUST EAT IT: A FOOD WASTE STORY plays Hot Docs 2014

Just how much good food do we leave untouched? The answer would surprise you.

Posted on April 26, 2014April 28, 2014
festivals, hot docs, reactions

ABSENCES plays Hot Docs 2014

There is no dark without light, no love without hate, and no life without loss.

Posted on April 25, 2014April 28, 2014
festivals, hot docs, reactions

DIVIDE IN CONCORD plays Hot Docs 2014

Never stop fighting for what you believe it right, Jean Hill shows us in DIVIDE AND CONCORD that perseverance pays off

Posted on April 25, 2014April 27, 2014
festivals, hot docs, reactions

HAPPINESS plays Hot Docs 2014

There are still places in this world that don’t always value the almighty dollar above all things.

Posted on April 24, 2014April 27, 2014
festivals, hot docs, reactions

112 WEDDINGS plays Hot Docs 2014

We dive into Hot Docs 2014 and realize that as common as it is, marriage remains among the most mysterious of human experiences

Posted on April 24, 2014April 27, 2014
festivals, hot docs

It’s Only Life: Previewing Hot Docs 2014

Cinema can make for an amazing escape from the outside world. It can also become a wonderful window into the outside world.

Posted on April 17, 2014April 23, 2014
festivals, reactions, TIFF

SUNSHINE ON LEITH plays TIFF 2013

Thought the book was written
Thought the game had ended
Thought the song was sung
…but then TIFF sung another

Posted on September 18, 2013September 21, 2013
festivals, reactions, TIFF

ATTILA MARCEL plays TIFF 2013

Some people say it best when they say nothing at all.

Posted on September 18, 2013September 21, 2013
festivals, reactions, TIFF

LABOR DAY plays TIFF 2013

Jason Reitman returns to the spot of his greatest successes with his least “Jason Reitman Film” yet.

Posted on September 17, 2013September 21, 2013
festivals, reactions, TIFF

UNDER THE SKIN plays TIFF 2013

Science fiction has a tendency to be overly dense and inaccessible at times. This was one of those times.

Posted on September 17, 2013September 21, 2013

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