Susie Q has returned! She arrives just in time to give your faithful narrator a much-needed day off from writing. I’m actually honoured to have the Q’d One (or “Cute One” – see what I did there) guest blogging for me today. Reason being is that she is the first published author to contribute to…
Tell Me ‘Bout It
Betcha thought I was going back to one post a day, didn’t ya? Shortly, though I do still have a glut of movies to see/write about. For now, I’m thinking about the next episode of The Matineecast…”Matineecast Classic” as it were…no loud cafes…no film directors…no doc-talk. Thus, it’s the return of my feedback segment Come…
Back to Life
Admit it – you expected to tune in to this space today and see a still frame of some worn-out movie character under the caption “Today, I Feel Like This”. But nay – despite being so movie’d out that my eyes actually hurt the night before last, this mad tea party isn’t even close to…
Hot Docs Reaction Wrap: LADIES IN BLUE, SHADOW PLAY and THE CANAL STREET MADAM
Alright…let’s wrap up this crazy caper. Short opinions about the last three docs I saw, and musings on the festival in general are after the jump.Not to phone this in or anything, but at this point I’m slightly gassed. furthermore, these were three docs I saw that I found “OK”, and didn’t really have much…
Hot Docs Reaction: THE OATH
It’s difficult to articulate my thoughts on THE OATH. I know it moved me…I know it’s an important doc…it’s just a little difficult to express why. For starters, the doc is about two men: Salim Hamdan and Nasser al-Bahri (aka Abu Jandal). Both men were involved in al Qaeda, the latter was even the personal…
Hot Docs Reaction: JOAN RIVERS – A PIECE OF WORK
I’ve long believed that one sign of a good documentary is if it can draw in those who sit down not caring much about the subject matter. For me, JOAN RIVERS – A PIECE OF WORK is certainly an example of a doc where I don’t much care for the subject. And yet, the successful…
Midnight Radio: Life in Technicolor part v
And then there were none. The fifth and final Hot Docs podcast is coming up, this time with some very good friends flanking me post-screening. Friday night was all about SHADOWPLAY at The Bloor Cinema, and likewise it was about remembering that while seeing all these film festival screenings are fun, it becomes infinitely more…