We watch shows like Mad Men, and shake our head at the sexist attitudes of the 1960’s. We forget sometimes that just 22 years ago, many of those attitudes remained intact. And then along came Anita Hill…
Category: reactions
Brief thoughts and recaps on films seen in theatres – usually in a festival environment. While no ratings are assigned, these reactions are sometimes expanded into full reviews later.
An accusation is not evidence. But when an accusation is made in highly dramatic fashion, it can easy to treat it as such.
We’ve all thought about what it would be like to run away and live on wide open land. What if you had to build your house first? Christopher Smith and Merete Mueller decide to build small in order to live big.
We live in a time of rapid environmental change and hear a lot of voices telling us they have the answer. In a refreshing change, FALL AND WINTER is a film that doesn’t try to give us the answer, but instead helps us better understand the question from those that might have thought about it a bit longer.
An adventure to a seldom seen corner of our planet is not only a scientific voyage, but also one that inspires great art and philosophy.
The 20th Hot Docs Festival begins with a story of one family, and the way a strip club defines them.
A plucky animated selection was just what the doctor ordered on a Sunday afternoon at TIFF. But make no mistake, this ain’t no Pixar flick.
When they ask if you take this person for better or for worse, they should emphasize the “worse”.
When Frances moved from Sacramento to New York, this couldn’t have been what she had in mind.
The creators of RUN LOLA RUN and THE MATRIX have come together on a project that is amazingly venturesome.
O, what men dare do!
What men may do!
What men daily do,
not knowing what they do…
I’ve never watched a film with earplugs in, but on this afternoon, that really might have helped matters.