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hot docs, reactions

Hot Docs Reaction: LISTEN TO THIS

In Toronto’s inner city, Thompson Egbo-Egbo has started an Arts Foundation that looks to instil a positive change and a sense of self worth into … Read More ›

Posted on May 4, 2010August 6, 2011
hot docs, reactions

Hot Docs Reaction: THE "SOCALLED" MOVIE

There are a handful of artists out there who colour with every crayon in the box. Then there’s Socalled. There aren’t enough colours in the … Read More ›

Posted on May 2, 2010August 6, 2011
hot docs, reactions

Food Glorious Food: DISH – WOMEN, WAITRESSING & THE ART OF SERVICE Plays Hot Docs

DISH begins with the sort of tracking shot that would make Martin Scorsese proud. It follows a waitress in Paris – tray filled with entrees … Read More ›

Posted on April 30, 2010August 6, 2011
hot docs, reactions

Shop Around: SMALL WONDERS Plays Hot Docs

My parents still live in the same house I grew up in, so I often find myself back in “the old neighbourhood”. During one recent … Read More ›

Posted on April 29, 2010August 6, 2011
hot docs

The Real Thing pt. V (Hot Docs Preview)

Gotta love it when your podcast server site doesn’t want to co-operate just as you intend to bombard it with new material. Here’s hoping mypodcast.com … Read More ›

Posted on April 26, 2010
hot docs

I Want It All (THE STORY OF FURIOUS PETE Trailer)

Last night I watched an advance-screener copy of this film which is playing at Hot Docs next week. Suffice it to say, it was a … Read More ›

Posted on April 21, 2010
hot docs

The Real Thing pt. IV (Hot Docs Preview)

In case you haven’t been following, my posts in “The Real Thing” series have been snapshot previews of the films I’m most looking forward to … Read More ›

Posted on April 20, 2010
reviews, Toronto

CHLOE

Toronto never looks this good – and that’s coming from someone who lives here.

Posted on March 28, 2010July 6, 2012
trailers

My Hometown (CHLOE Trailer)

After a seemingly endless run of written pieces, I can’t tell you how much joy it brings me to post a trailer…or as I call … Read More ›

Posted on March 11, 2010March 29, 2012
like this

We Are The Champions

Today, I Feel Like This!

Posted on February 28, 2010October 29, 2011
dvd doubleback

PONTYPOOL

I’m almost ashamed to admit that I’m not in touch with Canadian cinema the way I should be. For this reason, brilliance like PONTYPOOL gets … Read More ›

Posted on January 17, 2010July 1, 2014
reviews

PASSCHENDAELE

As we near the hundredth anniversary of WWI, filmmakers have found a desire to remind us of the hells we might have forgotten.

Posted on October 19, 2008September 5, 2012

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